This article is about deals in detail with the action on 19 May 1692. For an overview of the battle, its background and aftermath, see Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue. For other uses, see Barfleur (disambiguation).
Battle of Barfleur
Part of the War of the Grand Alliance
Battle of Barfleur 1692, French flagship Soleil Royal is shown in the center (by Ludolf Bakhuizen)
44 ships of the line plus auxiliaries 20,000 crewmen
82 ships of the line plus auxiliaries 40,000 crewmen
Casualties and losses
no ships lost; many damaged 1,700 killed or wounded[2]
no ships lost; many damaged 2,000 killed (including 2 admirals) 3,000 wounded[2]
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Nine Years' War
Flanders and the Lower Rhine
Kaiserswerth
Walcourt
Bonn
Fleurus
Mons
Leuze
1st Namur
Steenkerque
Dottignies
1st Huy
Landen
Charleroi
1st Diksmuide
2nd Huy
2nd Namur
1st Deinze
Brussels
2nd Diksmuide
Givet
2nd Deinze
Ath
Upper Rhine
Philippsburg
Mannheim
Frankenthal
Mainz
Piedmont
Staffarda
Susa
Nice
Cuneo
Pinerolo
Marsaglia
Valenza
Catalonia
Barretinas
Second Brotherhood
Roses
Torroella
Girona
Sant Esteve d'en Bas
Barcelona
Ireland
Bandon
Dromore
Derry
Newtownbutler
Carrickfergus
Newry
Cavan
Boyne
1st Athlone
Waterford
1st Limerick
Cork and Kinsale
2nd Athlone
Aughrim
2nd Limerick
Great Britain
Invasion of England
Wincanton
Reading
Loup Hill
Killiecrankie
Dunkeld
Cromdale
Caribbean
1st Guárico
2nd Guárico
Cartagena de Indias
3rd Guárico
Asia
Pondichéry
Naval battles
Bantry Bay
Beachy Head
Alicante
Barfleur and La Hogue
Barfleur
Cherbourg
La Hogue
Lagos
Camaret
Texel
Dogger Bank
The action at Barfleur was part of the battle of Barfleur-La Hougue during the War of the Grand Alliance. A French fleet under Anne Hilarion de Tourville was seeking to cover an invasion of England by a French army to restore James II to the throne, but was intercepted by an Anglo-Dutch fleet under Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford on 19 May Old Style (29 May New Style) 1692.[3]
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"...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879, p. 250).
On the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siecle...Vue du chateau d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)" (Vinkhuijzen collection 2011).
"The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour" (Chisholm 1911, p. 460).
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