Jean-Baptiste Thomas Médée Cécille (16 October 1787, Rouen – 9 November 1873) was a French Admiral and politician who played an important role in Asia.
Military career
In 1837–1839, Cécille circumnavigated the world as the commander of the corvette Héroïne. He left Brest on 1 July 1837 with the objective of protecting French whaling ships. He contributed to the survey of New Zealand.
In 1843, the French Foreign Minister François Guizot sent a fleet to Vietnam under Admiral Cécille and Captain Charner, which started the French intervention in Vietnam. The move responded to the successes of the British in China in 1842, and France hoped to counterbalance these successes by accessing China from the south. The pretext however was to support British efforts in China, and to fight the persecution of French missionaries in Vietnam. The fleet, accompanied by the diplomat Théodore de Lagrené, tried to seize the island of Basilan in order to create a base similar to Hong Kong, but projects had to be abandoned following the strong opposition of Spain claiming the island was part of the Philippines.
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Jean baptiste
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Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet
Live long years until you get blown away
Live love give love
Live love give love
Give love away
We’ve all evolved enough let’s call it a day, ok
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet
From eating out of hands to cafeteria trays
Live love give love
Forget love live love
Give love live love
Live far away
On and on and on I find the city keep me up at night
Though I’d love them all to death if they kept me in
their prayers from now on
Cause you find exactly what you like rambling through
the city lights
And the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody keeps
their lights on
Keeps their lights on
De Pere Lachaise je me promenai
De La Bastille jusque au Chatelet
Lalalala lalalala
Lalalala lalalala
Now here is the church and here is the staple
Open the doors and see all the people
Now here is the church and here is the staple
Open the doors and see all the people
Ne pas fumer des cigarettes
Ne pas manger des moules
Ne pas boire du l’eau
La musique sera encore plus meilleur
Ne pas fumer des cigarettes
Ne pas manger des moules
Ne pas boire du l’eau
La musique sera encore plus meilleur
Cause you find exactly what you like rambling through
the city lights
And the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody keeps
their lights on
On and on and on I find the city keeps me up at night
Though I’d love them all to death if they kept me in
their prayers from now on
Cause you find exactly what you like rambling through
the city lights
And the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody keeps
their lights on
Yeah the town looks so pretty
Yeah the town looks so pretty
Yeah the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody