Quiberon

a town in France, in the de« part ment of Morbihan, with a fort, situate at the extremity of a peninsula, to the N. of Belle isle. In 1795, it was taken by some French regiments in the pay of Great Britian; but owing to the desertion and treachery of some of H the soldiers, the republicans soon took it by surpute: It was taken by the English in 1800, but evacuated soon afterward. Tt is 17 miles 5.S.E. of Port Louis.