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21: 1089:. The French frigate squadron under Dubourdieu that had wintered in Ancona emerged to conduct a second invasion of Lissa, this time intended to be a permanent occupation. Dubourdieu mustered six French and Italian frigates and numerous smaller ships, carrying over 500 Italian soldiers. The French force was spotted by Hoste's British squadron as they approached the island and the two forces fought a battle off the northern coast. Early in the action Dubourdieu was killed by fire from Hoste's flagship 1804:
the harbour were brought to bear, collapsing the building and forcing the French to surrender. Over 90 vessels were captured, many being restored to their local owners while others were burnt or sent to Lissa laden with captured arms and supplies. The city's defences were blown up and the 350-strong garrison made prisoners. British losses were one killed and six wounded.
1082:, seizing an armed trabaccolo and storming the defences from cliffs overlooking the batteries. Despite heavy fire, only four British sailors were wounded in the attack. In the harbour the raiding party captured ten coastal vessels and burnt two magazines filled with supplies intended for the garrison of Corfu. 107:, but were unable to consistently maintain an effective naval squadron to dispute British operations in the Adriatic. Exploiting French weakness at sea, British cruisers were able to defeat successive French squadrons sent to reinforce the region and exerted total dominance in the Adriatic and Ionian seas. 2054:, the armies of Russia, Austria, Sweden and the German Kingdoms following closely behind. Napoleon had been forced to abandon most of the periphery of his Empire (including the Ilyrian Provinces and most of the Italian coast), following the defeat at Leipzig, concentrating his armies in the region of 1024:
to Ancona to monitor Dubourdieu's movements, but the French commodore had already sailed on 18 October. Hoste led his squadron south to search for Dubourdieu on the passage to Corfu and this assumed destination of the French force was confirmed by a Scilian privateer. In fact however, the French
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and numerous smaller ships attacked the port's defences early in the morning, carrying them and allowing marines to land in the town itself. A running battle through the city followed, before the garrison fortified themselves in a large house. This held out for sometime, until guns from the boats in
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16 February, Admiral Fremantle informs Admiral Pellew that the Adriatic is secured; that British naval forces and Austrian land armies had captured the entire Dalmatian and Croatian coasts as well as substantial parts of Italy. Over 700 French and Italian ships had been seized by the British forces
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6 February, Napoleon secretly ordered the French armies stationed in Spain to seize important Spanish fortresses and cities. Spanish military resistance was initially weak and the French were easily able to overrun Spanish defences and had captured most of the country by 18 March, despite growing
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a week later but found the city emptied by the retreating Russians. Forced to retreat via the same road used on the advance, the French army had to fend off continual Russian counterattacks, while their supply networks collapsed under the strains of long distances and approaching winter. On 29
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The list on the left recounts the actions and operations undertaken by the squadrons operating in the Adriatic during the campaign. The list on the right provides contextual information, recounting wider events in Europe and the Mediterranean that may have had an effect on the campaign.
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after slipping past the British blockade. Ganteaume landed large quantities of troops and supplies before returning to Toulon in early March without meeting the British fleet sent to search for them. This was the last successful foray into the region by a French force of this
905:. In five days of running conflict a number of smaller French ships were captured and two French ships of the line were driven ashore and burnt. The remainder of the French squadron limped back to Toulon over the next few months, after sheltering from further attack in 881:
but was unable to maintain his advance and was forced to retreat to Portugal for the winter. Elsewhere in Spain, independent Spanish armies were defeated at a number of battles and British naval forces harassed French units, fortifications and convoys along the Spanish
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near Venice and attacked prepared French defensive positions. The defences were rapidly taken and the town seized. French reinforcements sent from inland were ambushed by the landing party and forced to surrender. The raid captured 62 French soldiers and 25 coastal
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was signed, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition. Among the many territorial concessions the Austrians were forced to make were the entire Adriatic coastlines of Illyria and Dalmatia. These were to be directly administered from France and garrisoned with French
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and almost broke the British defenders. During the late summer and autumn, a series of battles disputed the frontier, before Wellington defeated the French offensive and successfully entered French territory, pushing northwards towards the city of
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harbour, where a French brig carrying supplies to the survivors of the Battle of Lissa was sheltering. Seizing an island at the mouth of the harbour, the British ships fired mortar shells at the brig until it caught fire and burnt to the
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force arrived off Lissa on 22 October. Several hundred Italian troops were landed the next day, forcing the British garrison to retreat into the island's mountainous interior. Dubourdieu captured or burnt a number of vessels at
