Action At La Hogue (1692)
The action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit by the English of the French fleet after the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue, Battle of Barfleur on 19 May Old Style (29 May (New Style)), 1692, during the Nine Years' War. The pursuing English fleet, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, destroyed a number of French ships that had been beached near the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. Background During the Nine Years War, the English and French fleets had engaged off the coast of Normandy. Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Tourville's fleet of badly damaged ships was swept by wind and tide down the coast of the Cotentin peninsula, pursued by an English fleet under Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford. The French beached three of their most badly damaged ships at Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, where they were Action at Cherbourg (1692), attacked and destroyed by an English squadron under Vice Admiral of the Red Sir Ralph Delaval. The re ...
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