La Hogue
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
Admiral Turnville engaged the English fleet off Cape La Hogue, and thereby wrecked the French fleet and the cause of James.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
Source.—Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II. until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue, vol. i., p.
From The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) by Thomson, James Pringle
At length, towards evening, Cape La Hogue and the coast of France, to the westward of Cherbourg, appeared in sight.
From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald
Cape La Hogue, derived by M. Depping from hougr, a promontory; Hoxay in Orkney, hougs and ay, an island.
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