La Hogue
Americannoun
noun
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Cape La Hogue, derived by M. Depping from hougr, a promontory; Hoxay in Orkney, hougs and ay, an island.
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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.
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We have him as the Crier of Versailles, crying the ships lost in the battle of La Hogue, and offering rewards for their recovery.
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In 1810 he gained his epaulet, and joined the Alexandria frigate, in which, after serving in the Baltic, he made his first acquaintance with polar ice between North Cape and Bear Island; and he subsequently joined the La Hogue at Halifax.
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These birds belong to Chippenham Hall, a mansion built by Admiral Russell, the hero of La Hogue in 1692, our first great naval victory since the rout of the Armada, "and the first great victory that the English had gained over the French since the day of Agincourt."
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