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British battles of the Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1806 / compiled by John Grehan and Martin Mace ; with additional research by Sara Mitchell and Robert Cager.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Despatches from the front
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Sources.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- History, Military.
- Great Britain--History, Military--1789-1820--Sources.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 210 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.
- Summary:
- Despatches from all the major British battles of the Revolutionary and early Napoleonic wars, Key sieges, invasions and amphibious operations included from India to the Caribbean, Original reports from the Duke of York in Flanders, Nelson at Aboukir Bay and Wellesley at Seringapatam, The actual words of the commanding officers from 200 years ago. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- The Despatches
- 1 Famars-23 May 1793 23
- 2 Hondschoote and the Siege of Dunkirk - 6 to 8 September 1793 26
- 3 Toulon - 18 September to 18 December 1793 30
- 4 Saint Florent - 7 February to 18 February 1794 39
- 5 Martinique - 23 March 1794 43
- 6 St Lucia - 1 April 1794 46
- 7 Bastia - 4 April to 19 May 1794 48
- 8 Guadeloupe - 11 April to 12 April 1794 51
- 9 Beaumont-en-Cambrésis - 26 April 1794 55
- 10 Tourcoing - 18 May 1794 58
- 11 Tournay - 22 May 1794 62
- 12 The Glorious First of June - 1 June 1794 64
- 13 Calvi - 19 June to 10 August 1794 67
- 14 Fleuras-26 June 1794 70
- 15 Boxtel - 15 September 1794 72
- 16 Genoa - 14 March 1795 74
- 17 Île de Groix - 23 June 1795 77
- 18 Hiéres Islands - 13 July 1795 79
- 19 Saint Lucia - 24th May 1796 81
- 20 & 21 The Capture of St Vincent and Grenada 84
- 22 Cape St Vincent 89
- 23 Trinidad - 21 February 1797 92
- 24 Fishguard-23 February 1797 96
- 25 San Juan - 17 April to 2 May 1797 98
- 26 Santa Cruz de Tenerife - 22 July to 25 July 1797 100
- 27 Camperdown-11 October 1797 102
- 28 Ostend-19May 1798 104
- 29 The Nile - 1 August to 3 August 1798 109
- 30 St George's Caye-3 September to 10 September 1798 111
- 31 Ballinamuck - 8 September 1798 118
- 32 Tory Island - 12 October 1798 121
- 33 Seringapatam - 5 April to 4 May 1799 123
- 34 Callanstoog - 27 August 1799 126
- 35 Krabbendam-10 September 1799 131
- 36 Bergen-19 September 1799 133
- 37 Alkmaar-2 October 1799 137
- 38 Castricum-6 October 1799 146
- 39 Brión (Ferrol) - 25 and 26 August 1800 149
- 40 Alexandria - 21 March 1801 151
- 41 Copenhagen-2 April 1801 155
- 42 Algeciras Bay - 6 July to 12 July 1801 159
- 43 Boulogne-15 August to 16 August 1801 164
- 44 St Lucia - 22 June 1803 169
- 45 Ally Ghur - 1 September to 4 September 1803 172
- 46 Assaye-23 September 1803 173
- 47 Pulo Aura - 14 February 1804 176
- 48 Cape Finistere - 22 July 1805 179
- 49 Trafalgar - 21 October 1805 181
- 50 Cape Ortegal - 4 November 1805 185
- 51 Blaauwberg - 8 January to 18 January 1806 188
- 52 San Domingo - 6 February 1806 196
- 53 Maida - 4 July 1806 199.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781781593325
- 1781593329
- OCLC:
- 854618643
- Publisher Number:
- 99956363598
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