Action at La Hogue

Quand

23 mai 1692

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

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)

Naval

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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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