The action at La Hogue occurred during the pursuit by the English and Dutch of the French fleet after the Battle of Barfleur on 19 May Old Style (29 May (New Style)), 1692, during the Nine Years' War. The pursuing Anglo-Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral of the Fleet Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford, destroyed 12 French ships of the line that had been beached near the port of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue.
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