Napoleonic(Bookshelf)
Distinction of Nelson's career His extensive and varied correspondence Parentage and birth Delicacy of constitution First entry in the Navy Anecdotes of childhood Cared for by his uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling Serves in a West India merchantman Expedition to the Arctic Sea C...
Between the time that Nelson was wounded at Teneriffe, July 24, 1797, and his return to active service in April, 1798, important and ominous changes had been occurring in the po...
21. CHAPTER VII.While the "Agamemnon" was refitting in Leghorn, the sensitive mind of her captain, no longer preoccupied with the cares of campaigning and negotiations, dwelt with restless anxi...
14. CHAPTER I.It is the appointed lot of some of History's chosen few to come upon the scene at the moment when a great tendency is nearing its crisis and culmination. Specially gifted with q...
27. CHAPTER XIII.The intention of the French to send a fleet into the Mediterranean had transpired some time before, and the motive--to retrieve the destruction of their naval power in that sea...
18. CHAPTER IV.By the loss of Toulon the British fleet in the Mediterranean was left adrift, without any secure harbor to serve as a depot for supplies and a base for extended operations. Hood...
22. CHAPTER VIII."When we quitted Toulon," wrote Nelson to his old captain, Locker, while on the passage to Gibraltar, "I remember we endeavoured to reconcile ourselves to Corsica; now we are co...
25. CHAPTER XI.NELSON'S RETURN FROM EGYPT TO NAPLES.--MEETING WITH LADY HAMILTON.--ASSOCIATION WITH THE COURT OF NAPLES.--WAR BETWEEN NAPLES AND FRANCE.--DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS.--FLIGHT OF...
15. CHAPTER II.THE CRUISE OF THE "BOREAS."--CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION ACT.--RETURN TO ENGLAND.--RETIREMENT UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.--APPOINTED TO C...
19. CHAPTER V.NELSON'S SERVICES WITH THE FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNDER ADMIRAL HOTHAM.--PARTIAL FLEET ACTIONS OF MARCH 13 AND 14, AND JULY 13.--NELSON ORDERED TO COMMAND A DETACHED SQUADRO...
20. CHAPTER VI.NELSON'S COMMAND OF A DETACHED SQUADRON ON THE RIVIERA OF GENOA, UNTIL THE DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS AT THE BATTLE OF LOANO.--SIR JOHN JERVIS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE M...
17. CHAPTER III.Nelson's page in history covers a little more than twelve years, from February, 1793, to October, 1805. Its opening coincides with the moment when the wild passions of the Frenc...
16. did. Five days after his arrival he sent a message from her toA newly married man, who had just concluded a full cruise of such arduous and unremitting exertions, might reasonably have wished and expected a period of relaxation; but the re...
23. CHAPTER IX.Too much success is not wholly desirable; an occasional beating is good for men--and nations. When Nelson wrote the words with which the preceding chapter ends, he was on the ev...
26. CHAPTER XII.The four and a half months of unbroken residence in Palermo, which followed the flight of the Court from Naples, were full of annoyance and distress to Nelson, independent of, a...
7. CHAPTER VII.The "Agamemnon" refits at Leghorn Nelson's sensitiveness to censure His vindication of his recent conduct His erroneous conceptions of French military aims Importance of Vado Ba...
4. CHAPTER IV.Importance of Corsica Hood orders Nelson to open communications with Paoli Operations begun at San Fiorenzo Bastia blockaded by Nelson Description of Bastia The army refuses to...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Nelson's measures to meet Bruix's fleet His perplexity and mental distress Concentrates his division off Maritimo His sagacity and resolution Growing infatuation about Lady Hami...
2. CHAPTER II.Appointed to command the "Boreas" Sails for the Leeward Islands Traits of character and manners Refuses to recognize a commodore's pendant, of a captain "not in commission" Indi...
10. CHAPTER X.Changed political conditions in Europe, 1798 The British Cabinet decides to take the offensive The quarter in which to strike determined by the Toulon armament Orders issued to...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Nelson sent to Elba to remove naval material Combat with Spanish frigates Arrival at Elba Hesitations of the General about evacuating Nelson leaves Elba with the naval vessels D...
6. CHAPTER VI.NELSON'S COMMAND OF A DETACHED SQUADRON ON THE RIVIERA OF GENOA, UNTIL THE DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS AT THE BATTLE OF LOANO.--SIR JOHN JERVIS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE M...
5. CHAPTER V.NELSON'S SERVICES WITH THE FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNDER ADMIRAL HOTHAM.--PARTIAL FLEET ACTIONS OF MARCH 13 AND 14, AND JULY 13.--NELSON ORDERED TO COMMAND A DETACHED SQUADRO...
1. CHAPTER I.Distinction of Nelson's career His extensive and varied correspondence Parentage and birth Delicacy of constitution First entry in the Navy Anecdotes of childhood Cared for by h...
11. CHAPTER XI.NELSON'S RETURN FROM EGYPT TO NAPLES.--MEETING WITH LADY HAMILTON.--ASSOCIATION WITH THE COURT OF NAPLES.--WAR BETWEEN NAPLES AND FRANCE.--DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS.--FLIGHT OF...
3. CHAPTER III.Significance of Nelson's career Intimate association of the "Agamemnon" with his name Delay in her equipment Nelson's hatred for the French Sails for Spithead Cruising in the Ch...
9. CHAPTER IX.Origin of the Teneriffe Expedition Conditions conducive to success Orders to Nelson to undertake it Failure of the first attempt Nelson determines to storm the town The assault...
12. CHAPTER XII.The French enter Naples Nelson's distress and comments The Sidney Smith mission Nelson's indignation Modification of Smith's orders Nelson's diplomatic capacity Jealousy of Russ...