Basque Roads

Basque Roads

The Basque Roads are a sheltered bay on the Biscay shore of the Charente-Maritime département of France, bounded by the Île d'Oléron to the west and the Île de Ré to the north. The port of La Rochelle stands at the northeast corner of the roads, and the town of Rochefort is near the mouth of the Charente River to the south.

It is most famous as the site of the British naval victory over a French fleet at the 1809 Battle of the Basque Roads.

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