Capture of Belle Île

Quand

7 avr. 1761 – 8 juin 1761

Type

Bataille

Coordonnées

47.35° N, 3.15° W

Description

1761 military operation

1761 battle of the Seven Years' War

The capture of Belle Île was a British amphibious expedition to capture the French island of Belle Île off the Brittany coast in 1761, during the Seven Years' War. After an initial British attack was repulsed, a second attempt under General Studholme Hodgson forced a beachhead.

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