La Hogue
Americannoun
noun
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She was destroyed in Cherbourg Bay the day after the battle of Cape La Hogue, in 1692.
From Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships by George C. V. Holmes
Lord Russell's cousin was the victor of La Hogue, created Earl of Orford in 1697.
From The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 by Various
Here the British navies triumphed over French greatness; as at Cherburgh, La Hogue, Gibraltar, &c.
From A Seasonable Warning and Caution against the Insinuations of Papists and Jacobites in favour of the Pretender Being a Letter from an Englishman at the Court of Hanover by Daniel Defoe
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 James Parton
Cape La Hogue, derived by M. Depping from hougr, a promontory; Hoxay in Orkney, hougs and ay, an island.
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