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22 April, Sir Arthur Wellesley landed in Portugal and proceeded to drive the French out of most of the country in a series of small battles. Advancing into Spain, Wellesley won a major victory over the French on 27 July at the
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and destroy the Ottoman fleet. After two weeks of fighting the British squadron was forced to withdraw without causing significant damage to the Turks and having suffered heavy casualties. This action was the beginning of the
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3 May, the French army under Andre Massena besieging the Lines of Torres Vedras in Portugal had been forced to withdraw after running out of supplies and Wellington responded by advancing against them. The armies met at the
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with the French armies in Germany in disarray following the disastrous campaign in Russia of the previous year, the Coalition of Russia, Prussia and Sweden prepared to advance across a broad front stretching from the
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campaigns, Wellington was able to advance deep into French-held territory with his Anglo-Portuguese army and their Spanish allies from their bases on the Portuguese border. As the French armies in Spain fell back to
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in the autumn. This army was also forced to withdraw in January 1809, after a French army under Napoleon defeated the Spanish forces in Northern Spain and threatened to cut off the British force from its supplies in
1721:. On 17 May, the boats of the former boarded and seized a French gunboat, and on 27 May boats from both ships attacked a well-armed French convoy leaving the port, capturing three gunboats and four coastal vessels. 90:
agreed to withdraw from the Adriatic. For the next seven years, the Royal Navy sought to disrupt French and Italian military and commercial sea traffic, as well as the movement of troops and supplies to the
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10 April, as the war in Europe came to its inevitable conclusion in the north, the Allied armies in the south of France, under Lord Wellington, pushed the French forces back to their regional centre of
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from close range, but the British ship destroyed the battery with heavy cannon fire. Over the next week, British sailors and marines joined the siege and reinforced the Austrian troops under
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in July. Naval support for this army was extensive and would remain the Mediterranean Fleet's highest priority throughout the next seven years of warfare. This initial army was withdrawn by
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by an Anglo-Spanish army that landed behind it with Royal Navy support. Despite this success, the French were allowed to withdraw due to acrimony between the British and Spanish commanders.
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on 16 October. This battle, the largest fought in Europe to that date, was a significant victory for the Coalition and drove Napoleon out of Germany, although with much of his army intact.
1029:, but reembarked his troops and sailed back to Ancona after only eight hours of occupation when local fishermen informed him of Hoste's approach from the south. Late on 23 October, HMS 1981:. Napoleon again invited the Coalition to attack him in Southeastern Germany and again inflicted defeats on their advancing armies, most significantly against the Austrians at the 1480:. The capture of these heavily defended bastions cost the British Army heavy casualties, forcing Wellington to rest his army during May on the frontier between Spain and Portugal. 2066:, the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Coalition forcing Napoleon back. Counter attacking, Napoleon inflicted a series of stinging victories over the Prussians in the 1472:, Wellington, taking advantage of the reduced French armies facing him due to the campaign in Valencia, advanced into Spain. His initial targets were the border fortresses of 285:, burning most of the vessels in the port, destroying French military supplies and capturing two coastal merchant vessels. One of the captured ships was carrying four large 769:. The force overwhelmed the defences and captured six gunboats and two small merchant ships. Five other coastal vessels were burnt and a gun battery and barracks blown up. 200:'s crew spotted three small ships approaching Corfu and chased them onto rocks off the island where they were wrecked. Three other vessels were spotted minutes later and 1052:. During the campaign, the French army suffered from poor supplies in the empty countryside and was forced to withdraw in March 1811 without inflicting a decisive blow. 949:. In a brief but successful siege this force, commanded by John Oswald, forced the surrender of the principal fortress and with it secured the island and its garrison. 2082:. He was, however, unable to capitalise and the victories were interspersed with defeats that eventually pushed his armies into the Paris suburbs. At the battles of 130:. The campaign also had effects on the morale and effectiveness of the French fleet, which lost some of its best commanders and frigates in the campaign, and on the 1000: 1399: 994: 379:. During the year, British ships had repeatedly raided the Spanish Mediterranean coast, capturing convoys, destroying batteries and attacking Spanish warships. 1890:(Kotor), seizing all four. The following day the boats of the squadron attacked the island itself and captured it, stationing a garrison to blockade Cattaro. 2070:, but was only able to delay the Coalition's advance. During February and March, Napoleon won further victories against Coalition armies, particularly at 126:, but was dissuaded in part due to the difficulty of supplying a force in the region without control of the Adriatic, his attention eventually turning to 737: 1662:
boats raided Malero harbour, forcing the eight grain ships there to scuttle themselves. The island was temporarily seized by a Marines landing force.
