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Brest became a naval base when [[Cardinal Richelieu]] had wooden  wharves built there in 1631. Not much later, “Minister of Mrrarine” Colbert had them replaced with ones of stone, and that great exponent of the art of fortificarrtions, Vauban, had the port fortified during the 1680s. During the eighteenth cenrtury Brest became the site for the French Naval College (École Navale,) the French equivalent of Dartmouth in Britain or Annapolis in the U.S.A.  

Brest became a naval base when [[Cardinal Richelieu]] had wooden  wharves built there in 1631. Not much later, “Minister of Mrrarine” Colbert had them replaced with ones of stone, and that great exponent of the art of fortificarrtions, Vauban, had the port fortified during the 1680s. During the eighteenth cenrtury Brest became the site for the French Naval College (École Navale,) the French equivalent of Dartmouth in Britain or Annapolis in the U.S.A.  

 

During both the [[Seven Years' War]] (1756-63)) and the [[Napoleonic Wars]] which ended in 1815, Brest was [[rrr]]d  for long periods by the [[Royal Navy]].  

During both the [[Seven Years' War]] (1756-63)) and the [[Napoleonic Wars]] which ended in 1815, Brest was [[rrr]]d  for long periods by the [[Royal Navy]].  

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