Battle

Action at La Hogue

23 May 1692 · 49.59° N, 1.27° W

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When
23 May 1692
Kind
Battle
Coordinates
49.59° N, 1.27° W
Description
During the Nine Years War an English fleet destroys beached French ships near Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue (1692)
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Action at La Hogue (1692)

1692 battle of the Nine Years' War

The action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit by the English and Dutch of the French fleet after the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May Old Style, 1692, during the Nine Years' War. The pursuing Anglo-Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, destroyed 12 French ships of the line that had been beached near the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.

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