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W.M.James
THE NAVAL HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN
DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS
volume 6: 1[zasłonięte]811-18
Stackpole Books 2002
Stron 560, format: 15x22 cm
Książka jest nowa /ma jednak lekkie zagięcie w dolnej części obwoluty/.
'The most perfect and comprehensive naval history ever published'.
Edinburgh Review April 1840
William James's six-volume masterpiece The Naval History of Great Britain remains the most comprehensive history of the operations of the Royal Navy between 1793 and 1815. Exhaustively researched, utilising despatches, logs, gazettes, foreign reports and eye-witness accounts this narrative chronological history, charts all the fleet battles, minor engagements and single ship actions. This new edition includes an introductory essay by the distinguished naval historian Andrew Lambert and previously unpublished correspondence between James and many of the major political and naval figures of his time. Each individual volume also contains a new index.
This final volume covers the years of 1[zasłonięte]811-18. In 1812 a new enemy entered the war at sea, the United States. As a result there were many famous sea fights during these years, the USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere, Chesepeake and Shannon, United States and the Macedonian. It was these very actions that prompted James to write his naval history. Also examined are Sir Home Popham's famous campaign along the North coast of Spain in 1812, which allowed Wellington to shift his supply line and begin to push the French out of Spain. The additional sections cover the Burmese War of 1824 and the volume concludes with an account of the battle of Navarino in 1827, the last major action fought solely under sail.
CONTENTS
General Introduction by Andrew Lambert I
Illustrations
William James IV
Admiral Sir Edward Codrington VI
Captain Sir Nesbit J. Willoughby VII
Admiral Lord de Saumarez VIII
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1811 continued.
Light squadrons and single ships, 1 - Little Belt and President, 3 -Action off Madagascar, 15 - Colonel expeditions, East Indies, 26 -Capture of Java, 39.
1812
British and French fleets, 40 - State of the British navy, ibid. -Russia declare war against France, ibid. - Escape of M. Allemand from Lorient, 41 - Vice-admirals Emeriau and Sir Edward Pellew, 44 - Light squadrons and single ships, 45 - Rosario and Griffon with French flotilla, ibid. - Recapture of the Apelles, 47 - Destruction of the Arienne and Andromaque, 50 - Sealark and Ville-de-Caen, 52 - Dictator and consorts with Nayaden and consorts, 53 - Boat of Briséis at Pillau, 54 - Boats of Osprey near Heligoland, 55 - Boats of Horatio on coast of Norway, ibid. - Attack and a French privateer, 56 - Same and Danish gun-boats, 57 - Boats of Medusa at Arcasson, 58 - Narrow escape of the Magnificent, 59 - Sir Home Popham on north coast of Spain, 61 -Victorious and Rivoli, ibid. - Boats of Pilot and Thames at Policastro and Sapri, 67 - Boats of America and Leviathan at Languelia, 68 -Same at Allasio, 69 - Swallow with Renard and Goéland, 70 -Lieutenant Dwyer at Binendom, 72 - Boats of Becchante at Port Lemo, 74 - Boats of Eagle at Cape Maistro, 75 - Southampton and Améthyste, 76 - Chase of the Belvidera, 81 - Treatment of a British seaman at New-York, 86 - Minerva and Essex, 87 - Alert and Essex, 88 - Rattler and Essex, 89 - Shannon and Essex, 90 - Chase of the Constitution, 92 -Guerrière and Constitution, 94 - Frolic and Wasp, 110 - Macedonian and United-States, 113 - President and Congress with Galatea, 125 -Java and Constitution, 126 - Laura and Diligent, 139.
1813
British and American navies, 141 - State of the British navy, ibid. -The frigate-classes, ibid. - The sloop-classes, 148 - The schooner-class-M, 151 - On building ships of war, 152 - British and French fleets, 153 - Sir Edward Pellew and comte Emeriau, 154 - Light squadrons anii single ships, 156 - Blazer and Brevdrageren in the Elbe, ibid. -Albacore and Gloire, 158 - Linnet and Gloire, 159 - Alphea and Renard, 160 - Telegraph and Flibustier, 161 - Scylla and Royalist with Wiser, 163 - Andromache and Trave, 164 - Thunder and Neptune, 165 Snap and five French luggers, ibid. - Sir George Collier off north Coast of Spain, ibid. - Boats of Undaunted at Carri, 166 - Of Volontaire ii Morgion, 167 - of Repulse, &c, at same place, ibid. - Of Berwick and Km yalus at Cavalarie, 168 - Capture of Ponza, 169 - Captain Hall and Neapolitan gun-boats, ibid. - Boats of Becchante and Weasel near Cape Oranto, 170 - Bacchante at Karlebego, 172 - Her boats at Gela-Nova, ilnil - Weasel and French gunboats near Zirana, 173 - Boats of Kingfisher at Melara, 174 - Of Havannah at Vasto, &c, 175 - Of Apollo and Weasel at St.-Cataldo, ibid. - Capture of islands of Augusta and Curzola, 176 - Boats of Apollo and Cerberus, near Corfu, &c. ibid. -Saracen at Zapano, 177 - Boats of Elizabeth and Eagle at Goro, Omago, &C ibid. - Capture of Fiume, 178 - Also of Porto-Re, Farasina, &c. 179" - Capture of Rovigno, Ragosniza, and Triest, ibid. - Bacchante and
Saracen at Castel-Nuova, 181 - Boats of Swallow off dAnzo, ibid. - Of Kdmburgh and squadron at same place, ibid. - Boats of Furieuse at Marinelo, 182 - Of Revenge at Palamos, 183 - Of Undaunted at Port Nouvelle, ibid. - Boats of Swiftsure and French privateer, ibid. -Amelia and Arethuse, 184 - Bonne-Citoyenne and Hornet, 191 -I'( acock and Hornet, 192 - Shannon and Chesapeake, 196-Alexandria and President, 213 - Dominca and Decatur, 216 - Boxer and Enterprise, 218 - Pelican and Argus, 220 - Boat-attacks, &c. in Chesapeake bay, 224 - Capture of the Lottery schooner, 225 -Lieutenant Polkinghorne at the Rappahannock, ibid. - Rear-admiral (!ockburn at Frenchtown, &c. 226 - Capture of Surveyor schooner, 231 Junon and American gun-boats, ibid. - Unsuccessful attack on Craney island, 232 - British at Hampton, 234 - Rear-admiral Cockburn at Ocracoke, 235 - Capture of Asp. 236 - Martin and Arrerican gun-boats in the Delaware, ibid. - Valiant and Acasta with the United-States and Macedonian, 239 - Attempt to destroy Ramillies by an explosion vessel, 240 - British and Americans on Canadian lakes, 241 - Operations on lake Ontario, ibid. - Same on lake Erie, 242 - Captain Barclay and commodore Perry, 250 - Captain Everard on lake Champlain, 253.
