Glover - The forgotten war against Napoleon: conflict in the Mediterranean, 1793-1815

The Forgotten War Against Napoleon

Conflict in the Mediterranean 17931815

Gareth Glover

First published in Great Britain in 2017 by

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Toulon harbour (contemporary painting).

The Tower at Mortella, 1793 (contemporary print).

Napoleon at Malta, June 1798.

The Battle of the Pyramids, 21 July 1798, by Louis-Franois, Baron Lejeune.

The Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798, by Thomas Pocock.

Port Mahon, Minorca (contemporary painting).

The Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801, by Philip James de Loutherbourg.

The Battle of Algeciras, 6 July 1801 (contemporary print).

The burning of the USS Philadelphia in Tripoli Harbour, 1804.

The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, by William Clarkson Stansfield.

The Battle of Maida, 4 July 1806, by Philip James de Loutherbourg.

Admiral Sir John Duckworth forcing a pass through the Dardanelles, by Philip James de Loutherbourg.

The Battle of Athos, 1807.

The Battle of Castalla, 13 April 1813 (print).

Napoleon leaves Elba, 1815, by Ambroise Louis Garneray.

The bombardment of Algiers, 1816, by Martinus Schouman.

The Mediterranean, 1810

The Central Mediterranean, 1810

The Siege of Toulon, 1793

The Island of Corsica, by Rene Bougard, 1801

The Straits of Gibraltar, by Rene Bougard, 1801

Plan of the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797

Napoleons Campaign in Egypt, 1798

Plan of the Battle of the Nile, 1 August 1798

Malta, by Rene Bougard, 1801

The Balearic Islands, 1800

Northern Italy, 1800

Cadiz, by Rene Bougard, 1801

Plan of the Battle of Alexandria, 21 March 1801

Elba, by Rene Bougard, 1801

Plan of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805

The Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily, 1810

The Environs of Maida, 1806

The Dardanelles, 1807

Egypt, 1807

Sicily and the Straits of Messina

Portugal and Spain

The French Assault on Capri, 4 October 1808

Eastern Spain

Naples Bay, by Rene Bougard, 1801

The Adriatic Sea

The Ionian Isles

Santa Maura (Lefkada)

The Dalmatian Coastline

The French Siege of Tarragona, 1811