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France is a country where several Madeirans fought and died in the First World War, including Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia and João Paulo da Veiga Pestana. It was also a place of study, of exile and of refuge for Madeirans. It was the origin of the expedition behind the Saque dos Franceses and the intended destination of the fugitives in the Machim legend.

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2Chronology

  1. A treaty was negotiated in France with António de Araújo e Azevedo, later Conde da Barca, as Portuguese plenipotentiary.

  2. Napoleon's troops left Portugal and the family of the Count of Ega went to France.

  3. Léon Garreta died on the battlefields of France.

  4. João Paulo da Veiga Pestana left for France with the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps.

  5. Gabriel Rocha de Gouveia was killed by shell fragments in the trenches in France.

  6. Padre Jaime de Gouveia Barreto returned to Portugal from France.

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