The Broadcaster of Versailles, 1692, Le Crieur de Versaille / The Broadcaster of Versailles (title on object), The Broadcaster of Versailles. Cartoon of the French king Louis XIV as a town crier delivering news of the defeat in the naval battle at Cape la Hogue in which the French under Admiral de Tourville were defeated by the combined fleet of England and Holland under Admirals Russel and Almonde, May 29-June 3, 1692. In his right hand a conch shell, in his left hand a long list with the names of the French ships burned, at his feet a barking dog, in the background the naval battle. In the

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