Napoleonic(Bookshelf)
Nelson's Birth and Boyhood--He is entered on Board the RAISONABLE--Goes to the West Indies in a Merchant-ship; then serves in the TRIUMPH--He sails in Captain Phipps' Voyage of Discovery--Goes to the East Indies in the SEAHORSE, and returns in ill Health--Serves as acting Lieu...
Nelson returns to Naples--State of that Court and Kingdom--General Mack--The French approach Naples--Flight of the Royal Family--Successes of the Allies in Italy--Transactions i...
8. Chapter 8Sir Hyde Parker is recalled and Nelson appointed Commander--He goes to Revel--Settlement of Affairs in the Baltic--Unsuccessful Attempt upon the Flotilla at Boulogne--Peace of A...
7. Chapter 7NELSON was welcomed in England with every mark of popular honour. At Yarmouth, where he landed, every ship in the harbour hoisted her colours. The mayor and corporation waited u...
3. Chapter 3The AGAMEMNON sent to the Mediterranean --Commencement of Nelson's Aquaintance with Sir W. Hamilton--He is sent to Corsica, to cooperate with Paoli--State of Affairs in that Isl...
5. Chapter 5EARLY in the year 1798, Sir Horatio Nelson hoisted his flag in the VANGUARD, and was ordered to rejoin Earl St. Vincent. Upon his departure, his father addressed him with that a...
9. Chapter 9Sir Robert Calder falls in with the combined Fleets--They form a Junction with the Ferrol Squadron, and get into Cadiz--Nelson is reappointed to the Command--Battle of Trafalgar...
4. Chapter 4Sir J. Jervis takes the Command--Genoa joins the French--Bounaparte begins his Career--Evacuation of Corsica--Nelson hoists his broad Pennant in the MINERVE--Action with the SAB...
1. Chapter 1Nelson's Birth and Boyhood--He is entered on Board the RAISONABLE--Goes to the West Indies in a Merchant-ship; then serves in the TRIUMPH--He sails in Captain Phipps' Voyage of...
2. Chapter 2Nelson goes to France--Reappointed to the BOREAS at the Leeward Islands in the BOREAS--His firm conduct concerning the American Interlopers and the Contractors--Marries and retu...