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Raid On Le Havre
The Le Havre raid was a two-day naval bombardment of the French port of Le Havre early in July 1759 by Royal Navy forces under Rear-Admiral George Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, George Rodney during the Seven Years' War, which succeeded in its aim of destroying many of the invasion barges being gathered there for the Planned French Invasion of Britain (1759), planned French invasion of Great Britain. Background By the summer of 1759 the Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, duc de Choiseul's invasion plans were underway, with intensive naval preparations being made in the French ports in the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic and in the Channel: Brest, France, Brest, Le Havre, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort and Toulon. Troops were assembled at a number of points, principally at Dunkirk, Saint-Omer, Ostend, Lille and Vannes.McLynn (2011) pp 239-40 Choiseul had decided that Le Havre was to be the main base for the Prince de Soubise's strike at England, as it lay on the Seine and troop mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a Great Power conflict fought primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and South Asia. The protagonists were Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia versus Kingdom of France, France and Habsburg monarchy, Austria, the respective coalitions receiving by countries including Portuguese Empire, Portugal, Spanish Empire, Spain, Electorate of Saxony, Saxony, Age of Liberty, Sweden, and Russian Empire, Russia. Related conflicts include the Third Silesian War, French and Indian War, Carnatic wars, Third Carnatic War, Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), Anglo-Spanish War (1762–1763), and Spanish–Portuguese War (1762–1763), Spanish–Portuguese War. Although the War of the Austrian Succession ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), none of the signatories were happy with the terms, and it was generally viewed as a temporary armistice. It led to a strategic realignment kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
