The History of the British Navy

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP TER XXII. 1798. Disasters of the French navy in the year 1798 ?The Marquis Coburg takes La Revanche?The Princess Royal beats off L'Aventurier ? The Seahorse takes La Sensible?The Mars takes L'Hereule?The Brilliant beats off La Vertue and La Hegneree?Partial failure of a British expedition to Ostcnd ?...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP TER XXII. 1798. Disasters of the French navy in the year 1798 ?The Marquis Coburg takes La Revanche?The Princess Royal beats off L'Aventurier ? The Seahorse takes La Sensible?The Mars takes L'Hereule?The Brilliant beats off La Vertue and La Hegneree?Partial failure of a British expedition to Ostcnd ? The French are repulsed from the isles of Mareouf?Expedition to Ireland ? General Humbart lands in Killala Bay?is taken prisoner ? M. Bompart sails from Brestis defeated by Sir J. B. Warren ? Seven ships out of nine are taken ? Narrow escape of M. Savary and bis squadron? We evacuate San Domingo ? Operations in the Mediterranean ? Lord St. Vincent sends Nelson to Toulon with a small squadron ? Discontent of Sir W. Parker and Sir John Orde?Gale in the Gulf of Lyons ? Great exertions of Captain Ball ? Ten sail of the line are sent to reinforee Nelsou. If, during the year of which we have just related the naval transactions, the disasters of war fell upon the allies of France rather than upon herself.in the ensuing year, 1798, the balance was redressed; and, while but little injury was inflicted on Spain or on Holland, the fleets and squadrons of France were equally unsuccessful in aggressive and defensive warfare, and the most imposing armament that quitted her harbours was nearly annihilated by the most splendid and decisive victory of which, up to that time, the maritime annals of any country could boast, and which even nowhasneverbeenequalled, saveby otherblows dealt by the same redoubtable hand. If engagements between single ships could be taken as omens of the fortune of the approaching campaign, it opened badly for the enemy: since, in several encounters of that kind which took place, between vessels of every variety of rating and in every sea, the result was ...