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in 1811 at which the last major French force was destroyed and its commander killed. The subsequent campaign was characterised by sustained raids by
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pursued them too, capturing them and the 250 French soldiers aboard. Later that afternoon, a French dispatch vessel was also taken and burnt before
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The campaign in the Adriatic has been credited with having a significant effect on the wider war through the disruption of French forces in the
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was badly damaged and suffered heavy casualties, but captured three and wrecked three of the gunboats and caused serious damage to the others.
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convoys, warships and coastal positions across the Adriatic, culminating in the capture of several key French port cities in 1813, during the
1852:(Rogoznica), crossed it overnight and attacked the island's battery at first light from the land. The fortification was taken and blown up. 517: 230: 1406: 1969:, Napoleon invited the still disorganised Prussian and Russian forces to fight him and inflicted heavy losses on them at the battles of 841:. Napoleon led his main force against the Austrians in Southern Germany, winning a string of battles including significant victories at 1819: 1765:(Šipan), surprising the garrison and capturing 36 French soldiers, including the island's commander and the commander of neighbouring 1325:
ended in failure, and Wellington was forced to withdraw his Anglo-Portuguese army back to the border of Spanish border for the winter.
1121:, which had not been boarded by a British prize crew. The action ended the last French attempt to contest superiority in the Adriatic. 3507: 508:(later the Duke of Wellington) landed in Portugal to assist the popular uprising against French military rule following massacres in 282: 1977:. Both sides agreed to a brief armistice in June to regroup, before war began again on 14 August, the Coalition joined by the 1622:
chased a coastal convoy near Faro, capturing one ship and driving nine ashore under heavy fire from French troops on nearby cliffs.
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to size four coastal merchant ships sheltering in the harbour on 4 February. On 12 February, boats landed sailors and marines near
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near Venice and seized a convoy of ship-timber destined for the Venetian shipyards, in addition to its escorts, the French brig
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for several hours before safely reaching the harbour at Corfu, having been ordered not to engage British ships of similar force
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into a series of French-administered client states, but minor clauses provided for Russian evacuation and French control of the
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the city. The operation was a failure, as Murray lost his nerve and re-embarked his troops before French relief forces arrived.
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stormed Devil's Island off Northern Corfu on 11 April and seized two grain ships destined for the Corfu garrison. On 14 April,
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on 22 July, Wellington inflicted a severe defeat on the French and was able to march deep into French-held Spain. Seizing
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arrived in the Adriatic carrying large quantities of supplies for Corfu. As they approached the island, the small British brig
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3 February, with the British dominant in the Adriatic and the war drawing to a close, the commander of the French frigate
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on the western coast of Italy despite unsuccessful attempts by the Royal Navy to intercept and destroy the invasion force.
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but could be used to blockade the passage if properly garrisoned. To this end, the French heavily fortified the island of
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arrived off Lissa, but Hoste's main force did not appear until 26 October, by which time Dubourdieu had reached Ancona.
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and several smaller craft attacked a French gunboat force off the island of St George that protects the anchorage of
1141: 830: 1435:'s boats were then deployed to attack the convoy, burning six ships and capturing 15. Two gunboats were also seized. 758:. Avoiding the fire of the port's gun batteries, the raiders captured six gunboats and ten coastal merchant vessels. 1344:. Held up by determined Spanish resistance, the French were unable to capture Valencia until late in December 1811. 143: 2047: 1340:. Stripping troops from the Portuguese front, the French redoubled their attack and routed the Spanish army under 3410: 420:, capturing numerous coastal vessels and preventing the movement of shipping off the Adriatic's busiest seaport. 134:
advance on Italy in 1813, when French defence lines were repeatedly out-flanked by British attacks from the sea.
