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Calais, a fortified seaport in France, on the Strait of Dover, where it is 21 m. across; was in possession of the English from 1347 to 1558, and the last town held by them on French soil; is the chief landing-place for travellers from England to the Continent, and has considerable export trade, as well as cotton and tulle manufactures.

Population (1907) 56,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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867.—The Siege of Calais
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Calais; Pas-de-Calais; France