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CONCALE BAY

Volume 5 · 77 words · 1797 Edition

is on the coast of France in Brittany, where the English forces landed in June 1758, in order to go to St Malo; which they did, and burnt all the ships in that harbour, which were above 100, of all sorts. Concale is the town which gives name to the bay, and is famous for oysters. It is 18 miles east of St Malo, and 197 west of Paris. W. Long. 1. 47. N. Lat. 48. 41.