La Hogue

American  

[la awg] / la ˈɔg /

Also La Houge

noun

1. a roadstead off the NW coast of France; naval battle, 1692.

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La Hogue British  

/ la ɔɡ /

noun

1. a roadstead off the NW coast of France: scene of the defeat of the French by the Dutch and English fleet (1692)

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Example Sentences

Cape La Hogue, derived by M. Depping from hougr, a promontory; Hoxay in Orkney, hougs and ay, an island.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

None have I grieved for more than for Felgate when I learned of his glorious death in the moment of victory at the battle of La Hogue.

From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

And all were doomed to destruction, for the English fleet had blockaded them into the shallow water of La Hogue; there was no escape possible.

From In the Day of Adversity by Bloundelle-Burton, John

The battle of La Hogue was a death-blow to the project of a Stuart restoration by help of foreign arms.

From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by Green, John Richard

Namur, one of the strongest fortresses in Europe, surrendered to Lewis a few days after the battle of La Hogue.

From History of the English People, Volume VII The Revolution, 1683-1760; Modern England, 1760-1767 by Green, John Richard