Boulogne or Boulogne-Sur-Mer is a sea port in the department Pas de Calais, France at the mouth of the Liane. Boulogne consists of the upper and lower town. The former is surrounded with lofty walls, and has well-planted ramparts; the latter, which is the business part of the town, has straight and well built streets, and is semi-English in character, many of the sign-boards being in English, the shops having an English air, and much English being spoken. In the castle, which dates from 1231, Louis Napoleon was imprisoned in 1840. Boulogne has long been a crossing point between England and France, formerly steamboats ran daily between this place and England, crossing over in two or three hours, later ferries replaced them. Napoleon, after deepening and fortifying the harbour, encamped 180,000 men here with the intention of invading Britain at a favourable moment;
but, upon the breaking out of hostilities with Austria, 1805, they were called to other places. Research Boulogne
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