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entered Ragusa harbour itself, seizing two coastal vessels. Two days later, the cutter attacked the harbour of
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22 May, with the French retreating in Central Europe and their armies in Iberia distracted by several bitter
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which forced Archduke Charles to sue for peace. On the shores of the Adriatic, minor Austrian armies under
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captured five vessels and burnt another from a coastal convoy near Goro despite heavy fire from the shore.
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and smaller ships while the Austrians besieged it by land. On 10 October a French gun battery fired on
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and routed the defenders. Landing parties captured 13 vessels, burnt others and blew up Pesaro Castle.
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at which Wellington's army forced the French to withdraw from Portugal entirely. A second army under
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departed Venice for Trieste on her maiden voyage with a small escort. The British ship of the line
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fleet to escape the British blockade ended in failure. Ordered to relieve the besieged garrison at
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driven ashore and wrecked. The action then became general, with the French force scattering after
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carrying supplies for Corfu. Within hours, the squadron was attacked by a British squadron under
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near the town. French resistance in Northern Spain collapsed and Wellington pursued them to the
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landed at San Cataldo, attacked a hastily prepared French barricade and captured 26 soldiers.
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was destroyed with heavy loss of life by a sudden magazine explosion while docked at Trieste.
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raid Vasto, capturing ten coastal merchant ships under heavy fire. Marines and sailors from
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rivers as the Russians fell back before them. Attempts to slow the French at the battles of
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entered the harbour and seized the gunboat and a smaller vessel despatched to protect it.
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fought a running duel with 14 French gunboats and shore batteries around the island of
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5–16 October, a Frano-Neapolitan army successfully invaded and captured the island of
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and seized nine French gunboats, suffering only one man killed and another wounded.
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decided to save his ship from capture by setting fire to her in Brindisi harbour.
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5 July, the British squadron that raided Fiume under Admiral Fremantle attacked
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were defeated and on 7 September, the main Russian armies were defeated at the
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attacked seven French gunboats and 14 coastal vessels in Gela-Nova harbour in
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landed a sizeable force of British regulars and Greek levies on the island of
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drove a 23 ship convoy ashore while under fire from an Italian battery near
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began a spring campaign against the north-eastern Italian coast. Boats from
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3 July, Admiral Fremantle ordered a large expedition to attack the city of
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21–25 October, the last serious effort by a battle squadron of the French
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and captured all of them, as well as eight gunboats employed as escorts.
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13 June, with his army rested, Wellington's British army advanced into
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which closed with the French frigates. The French exchanged shots with
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sailed north from Corfu, heading for Trieste with a cargo of over 200
