Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The related naval battles of Barfleur and La Hogue took place between 29 May and 4 June New Style (NS), 1692 (19-24 May in the Old Style (OS) Julian calendar then in use in England). The first action took place... Viac o knihe

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The related naval battles of Barfleur and La Hogue took place between 29 May and 4 June New Style (NS), 1692 (19-24 May in the Old Style (OS) Julian calendar then in use in England). The first action took place near Barfleur; later actions were at Cherbourg and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, France. It was the decisive naval battle of the Nine Years' War, known to the British as the War of the English Succession. In May 1692 the French fleet of 44 ships of the line under the command of the Comte Anne Hilarion de Tourville was preparing to transport an invading army of Franco-Irish troops to restore James II to the English throne. The French victory at the Battle of Beachy Head two years earlier, in June 1690, had opened up the possibility of destroying the allied fleet and landing an invading army. Tourville boldly engaged the 82 strong Anglo-Dutch fleet at Barfleur. After a fierce but indecisive clash, which left many ships on both sides damaged, Tourville was able to disengage. He slipped off into light fog and for several days tried to escape the superior forces.

  • Vydavateľstvo: Alphascript Publishing
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  • ISBN: 9786130246082

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