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First comment

I've re-opened this page as I found a lot of information about the action, which wasn't going to fit on the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue page. (there's 50-odd kB of stuff here already)I hope this doesn't upset any applecarts. I've also done separate pages for the actions at La Hogue and Cherbourg, for the same reason. Xyl 54 11:56, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

PS I am endebted to Philip Aubrey's comprehensive book on this subject, which provided a lot of the information Xyl 54 11:58, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Casualties

I’ve reverted some changes in the infobox.
The ship casualties are from Aubrey; if you want to add dead and wounded also, feel free, but don’t delete the ship details. Xyl 54 (talk) 11:50, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Result

"French victory"? Where do you get that from? What grounds do you have to say it was anything more than indecisive? There's already a major discussion on this page on this subject; If you have you anything more to say on the subject, you could reply here. Xyl 54 (talk) 11:55, 1 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Result, again

The result in the infobox reflects the result at Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue for this phase of the action, and where there has already been a series of discussions about the outcome. The reference given covers both parts of the result (“Barfleur: tactically indecisive” and' “Anglo-Dutch strategic victory”), not just the latter; and as there are any number of British sources claiming an English victory, a French source claiming a French victory is hardly convincing. Xyl 54 (talk) 02:46, 30 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]