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and fell back into Germany, having lost the core of his veteran army.
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under Napoleon and supported by Austrian and Prussian allies invaded
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and a wide selection of artillery supplies for the port's defences.
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and an Austrian force besieging the city from the landward side.
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garrison had taken possession of the island. The following day,
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on 16 May. Allied attempts to besiege the border fortresses of
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attacked Rotti and burnt seven coastal vessels in the harbour.
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chased, caught, captured and burnt the large French gunboat
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Despite being defeated at the 1013:, arriving on 6 October, having sighted Hoste's 971:29 September, the newly arrived French frigates 3372:Esposito, Vincent J.; Elting, Charles (1999) . 2157: 2155: 2015:(Kotor) after ten days of constant bombardment. 25:La Pomone contre les fregates Alceste et Active 1633:near Otranto and seized her eight ship convoy. 1293:5 March, a French army blockading the city of 923:22 March – 16 April, a squadron consisting of 837:, an ally of France. This offensive began the 440:on 31 May, and drove a fourth back to Venice. 424:captured three Franco-Italian brigs sent her, 3421: 1647:, seized a gunboat and burnt a merchant ship. 3253: 3201: 2152: 1495:to engage him near the city. In the ensuing 1405:under William Hoste landed a shore party at 810:also fell without a fight while troops from 3217: 3215: 3213: 3103: 3031: 2942: 2787: 2715: 2661: 2481: 2446: 2409: 2046:1 January, the Prussian army under General 1265:. 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This campaign marked the start of the 262:from an anchorage under the fortress at 184:to liaise with the Russian garrison. As 19: 3463: 3352: 3224: 3156: 3147: 3135: 3121: 3082: 3061: 3049: 2992: 2963: 2951: 2910: 2877: 2796: 2769: 2751: 2733: 2697: 2688: 2640: 2595: 2586: 2577: 2559: 2526: 2508: 2490: 2467: 2388: 2250: 2209: 2207: 2167:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2106:and driven the French out of Catalonia. 1618:2 February, boats of British sloop HMS 212:with news of the French seizure of the 3518:19th-century history of the Royal Navy 3490: 3330: 3289: 3271: 3262: 3183: 3112: 3094: 3073: 3040: 3019: 3010: 3001: 2983: 2898: 2886: 2868: 2859: 2850: 2760: 2742: 2706: 2670: 2652: 2568: 2547: 2538: 2517: 2499: 2455: 2397: 2343: 2334: 2325: 2298: 2271: 2225: 2216: 1933:by the Royal Navy, with orders to lay 1855:5 October, linking with the advancing 1449:21 December, a raiding party from HMS 1161:, later returning to Toulon. 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In the evening, boats from 39:was a struggle for supremacy in the 3259:Esposito & Elting, Maps 145–154 3207:Esposito & Elting, Maps 127–144 2948:Esposito & Elting, Maps 107–126 1825:2 August, Landing parties from HMS 1442:attacked an 18 ship convoy off the 1273:were both chased down and captured. 1017:in the distance during the passage. 13: 849:before suffering a rare defeat at 512:in May and the Spanish victory at 14: 3529: 3314:Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars 3290:Adkins, Roy & Lesley (2006). 1680:24 April, shore parties from HMS 1336:was held up by Spanish forces at 1282:was wrecked in a heavy storm off 255:attacked and captured the French 3508:Campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars 3233: 1581:chased five French gunboats off 1518:along a broad front centered on 1113:was chased down and captured by 987:joined the Venetian squadron of 663:(Rovinj) and seized the gunboat 315:large scale amphibious operation 3391:Gardiner, Robert, ed. (2001) . 3316:. Wordsworth Military Library. 2003:6 January, British frigate HMS 711:15 May, a shore party from HMS 601:later joined the Royal Navy as 593:took shelter under the fort at 3422:Henderson CBE, James (1994) . 2601:Esposito & Elting, Map 100 2592:Esposito & Elting, Map 106 2583:Esposito & Elting, Map 102 37:Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814 1: 3447:The Napoleonic Wars Data Book 3283: 2277:Esposito & Elting, Map 83 1772:20 June, 50 sailors from HMS 1636:22 March, a shore party from 1438:18 September, boats from HMS 1297:in Spain was defeated at the 1040:21 July, a French army under 1005:. The force then sailed from 485:and the French dispatch boat 481:, chased the Italian gunboat 233:, chased the Italian gunboat 114:. It has been suggested that 3249:. 