Fleurus Island [SEP] continent
Fleurus Island
Fleurus Island () is an island lying south of Delaite Island in Wilhelmina Bay, off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica. it was shown on an Argentine government chart of 1950, and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1956 after the British ship "Fleurus", which visited the area in 1928.
See also.
- List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands
French could at the same time prevent William from returning from Ireland across the Irish Sea and land an invading army in England. Diarist John Evelyn wrote – "The whole nation now exceedingly alarmed by the French fleet braving our coast even to the very Thames mouth", a fear compounded by news from the Continent of French victory at the Battle of Fleurus on 1 July. To oppose the threatened invasion, 6,000 regular troops, together with the hastily organised militia, were prepared by the Earl of Marlborough for the country's defence