Raid on Le Havre

Raid on Le Havre
Part of the Seven Years' War
Vue generale du bombardement du Havre en 1759 par les Anglais, Joseph-Abel Couture
Date 3–5 July 1759 Location Le Havre, France 49°26′14″N 0°8′40″E / 49.43722°N 0.14444°E / 49.43722; 0.14444 Result British victory Beginning of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759
Belligerents
Great Britain	France
Commanders and leaders
George Rodney	Charles de Rohan
Strength
5 ships of the line 5 frigates 1 sloop 6 bomb ketches	8,000 12 prams 337 barges[1]
Casualties and losses
Light	Many barges destroyed

The Raid on Le Havre 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 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 Great Britain.^[1]