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BOURBON'S EXPEDITION TO TUNIS, 1390 

 (From Froissart) 



Largely to rid the Genoese of the threat of the Barbary corsairs, 

 the Duke of Bourbon led a Franco-British expedition to Tunis. 

 The Saraci'ii.s avoided action and let the climate defeat the 

 invaders. After two mouths the remnants of the expedition 

 retired, but it caused the formation of the pirate confederation 

 which terrorised the Mediterranean for centuries. 



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