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Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2)

Note 184 — 576.

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The Prince of Nassau-Siegen sailed round the world with Bougainville (1766-69), served in the Spanish army at the siege of Gibraltar, then entered the service of the Empress Catharine, and, as an admiral, commanded the Russian fleet against Turkey and afterwards against Sweden.

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