聖卡戰役

聖卡戰役(法語:Bataille de Saint-Cast)發生於1758年9月11日,是七年戰爭期間的一場戰役,英國海陸遠征軍與法國海防部隊在法國海岸中交戰。

聖卡戰役
七年戰爭的一部分
Coastal view with ships, and troops moving ashore against those on land. Much gunsmoke.
尼古拉·奧贊英語Nicolas Ozanne的雕刻
日期1758年9月11日
地點48°37′48″N 2°15′24″W / 48.6300°N 2.2567°W / 48.6300; -2.2567
結果 法國勝利
參戰方
 大不列顛 法蘭西王國 法蘭西王國[1]
指揮官與領導者
大不列顛王國 托馬斯·布萊英語Thomas Bligh
大不列顛王國 亞歷山大·杜里英語Alexander Dury  
大不列顛王國 喬治·安森英語George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
大不列顛王國 理察·何奧
法蘭西王國 艾吉永公爵
兵力
10,000名士兵
32,000名水手
8,000-9,000名水手和民兵[2]
傷亡與損失
2,300人傷亡[3][4]
800人被俘[5]
300人傷亡

在七年戰爭期間,英國對法國本土和世界各地的法國屬地進行了多次兩棲遠征。1758年開始,英國對法國北部海岸進行了多次遠征,以佔領並摧毀法國港口,將法國陸軍從德意志地區轉移,和壓製法國的私掠船。此戰的慘敗導致其成為最後一場本土遠征。

註腳

  1. ^
    • "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis..." (Ripley & Dana 1879,第250頁).
    • 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,第460頁).
  2. ^ Revue anglo-française, Tome Quatrième, Poitiers, 1836, pp. 45–46
  3. ^ Revue anglo-française, Tome Quatrième, Poitiers, 1836, p. 47, " De trois mille hommes qui restaient encore à terre losque l'action commença, la moitié trouva la mort sur la champ de bataille, huit cents se noyèrent, sept cents furent faits prisonniers: pas seul ne rejoignit la flotte." – 「上岸的三千人中……半數死於戰鬥,八百人溺亡,七百人被俘:沒有一個人回到船上。」
  4. ^ London, Printed for E. and C. Dilly, 1770, p.40
  5. ^ AHistory of England, Vol III, p. 503

參考文獻

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