Raid on Rochefort
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The raid on Rochefort was a failed British amphibious assault which attempted to capture the French port of Rochefort in September 1757 during the Seven Years' War. The raid pioneered a new tactic of
James Wolfe, the expedition's quartermaster general and chief of staff
1757 British cartoon mocking Mordaunt's role in the failed raid
General Sir John Mordaunt was a British Army officer and Whig politician, the son of Lieutenant-General Harry Mordaunt and Margaret Spencer. He was best known for his command of the raid on Rochefort
Raid on Rochefort
…months earlier. After a number of delays the expedition reached the French coast, capturing the offshore island of Île d'Aix. With the army commander Sir John Mordaunt refusing to attempt a landing, the British force sailed for home. The raid ended in failure, but it was followed by several similar operations in the…
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, c. 1740