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The Battle of La Hougue, also known as the Battle of Barfleur, took place at Saint-Vaast La Hougue near Barfleur in the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, France between 27 May and 3 June 1692 (in the Gregorian calendar, corresponding to 17 May– 23 May in the Julian calendar then in use in England). It was the decisive naval battle of the War of the Grand Alliance.

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On 27 May the French set out from Bertheaume Bay and in the English ChannelThe English Channel is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. In French it is called La Manche ("the sleeve"). It is about 350 miles long and at its widest i encountered the Anglo- Dutch fleet of 99 (or 98) ships commanded by Admiral Edward Russell. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the French attacked, and would have been destroyed, but poor visibility allowed them to escape after sinking one English and one Dutch ship.

Action was rejoined on 29 May and the allies gave chase westwards that day and the next. On 1 June the French ships Soleil Royal , Admirable and Triomphant ran aground near Cherbourg and the rest of the French fleet sought shelter in the Bay of La Hougue. On 2 June, Russell attacked with boats and destroyed the three ships at Cherbourg. On 3 June the allied fleet made its way into the bay and burnt another twelve French ships of the line.

The battle ended all threat of a French invasion of England for the remainder of the war.
But as you can immagine this bunker is quite more recent.....

Remnants of prefabricated docks installed at Normandy Beach after invasion.mostly destroyed by storms.

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