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German historiography may count the War of the Second Coalition (1798/9–1801/2), during which Napoleon had seized power, as the Erster Napoleonischer Krieg ("First Napoleonic War"). [ 51 ] In Dutch historiography, it is common to refer to the 7 major wars between 1792 and 1815 as the Coalition Wars ( coalitieoorlogen ), referring to the first ...
The naval campaigns, operations and battles of the Napoleonic Wars were events during the period of World-wide warfare between 1802 and 1814 that were undertaken by European powers in support of their land-based strategies.
Jacques Hamelin 1837 by Antoine Maurin. The Indian Ocean was a vital part of the chain of trade links that connected the British Empire.Merchant ships from China, Arabia and East Africa crossed it regularly and at its centre was the British-held continent of India, from which heavily laden East Indiamen brought millions of pounds worth of trade goods to Britain every year. [1]
Linois's expedition to the Indian Ocean was a commerce-raiding operation launched by the French Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois was ordered to the Indian Ocean in his flagship Marengo in March 1803 accompanied by a squadron of three frigates, shortly before the end of the Peace of Amiens .
The French Imperial Navy (French: Marine Impériale) was the name given to the French Navy during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, and subsequently during the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. The first use of the title 'Imperial Navy' was in 1804, following the Coronation of Napoleon, a name derived from the old French Navy under The Republic.
As a general of division he took part in Napoleon's campaigns of 1805 and 1806. [1] At the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, [1] his division played a pivotal role, [citation needed] and he rendered excellent service at Jena in 1806. [1] In 1807, as chief of staff for Lefebvre at the siege of Danzig (now Gdańsk), he negotiated the terms of surrender.
Hutsell Computer War Games is a series of MS-DOS computer wargames written by W. R. Hutsell. They were distributed as shareware. The games include VGA Civil War Strategy Game, [1] EGA Civil War Battleset, Wars of Napoleon, and World War II In Western Europe. [2] All of the games are available for free since 2017.
The second camp was established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1803 and continued until 1805. It was here he assembled the Armée des côtes de l'Océan (Army of the Ocean Coasts) or the Armée d'Angleterre (Army of England) to invade Great Britain. On May 16, 1803, Britain (without a previous declaration of war) seized a hundred French and Batavian ...