X. BATTLE OF CAPE LA HAGUE. A. D. 1692.

Louis XIV Prepares to Attack England, to Seat James II on the

Throne; Count de Tourville in Command of the French Fleet; Sketch

of his Life; He is Ordered to Sail from Brest; Bad Weather;

Arrogance of Pontchartrain, the Minister of Marine; Tourville

meets a Powerful English and Dutch Fleet; Bravery of the Soleil

Royal, the French Flag-ship; A Fog Ends the Fight; Louis XIV

Compliments Tourville on his Gallant Defence Against Such Great

Odds; Bestows the Title of Field Marshal on Him. I-157

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