1. Rejoins the siege at La Rochelle

    · La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France

    Rejoins the siege at La Rochelle
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    Descartes traveled west to observe the concluding operations of the royal siege and entered La Rochelle with the troops. The English Wikipedia biography instead dates his presence broadly to 1627, during the longer siege period.

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