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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
Cherbourg
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (16)
Negative Trigger
The
early
months
of
the
war
,
which
had
begun
Process_start
in
February
,
had
seen
Perception_active
a
number
of
French
frigates
raiding
Attack
British
merchant
shipping
in
the
Channel
,
and
HMS
``
Crescent
''
under
Captain
James
Saumarez
was
deployed
Arranging
to
watch
Perception_active
the
port
of
Cherbourg
with
the
aim
Aiming
of
disrupting
Hindering
the
operations
Military_operation
of
the
French
frigates
``
Réunion
''
and
``
Sémillante
''
that
were
based
in
the
harbour
.
During
the
previous
month
,
``
Cléopâtre
''
and
another
frigate
,
``
Sémillante
''
,
had
been
successfully
raiding
Attack
British
merchant
shipping
in
the
English
Channel
and
Eastern
Atlantic
from
their
base
at
Cherbourg
.
A
British
blockading
force
,
which
had
been
conducting
Action
patrols
Patrolling
in
the
region
in
the
aftermath
of
the
battle
Hostile_encounter
of
St
Marcou
earlier
in
the
month
,
encountered
Hostile_encounter
two
French
vessels
attempting
Hold
to
sail
Self_motion
unnoticed
between
Le
Havre
and
Cherbourg
.
In
the
autumn
of
1810
,
a
British
squadron
assigned
Request
to
patrol
Patrolling
the
Baie
de
la
Seine
was
effectively
isolating
two
French
squadrons
in
the
ports
of
Le
Havre
and
Cherbourg
.
On
12
November
,
the
squadron
in
Le
Havre
,
consisting
Cause_to_be_included
of
frigates
``
Elisa
''
and
``
Amazone
''
attempted
to
reach
Arriving
Cherbourg
at
night
in
order
to
united
Collaboration
the
squadrons
.
For
two
days
the
British
frigates
kept
watch
Scrutiny
,
until
two
ships
of
the
line
from
the
blockade
Besieging
of
Cherbourg
,
HMS
``
Donegal
''
and
HMS
``
Revenge
''
,
arrived
Arriving
.
In
November
1810
squadrons
were
based
Presence
at
Cherbourg
,
with
two
ships
of
the
line
and
the
newly
built
Building
frigate
``
Iphigénie
''
,
and
Le
Havre
,
with
the
frigates
``
Elisa
''
and
``
Amazone
''
,
commanded
Control
by
Captains
Louis-Henri
Fraycinet-Saulce
and
Bernard-Louis
Rosseau
respectively
.
To
blockade
Besieging
these
squadrons
,
the
Royal
Navy
's
Channel
Fleet
had
assigned
Request
the
ships
of
the
line
HMS
``
Donegal
''
under
Captain
Pulteney
Malcolm
and
HMS
``
Revenge
''
under
Captain
Charles
Paget
to
patrol
Patrolling
the
entrance
to
Cherbourg
,
while
frigates
HMS
``
Diana
''
under
Captain
Charles
Grant
and
HMS
``
Niobe
''
under
Captain
John
Wentworth
Loring
kept
watch
Scrutiny
on
Le
Havre
.
The
blockade
Besieging
had
achieved
Achieve
some
minor
successes
;
in
October
1810
``
Revenge
''
had
captured
Conquering
the
privateer
``
Vengeur
''
from
Dieppe
,
and
on
6
November
``
Donegal
''
ran
Self_motion
down
and
seized
Conquering
the
privateer
``
Surcouf
''
from
Cherbourg
.
The
objective
at
Utah
was
to
secure
Assistance
a
beachhead
on
the
Cotentin
Peninsula
,
the
location
of
important
port
facilities
at
Cherbourg
.
The
intention
was
to
rapidly
seal
off
the
Cotentin
Peninsula
,
prevent
Preventing_or_letting
the
Germans
from
reinforcing
Cause_change_of_strength
Cherbourg
,
and
capture
Conquering
the
port
as
quickly
as
possible
.
Cherbourg
was
captured
Conquering
on
June
26
,
but
by
this
time
the
Germans
had
destroyed
Destroying
the
port
facilities
,
which
were
not
brought
Bringing
back
into
full
operation
until
September
.
The
Allies
failed
to
accomplish
Achieve
their
objectives
for
the
first
day
,
but
gained
Getting
a
tenuous
foothold
that
they
gradually
expanded
Expansion
when
they
captured
Conquering
the
port
at
Cherbourg
on
26
June
and
the
city
of
Caen
on
21
July
.
In
late
1810
,
French
frigates
``
Elisa
''
and
``
Amazone
''
sailed
Self_motion
from
Le
Havre
to
join
Becoming_a_member
with
a
larger
squadron
at
Cherbourg
,
but
were
intercepted
Preventing_or_letting
by
a
British
frigate
squadron
and
forced
Conquering
to
shelter
at
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue
.
On
the
evening
of
23
March
1811
,
``
Amazone
''
left
Departing
Le
Havre
once
more
,
sailing
Self_motion
west
towards
Cherbourg
through
the
night
.
Operation
Cycle
was
followed
by
Operation
Ariel
from
14
to
25
June
,
in
which
another
were
embarked
Process_start
from
Cherbourg
,
St.
Malo
and
other
Atlantic
and
Mediterranean
ports
,
until
the
Armistice
of
22
June
1940
.
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