Boulogne-sur-Mer siege anniversary July through Sept

Oh, that's interesting! I never get all the back and forthing across the channel straight! Cornwall to Brittany. Normandy to Hastings. Etc!

Thanks for the tidbit!

Avirosemail – With interest in history you can find worthwhile places off the beaten path. The historic centre of Boulogne is nice but not so much outstanding, however still having it medieval walls I liked visiting it a few years ago. Like to add that Boulogne-sur-Mere has an interesting history and played already an important role even before Roman times as a port for sailing to England on the route Cologne to London.

Yes, of course, Wil -- the Kolners had to go to London by way of Boulogne-sur-Mer because the airports had been taken by the Continental Army.

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Funny – Even then there was trouble at both sides of the English Channel and all travelbirds had to be grounded :).

I would hardly call Boulogne-sur-Mer a "fishing village". It is a large town (population 42,000).
It has a walled old town, on a hill above the harbour. Worth a visit.

Together with Calais it was one of the two major cross-channel ferry ports, until the Channel Tunnel was built and the ferries "downsized" to serving the Dover-Calais route only.
Many Brits of the older generation would have driven through Boulogne (including me), after getting off a ferry. Not many stopped, they mostly were heading to points further south.

Yes,employing the same old strategy by presenting les français with a two front war, ie the English on side , the Habsburgs on the other.

In 1914 Bourlogne-sur-Mer was the site of British Exp. Force's arrival to take their position on the Anglo-French left wing against the Germans.