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to blockade La
Rochelle by sea as well as by land. On the sea, however, efforts were ineffective, as many small ships could easily go through ships of the Royal Navy and the Huguenots generally had mastery of the sea. At one point they attacked the harbour of
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On 6 November Jean Guiton attacked
Brouage, where 25 royal ships were stationed, and blocked the entrance of the harbour by sinking ships in it.
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The fleet of La
Rochelle under Guiton made at least four sorties against the Royal fleet, commanded by the Count of Soissons, the
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The
Huguenots met with defeat however when Soubise was vanquished by Royal troops at the Riez marches on 16 April 1622.
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in
October 1622. As the conflict lengthened into a stalemate, however, the King and the Huguenots agreed to the 1622
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This constant threat to the city would be instrumental in encouraging later conflicts, especially the
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just outside La
Rochelle in order to obtain a commanding position over the approaches to La Rochelle.
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was named by the City
Council as Admiral of the fleet of La Rochelle, with 16 sails and 90 cannons.
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October, Razilly, leading a French fleet of 13 ships with 124 cannons, stationed seaward in the
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Fort Louis was constructed just outside the walls of La
Rochelle during the 1621-1622 blockade.
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was also going on. The blockade of La
Rochelle was strengthened under the leadership of the
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and attempted to block it by sinking ships filled with stones at its entrance.
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in October 1622, in which the fleet of La Rochelle fought against
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22:Blockade of La Rochelle (1621–1622)
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673:Meanwhile, Louis XIII ordered the
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333:Succession of Henry IV of France
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385:Franco-Spanish War (1595–1598)
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636:Blockade of La Rochelle
308:War of the Three Henrys
157:French Wars of Religion
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101:Commanders and leaders
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640:Blocus de La Rochelle
537:Treaty of Montpellier
326:Day of the Barricades
784:Siege of La Rochelle
780:Capture of RĂ© island
623:War of the Camisards
283:La Charité-sur-Loire
801:Huguenot rebellions
655:Saint-Jean d'Angély
646:by the French king
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474:Huguenot rebellions
237:Saint-Jean d'Angély
29:Huguenot rebellions
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663:Siege of Montauban
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576:Saint-Martin-de-RĂ©
542:Saint-Martin-de-RĂ©
393:Fontaine-Française
221:La Roche-l'Abeille
906:Conflicts in 1622
901:Conflicts in 1621
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618:Dragonnades
586:La Rochelle
532:Montpellier
502:La Rochelle
379:Fort Crozon
335:(1589–1594)
310:(1585–1589)
279:Sixth; 1577
263:La Rochelle
203:Saint-Denis
116:Jean Guiton
63:La Rochelle
885:Categories
742:Fort Louis
648:Louis XIII
517:Saint-Foix
401:Le Catelet
233:Moncontour
107:Louis XIII
757:ĂŽle de RĂ©
695:La Jarrie
638:(French:
612:Aftermath
601:Montauban
559:RĂ© island
507:Montauban
255:Sommières
118:(admiral)
73:Stalemate
53:1621-1622
790:See also
669:Blockade
405:Doullens
359:Caudebec
259:Sancerre
225:Poitiers
207:Chartres
94:Huguenot
58:Location
680:Brouage
570:1627–29
486:1621–22
417:La Fère
409:Cambrai
375:Morlaix
314:Coutras
301:La Fère
291:Brouage
287:Issoire
273:Dormans
192:Orléans
92:French
16:In 1621
591:Privas
554:Blavet
492:Saumur
425:Amiens
421:Ardres
413:Calais
339:Arques
322:Auneau
318:Vimory
229:Orthez
217:Jarnac
96:forces
70:Result
807:Notes
512:Royan
371:Blaye
363:Craon
355:Rouen
347:Paris
188:Dreux
184:Vergt
180:Rouen
751:The
634:The
596:Alès
548:1625
343:Ivry
251:Mons
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