Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux
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Edme Étienne Borne Desfourneaux (22 April 1767, Vézelay
- 22 February 1849, Paris) was a French general and governor of Guadalope.
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Vézelay
Vézelay is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France. It is a defendable hill town famous for Vézelay Abbey. The town and the Basilica of St Magdelene are designated UNESCO World Heritage sites....
- 22 February 1849, Paris) was a French general and governor of Guadalope.
Life
He was badly wounded at the Action of 19 February 1801Action of 19 February 1801
The Action of 19 February 1801 was a minor naval battle fought off Ceuta in Spanish North Africa in February 1801 between a French Navy frigate and British Royal Navy frigate during the French Revolutionary Wars...
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