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The Mediterranean campaign of 1798 was a series of major naval operations surrounding a French expeditionary force sent to ... By the end of the year little had ...
It was the primary purpose of the Mediterranean campaign of 1798, in which the French captured Malta while being followed by the British Royal Navy, whose pursuit was hampered by a lack of scouting frigates and reliable information. The expedition was the result of a confluence of interests.
The action of 27 June 1798 was a minor naval engagement between British and French frigates in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea.The engagement formed part of a wider campaign, in which a major French convoy sailed from Toulon to Alexandria at the start of the Napoleonic campaign in Egypt.
By the end of the year, the European powers, having recovered from their previous defeats and emboldened by Napoleon's absence, [citation needed] organized a new Second Coalition. The only military activity before the end of the year was in Italy, where Naples captured Rome on 28 October but was driven out by the end of the year.
The siege of Malta, also known as the siege of Valletta or the French blockade (Maltese: L-Imblokk tal-Franċiżi), was a two-year siege and blockade of the French garrison in Valletta and the Three Cities, the largest settlements and main port on the Mediterranean island of Malta, between 1798 and 1800.
A blockade of the Spanish Atlantic ports was instituted, especially Cadiz, the large southern fleet anchorage, and the Spanish did not again attempt to break out during the remainder of the year. [4] Early in 1798, rumours reached Jervis, recently ennobled as Earl St Vincent, of a buildup of French forces around the Mediterranean seaport of ...
Baeyens, Jacques (1973). Les Français à Corfou, 1797-1799 et 1807-1814 [The French in Corfu, 1797-1799 and 1807-1814] (in French).Athens: Institut français d'Athènes.
Promoted to commander in September, Letellier was appointed to Heureux and served in the Mediterranean campaign of 1798. After the captured of Malta, he was given command of the Cartaginoise, freshly captured at La Valette. He remained in harbour until the end of the Siege of Malta.