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Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue
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
and is also known as
Battle of Tourville
; 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
.
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