She knew that Kingscourt was in Wiltshire; but if, as he had told her, he was in the navy when the English fleet paid its famous visit to Cherbourg, he must have left Wiltshire when he was a very small boy indeed.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
134 Cherbourg, Henry of Lancaster at, ii.
"History of the English People, Index"
John Richard Green
Disheartened troops, cooped up in a fortress without hope of succour, offer but faint opposition; and Falaise was then the last place which held out in Normandy, excepting, only Domfront and Cherbourg, both which were taken almost immediately afterwards.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner