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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME
- PLATES IN VOLUME XVI. From Original Designs
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN ROBERT FAULKNOR, TO WHOSE MEMORY HIS COUNTRY HAS VOTED A MONUMENT IN ST. PAUL'S. Preceded by an Account of his Naval Ancestors, from the year 1695
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR ANDREW MITCHELL, K.B. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR THOMAS LOUIS, BART. K.M.T. AND K.S.F. REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM, K.M, AND F.R.S. COMMODORE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON AT THE CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRES, &C
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR JOHN LEAKE, KNT. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, &C
- INDEX
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM, K.M, AND F.R.S. COMMODORE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON AT THE CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRES, &C
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE TO THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME
- PLATES IN VOLUME XVI. From Original Designs
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN ROBERT FAULKNOR, TO WHOSE MEMORY HIS COUNTRY HAS VOTED A MONUMENT IN ST. PAUL'S. Preceded by an Account of his Naval Ancestors, from the year 1695
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR ANDREW MITCHELL, K.B. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR THOMAS LOUIS, BART. K.M.T. AND K.S.F. REAR-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR HOME RIGGS POPHAM, K.M, AND F.R.S. COMMODORE OF HIS MAJESTY'S SQUADRON AT THE CAPTURE OF BUENOS AYRES, &C
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR JOHN LEAKE, KNT. ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, &C
- INDEX
Summary
“Oft Have I Seen The Master Passion Rise,
Light Up His Frame And Sparkle In His Eyes,
As Round Him Honour Threw Her Brightest Beam,
When Albion's Triumphs Were The Glorious Theme!”
AnonThe rapid succession of victories obtained, and conquests achieved, by the British arms, within the last twelve months, is beyond all precedent. Although the prodigal waste of human life, in Calabria, may be regarded with indifference by the man who usurps the Bourbon throne, who affects to call the people of France his subjects, our naval victories must “tent him to the quick.” Amidst the anxiety of Buonaparté for “ships, colonies, and commerce,” he has had the severe mortification of witnessing the annihilation of a great part of his marine force; of seeing his feeble relics of commerce almost entirely swept from the seas; and of beholding the Cape of Good Hope, and Buenos Ayres, two of the most valuable settlements in the world, wrested from the hands of his vassal allies. His maritime boastings must be confined to the predatory expedition of Guillaumez, an expedition unworthy of that officer's force, and to the “lucky escape” of his hopeful brother, Prince Jerome, “par accident”, from falling into the hands of the English. The name of Nelson, of Collingwood, of Strachan, of Duckworth, and of Popham, must be more galling to the ear of Buonaparté, than that of Mortimer was to King Henry.
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- The Naval ChronicleContaining a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects, pp. 265 - 440Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1806