Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis
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Bernard Desjean, Baron de Pointis (7 October 1645 – 24 April 1707) was a French admiral and privateer.
History
Pointis was born in
Louis XIV
.
In 1689 he is Lieutenant-General of the artillery at the Siege of Derry.
In 1702, after the death of Jean Bart, he was appointed head of the Dunkirkers, but he was soon replaced by Marc-Antoine de Saint-Pol Hécourt for lack of initiative.
In 1705, he tried to attack
Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar, but was defeated by John Leake in the Battle of Cabrita Point
. After this battle Pointis retired from active service.
He published Relation de l'expédition de Carthègene faite par les François en 1697. He died in Paris in 1707.
References
- ISBN 9789583601347.
Further reading
- ISBN 1-60239-035-5
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