Napoleons Last Voyages Being the Diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher R N
Napoleons Last Voyages Being the Diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher R N
Thomas Ussher
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2 - His squadron consisted of four So-gun ships, eight 74-gun ships, six frigates, and 7, 000 troops. On March 30, 1805, Admiral Villeneuve sailed from Toulon, and on April 7 was before Car- thagena, waiting a reinforcement of six Spanish 1 The action between Calder and Villeneuve took place off Cape Finisterre on July 22, 1805. Not till August 22-29 did Austria's preparations cause him seriously to consider the abandonment of his projects of invasion of England. This is made quite clear by his... letter written on those days. J. H. R. 2 La Touche-Treville died at Toulon on August 20, 1804. J. H. R. 92 NAPOLEON'S LAST VOYAGES sail of the line. These ships not being ready, he pursued his course about the middle of April, appeared before Gibraltar, and chased Sir John Orde, who, with five sail of the line, was before Cadiz. Admiral Villeneuve was joined by a seventy- four and two corvettes, and by Admiral Gra- vina with six sail of the line and 2, 000 troops, making eighteen sail of the line in all.
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