Aunis
Americannoun
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The tract of country included between the river and the shores of the Bay of Biscay, comprising a large part of the provinces of Aunis and Saintonge, was in the undisputed possession of the Huguenots.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
It had been so that night with the gendarmes of Aunis; for seeing their chiefs abandon them, they agreed together to draw their ranks closer, instead of breaking them.
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre
On the 4th of October the regiment of Aunis left the town, and all good citizens were handed over to the militia, "in uniform or not," they alone being armed.
From The French Revolution - Volume 1 by Durand, John
The gendarmes of Aunis, of whom our fugitives were claiming hospitality, had retired in good order after the defeat and the sauve qui peut of the chiefs.
From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre
The other part will meanwhile draw towards Aunis, Saintonge, Angoumois, and Gascony, as well as Perigord, Medoc, and Elanes.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
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