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Batz   Listen
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Batz  n.  (pl. batzen)  A small copper coin, with a mixture of silver, formerly current in some parts of Germany and Switzerland. It was worth about four cents.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... definite naval possibilities. Accordingly when, in 1758, he was placed in command of the Channel Fleet to cover the expedition against St. Malo, he raised the blockade of Brest, and took up a position near the Isle of Batz between the enemy's main fleet and the army's line of passage. The Brest fleet, however, was in no condition to move, and again there was no result. It was not till 1805 that there was any clear case of the device succeeding, and then it was not used deliberately. ...
— Some Principles of Maritime Strategy • Julian Stafford Corbett



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