ORAE AREMORICAE. E x . BATAV . ET ANGL . AD LITTUS AREMORIcum
c a e s is | m .d c .x c iv . (The Dutch and English defeated on
the coast of Brittany, 1694.)
1‘6. Van Loon, IV. 161. Med. Louis XIV., 4to, 257-
MB. At. M.
The obverses of the specimens in silver and copper are from
different dies. These medals commemorate the failure of an
attempt upon the coast of France at Camaret Bay, near Brest.
Louis having received early intimation of the intended attack,
sent Vauban to defend the coast, and the expedition failed. In
this undertaking the English suffered a severe loss in the death
of Talmash, who was fatally wounded in the thigh. The battery
from which Talmash received his wound is called, to this day,
La Mort (i V Anglais.
319. D ie p p e b om b a r d e d . -|-§ July, 1694,
. Bust of William III., three-quarters, r., hair long, in armour
and mantle fastened on the shoulder. Leg.- w il l e lm v s . m .
d . G . r e x , f . d . p . a . Below, i . boskam . f . Same as
•No. 315.- ■
Rev. Neptune in a car drawn by two unicorns: in the
distance, a fleet bombarding Dieppe. Leg. e t pr o x im v s .
a r d e t . v c a l eg o n . (And Ucalegon, the nearest neighbour, is in
flames .--comp. Virg. Aen. ii. 311, 312.) Ex. d ie p p a . ab .
ANGLIS . & . HOLLANDIS . INCENTA (sic) . D . XXII . XXIII , IVL .
1694. (Dieppe burnt by the English and Dutch, 22, 23 July,
1694.)
1-95. Rapin, xv. 12. Van Loon, IV. 164.
MB. lead. Hunter, At. Brussels, At. Gotha, At.
Dresden, At. Very rare.
In July, .1694, a squadron was sent to bombard Dieppe,
alarm the French coast, and compel the assembling of a large
force for its protection. In all these respects the expedition
was successful, and Dieppe was burnt to the ground, having
been bombarded for two days. The legend probably refers to
Dieppe being the nearest seaport to the metropolis.
320. D ie p p e b om b a r d e d . ^3 July, 1694.
William receives the Prince of Baden at the gates of his
palace, &c. ; same as the reverse of No. 315. Leg. r e c . p .
BADENS . LOND. Ex. IUNXIT .. LIBERTAS . AL'XIT . SECRETUM . X .
IAN . MDCXCIV.
Rev. Neptune in a car drawn by two unicorns, &c. ; same
as the preceding.
1-95.
MB. At.. Hague, At. P. H. Van Gelder, At.
Rare.
This medal is composed of the reverses of two others already
noticed.
321. H avre b om b a r d e d . - |- f July, 1694.
Bust of William III., r., laureate, hair long, in armour, with
lion’s head and straps on the shoulder, and mantle with embroidered
edge round the hreast. Leg. in v ic t is s im v s g v il -
l e lm v s mag. Below, monogram, 9AAF. (Jan Boskam fecit.)
Same as,Nos. 287, 303.
Rev. Brazen bull amid flames ; in the distance, Havre burning
and boats filled with troops. Leg. svis p e r i t ig n ib v s
a v cto r . (The inventor perishes in his own flames.) Ex. po r -
TVS . GRATIÆ . EXVSTVS ET . EVERSVS . BOMBARD ANGLO . BATAV .
m d c x c i i i i . (Havre de Grace burnt and destroyed by the bombardment
of the English and the Dutch, 1694.) 1. b . f . (Jan
Boskam fecit.)
2-35. Rapin, xv. 11. Van Loon, IV. 165. Kohler,
XIII. 9.
MB. At. Hague, At. P. H. Van Gelder, At.
Gotha, At. Vienna, At. Rare.
This medal commemorate^ the bombardment of Havre by
the English and Dutch squadrons on the 26, 27, and 28 July.
The homb vessels were warped in as near as they could to the
town, being covered by boats manned with soldiers and seamen.
The bombardment of this and other places in retaliation for
that of Genoa, Heidelberg, and Liège by the French in the
v o l . 11. h