Île de Ré
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Oct 22, 2026
David J. ApplebyGUEST
George Monk, for one, had taken part in the abortive raid on Cadiz in 1625 when Charles I made war on Spain.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
He'd also taken part in the disastrous Ilderay expedition of 1628, and that's when the Duke of Buckingham tried to relieve the Huguenots in La Rochelle, and they thought it would be clever to land on the Ilderay first.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
Now, these debacles highlighted the need to appoint an overall commander who understood both naval and land warfare, someone with the skill set to manage a combined operation.
David J. ApplebyGUEST
Cadiz and the Ildiray had also demonstrated the need to provide adequate logistical support for the landing forces.
MazHOST
And bless them, because Saturday was our big protest, as everybody knows here in France.
MazHOST
And they were staying on Ilderay, which is the island that has linked by one bridge.
MazHOST
And the bridge was closed because the it was it was just blocked by protesters.
MazHOST
So they were actually stuck on it for quite a while and was coming up.
Ruaidhri O'ConnorGUEST
I do think when you're grieving, having a common purpose and an opportunity to come together and honour that person by doing what you do and also just giving you a focus.
Ruaidhri O'ConnorGUEST
Because otherwise they'd be sitting in a hotel in the Ile de Re.
Ruaidhri O'ConnorGUEST
And maybe that's what was best for them.
Ruaidhri O'ConnorGUEST
Look, I'm not saying it should have gone ahead.
SarahHOST
it's giving, I tried the poison and it cleared up my cold.
SarahHOST
Then in 1627, Buckingham led an expedition to the Isle of Re off the French coast and Cogswell calls it, quote, a full scale media event.
SarahHOST
with news sheets, quote, pressed into government service.
SarahHOST
The Privy Council drafted a public manifesto explaining why England was going to war with France.
Martyn ZieglerGUEST
Um, leave a, leaves a wife.
Martyn ZieglerGUEST
Um, sounds like he, according to authorities in France, he was found inside i- his shower cubicle, um, in the Ile de Re near La Rochelle, where his team were due to play against them in the Champions Cup.
Martyn ZieglerGUEST
So, um, it looks obviously like it's a, a medical issue, which, um, uh, there apparently no, no health issues known beforehand.
Martyn ZieglerGUEST
So it just looks like one of those things that's come out of the blue and really, really sad.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
Heidi Levine says more than 50 masked attackers armed with sticks targeted her while she was covering violence against Palestinian olive farmers.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
Moving to sport, South African rugby player, Hirons Andrews, 31, has been found dead at a hotel on the French island of Île de Ré.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
The Lions lock reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest ahead of a match against La Rochelle.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
An investigation is underway.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
She was beaten only by Dutch world champion Lucinda Brand.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
A South African rugby player with Johannesburg-based Lions has been found dead at a hotel on the French island of Île de Ré.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
He was reportedly found in cardiac arrest inside a locked shower cubicle.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
The incident occurred ahead of the team's Champions Cup match against La Rochelle.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
Police are warning of possible clashes as the government faces mounting pressure ahead of next year's presidential election.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
A South African rugby player for the Johannesburg-based Lions team was found dead at a hotel on the French island of Ile de Ré ahead of a Champions Cup match with La Rochelle.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
The player, whose identity has not been released, was found in cardiac arrest inside a shower cue pole-- a shower cubicle locked from the inside.
Stephanie StricklandCORRESPONDENT
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked European Union leaders to provide Kyiv an extra seventy billion euros in funding to support their war efforts against Russia.
Hanneke BoonGUEST
... on board.
Hanneke BoonGUEST
They got two extra crew, and from there they sailed it straight to Île de Ré near-
Brad OsmanHOST
Yes
Hanneke BoonGUEST
...
Hanneke BoonGUEST
La Rochelle.
Brad OsmanHOST
Yeah.
Hanneke BoonGUEST
And then from Île de Ré they sailed to the north coast of Spain to a lit- a beautiful little ria to the west of Santander called San Vicente de la Barquera.
Hanneke BoonGUEST
Do you know where that is?
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Within two years they sacked Hamburg and Paris.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Wherever possible they established themselves at the mouths of the great rivers, often on an island like Valkeren, Noirmoutier, or the Ile de Ré.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
Once the rivers opened the whole country to them, Elbe and Weser, Rhine and Meuse, Scheldt, Seine, Loire, and Garonne, even to the Guadalquivir, by which the Arabic chronicler tells us the dark red seabirds penetrated to Seville.
Pamela NagamiNARRATOR
One band, more venturesome than the rest, entered the Mediterranean and reached Marseille, whence under their leader Hastings they sacked the Italian town of Luna, apparently in the belief that it was Rome.
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