Author : Source Wikipedia
Publisher : Booksllc.Net
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230665474
Book Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Action of 12-17 January 1640, Action of 13 October 1644, Action of 1 February 1625, Action of 24 June 1618, Action of 30 May 1781, Action of 4 November 1641, Attack on Saint Martin, Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue, Battle off Lizard Point, Battle of Albrolhos, Battle of Beachy Head (1690), Battle of Cabrita Point, Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1641), Battle of Cap de la Roque, Battle of Dogger Bank (1696), Battle of Dogger Bank (1781), Battle of Gibraltar, Battle of Gibraltar (1621), Battle of Goa (1638), Battle of Lagos (1693), Battle of Oland, Battle of Saldanha Bay (1781), Battle of San Juan (1625), Battle of Schooneveld, Battle of Stromboli, Battle of Texel (1694), Battle of Velez-Malaga, Capture of Saint Martin (1633), Horna's action in the English Channel. Excerpt: 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 Admiral Anne Hilarion de Costentin, Comte de Tourville (by virtue of his title, widely known in English sources as "Tourville"), was preparing to transport an invading army of Franco-Irish troops to restore James II to the English throne. Despite being in command of the fleet, strategic decisions were to be taken by James II, Francois d'Usson de Bonrepaus and Bernardin Gigault de Bellefonds. 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...