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Battle of Cherbourg
1758
7-16 August 1758
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Seven Years War (Europe)

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Despite the failed assault at Cancale in June, a second British expedition under Commodore Sir Richard Howe and General Thomas Bligh landed at Marais Bay, just east of Cherbourg. The French withdrew, and Bligh’s force destroyed the harbour works and many ships, as well as capturing 200 guns, before reembarking. They returned to Brittany a month later, at St Cast.


   
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