Westphalia, Hesse and Lower Saxony Electoral Saxony Brandenburg Silesia East Prussia Pomerania Iberian Peninsula Naval Operations The Raid on Cherbourg took place in August 1758 during the Seven Years' War when a British force was landed on the coast of France by the Royal Navy with the intention of attacking the town of Cherbourg as part of the British government's policy of "descents" on the French coasts.

A large naval and military force was assembled in southern England under the direction of George Anson, the First Lord of the Admiralty.

This brought an end to the policy of "descents", as the British committed more troops to fight in Germany rather than risk another failed raid.

[4] Despite this, the raids had been a success as they had weakened French morale and convinced them that even parts of Metropolitan France were vulnerable to British naval power.

In response, France planned a major invasion of Britain, designed to knock them out of the war, but it had to be abandoned owing to naval defeats.