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Convoys : the British struggle against Napoleonic Europe and America / Roger Knight.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knight, R. J. B., author.
- Series:
- Yale scholarship online.
- Yale scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Naval convoys--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Naval convoys.
- Great Britain--History, Naval--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Naval history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 388 pages.) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2023]
- Summary:
- An account of Britain's convoys during the Napoleonic Wars - showing how the protection of trade played a decisive role in victory.
- Contents:
- Convoying before 1803
- The admiralty and trade protection, 1803-1815
- Warships and merchantmen
- Coast waters and the western approaches, 1803-1812
- North Sea convoys : two commanders, 1804-1812
- Escorting the troops : Europe and the overseas Garrisons, 1803-1816
- The Mediterranean : fruit, sulphur and soldiers, 1803-1814
- The East and West Indies : two sources of national wealth, 1803-1814
- The battle for the Baltic : timber, hemp and wheat, 1807-1812
- The North Atlantic : war on two fronts, 1812-1815
- The second world war.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 26, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9780300268751 (electronic book)
- OCLC:
- 1341444579
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