1814
British and French fleets, 254 - State of the British navy, ibid. - Sir Edward Pellew, and the Baron Cosmao-Kerjulien, 255 - Boyne and Romulus, 256 - Concluding operations in the Adriatic, 257 - Surrender of Cattaro, Ragusa &c. ibid. - also of Spezzia and Genoa, ibid. - Passage (if the Ardour and peace with France, 259 - Light squadrons and sin-OLE ships, ibid. - Capture of the Iphigenie and Alcmene, 260 - Severn with Etoile and Sultaine, 261 - Creole and Astrea with Etoile and Sultaine, 262 - Hebrus and Etoile, 265 - Niger and Tagus with Cérès, 267 - Eurotas and Clorinde, 268 - Primrose and Marlborough packet, 278, Majestic with Atalnate and Terpsichore, 279 - Loire and President, 283 - Phoebe and Essex, 284 - Orpheus and Frolic, 290 -Epervier and Peacock, 292 - Reindeer and Wasp, 429 - Avon and Wasp, 294 - Landrail and Syren, 299 - Ballahou and Perry, 300 - Boat-attacks, &c. in Chesapeake bay, ibid. - Captain Barrie and Commodore Barney's flotilla, ibid. - Rear-admiral Cockburn at Leonard's town, 302
At Nominy ferry, &c, 303 - Defensive preparations at Washington, 305 - Destruction of Commodore Barney's flotilla, 307 - Battle of Bladensburg, 308 - Capture of Washington, 309 - Captain Gordon at Alexandria, 312 - Death of Sir Peter Parker, 316 - Attack on Baltimore, 317 - Sir Thomas Hardy and Commodore Decatur, 322 - Captain Coote at Pettipague, 325 - Lieutenant Garland at Wareham, ibid. - Pique and Constitution, 327 - Junon and Tenedos with Constitution, 328 -Expedition to the Penohscot, 329 - British and Americans on Canadian lakes, 330 - Operations on lake Ontario, 332 - Attack on Oswego, ibid.
On vessels at Sandy creek, 334 - Operations on Lake Huron, 335 -Capture of schooners Tigress and Scorpion, 337 - Capture of Schooners Somers and Ohio on lake Eric, 338 - British and Americans on lake Champlain, 339 - British boats and General-Armstrong privateer, 349.
1815
British and French fleets, 351 - State of the British navy, ibid. -Buonaparte's return from Elba, 352 - His surrender, and conveyance to St.-Helena, ibid. - Rivoli attacks and captures Melpomene, 353 -Pilot engages Légère, ibid. - Proceedings at Martinique, 355 - Light squadrons and single ships, ibid. - Expedition to New Orleans, ibid. -Attack on Fort-Bowyer and destruction of Hermes, 356 - Captain Lockyer and American gun-boats, 357 - Boat-attacks on coast of Georgia, 360 - Rear-admiral Cockburn at Cumberland island, 361 -Endymion and President, 362 - St.-Lawrence and Chasseur, 370 -Levant and Cyane with Constitution, 372-Third Chase and escape of the Constitution, 375 - Penguin and Hornet, 383 - Nautilus and Peacock, 387 - Piratical vessels, 391 - Camelcon and Tripoli, 395.
1816.
State of the British navy, 397 - American expedition to Algiers, ibid.
England and the Barbary states, 398 - Battle of Algiers, 399.
1817 to 1820.
State of the British navy, 411 - New classification of the ships, 412 -British and American 74s, 413 - Sir Robert Sepping's improvements, &c. 417 - New plan of ship-building by Captain Hayes, 418.
1824.
The Burmese war, 420.
The battle of Navarin, 471.
Diagrams.
action off Madagascar:
Its commencement Squadrons becalmed action of the Guerrière and Constitution
Macedonian and United-States Java and Constitution Shannon and Chesapeake
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