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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 174 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANCALE , a fishing See also:

port of See also:north-western See also:France in the See also:department of Isle-et-Vilaine on the See also:Bay of Cancale, 9 M. E.N.E. of St Malo by road. Pop. (1906) See also:town 3827, See also:commune 7o6i. It exports oysters, which are found in its bay in large See also:numbers and of excellent quality, and equips a See also:fleet for the See also:Newfoundland See also:cod-See also:fisheries. The See also:harbour its protected by the rocks known as the Rochers de Cancale. In 1758 an See also:English See also:army under the See also:duke of See also:Marlborough landed here for the purpose of attacking St Malo and pillaged the town. It was again bombarded by the English in 1779.

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