2 April 1814. p. 700. 1416:9 September, French frigate 1276:30 November, French frigate 1228:was overhauled and captured. 794:landed 1,900 soldiers under 772:7 September, boats from HMS 550:8 February, British frigate 371:two days before the fall of 144:Adriatic campaign of 1807–14 59:squadrons, climaxing at the 7: 3513:History of the Adriatic Sea 2132: 1840:4 August, Marines from HMS 1761:go ashore on the island of 1732:landed marines at Omago in 1457:landed at San Cataldo near 1194:chased the French frigates 137: 10: 3534: 3292:The War for All the Oceans 2793:James, Vol. 5, pp. 375–380 2721:James, Vol. 5, pp. 351–362 1925:in April was landed under 1360:Action of 22 February 1812 1307:Battle of Fuentes de Onoro 1233:Action of 29 November 1811 1124:25 March, French frigates 952:28 June, the boats of HMS 839:War of the Fifth Coalition 611:12 March, French frigates 355:1 December, following the 141: 124:War of the Fifth Coalition 77:War of the Sixth Coalition 3353:Esdaile, Charles (2002). 3109:James, Vol 6, pp. 178–179 3037:James, Vol 6, pp. 172–174 2667:James, Vol 5, pp. 252–256 2487:James, Vol 5, pp. 169–170 2452:James, Vol 5, pp. 171–173 2415:James, Vol 5, pp. 152–153 1787:(Rijeka). Boats from HMS 1687:29 April, boats from HMS 160: 157: 3471:. Constable Publishers. 3417:. Conway Maritime Press. 2847:James, Vol. 6, pp. 64–67 2137: 1848:landed on the island of 1818:bombarded the castle at 1750:17 June, boats from HMS 1739:12 June, boats from HMS 1709:17–27 May, boats of HMS 1101:forced the surrender of 963:landed shore parties at 869:but French forces under 765:landed a shore party at 685:landed shore parties at 565:landed shore parties on 393:23 February, the French 188:'s boats approached the 173:23 August, British brig 99:, which lie outside the 3393:The Victory of Seapower 2313:James, Vol 5, pp. 52–53 2111:Treaty of Fontainebleau 1020:20 October, Hoste took 941:and the transport ship 718:31 May, Boats from HMS 357:Treaty of Fontainebleau 324:9 and 12 July, Emperor 248:25 October, boats from 118:intended to invade the 3338:. Chatham Publishing. 1946:Battle of the Pyrenees 1916:siege to San Sebastián 1168:4 May, boats from HMS 1050:Lines of Torres Vedras 750:raided the harbour of 416:began a cruise in the 304:in an effort to reach 86:in 1807, in which the 32: 3445:Smith, Digby (1998). 3332:Clowes, William Laird 2883:James, Vol. 6, p. 494 2802:James, Vol. 6, p. 491 2775:James, Vol. 5, p. 375 2757:James, Vol. 5, p. 364 2739:James, Vol. 5, p. 362 2703:James, Vol. 5, p. 351 2694:James, Vol. 5, p. 350 1833:attacked the town of 1724:8 June, boats of HMS 871:Eugène de Beauharnais 330:Alexander I of Russia 298:John Thomas Duckworth 296:19 February, Admiral 142:Further information: 29:Pierre-Julien Gilbert 23: 3221:James, Vol 6, p. 257 3198:Esdaile, pp. 459–482 3180:Esdaile, pp. 443–454 3171:James, Vol 6, p. 181 3144:James, Vol 6, p. 180 3132:James, Vol 6, p. 179 3091:James, Vol 6, p. 178 3070:James, Vol 6, p. 172 3058:James, Vol 6, p. 177 2998:James, Vol 6, p. 174 2980:James, Vol 6, p. 176 2960:James, Vol 6, p. 170 2939:Esdaile, pp. 392–426 2921:James, Vol 6, p. 175 2895:James, Vol. 6, p. 75 2865:James, Vol. 6, p. 74 2838:Esdaile, pp. 372–377 2829:Esdaile, pp. 340–368 2649:James, Vol 5, p. 252 2565:James, Vol 5, p. 146 2535:James, Vol 5, p. 177 2514:James, Vol 5, p. 173 2496:James, Vol 5, p. 171 2478:James, Vol 5, p. 178 2394:James, Vol 5, p. 153 2259:James, Vol 4, p. 345 2231:James, Vol 4, p. 344 2222:James, Vol 4, p. 342 1588:29 January, Admiral 1247:and armed storeship 887:Treaty of Schönbrunn 729:28 July, boats from 346:Septinsular Republic 269:27–29 November, HMS 3449:. Greenhill Books. 3395:. Caxton Editions. 3376:. Greenhill Books. 2811:Clowes, pp. 495–497 2730:Clowes, pp. 478–481 2340:James, Vol 5, p. 56 2039:and sold as prizes. 1140:with the storeship 430:on 2 May, and 338:Battle of Friedland 328:of France and Tsar 219:7 October, British 3355:The Peninsular War 3246:The London Gazette 2100:Battle of Toulouse 1596:and the privateer 1548:Battle of Borodino 1493:Auguste de Marmont 1423:16 September, HMS 979:Bernard Dubourdieu 903:Thomas Byam Martin 879:Battle of Talavera 101:Straits of Otranto 93:Illyrian Provinces 33: 2201:Henderson, p. 152 2183:Henderson, p. 112 2162:Fremantle, Thomas 2130: 2129: 2109:11 April, At the 2068:Six Days Campaign 1987:Battle of Leipzig 1983:Battle of Dresden 1625:14 February, HMS 1600:to the island of 1413:and two gunboats. 1311:William Beresford 1299:Battle of Barrosa 1046:Battle of Bussaco 667:under heavy fire. 518:Sir Harry Burrard 467:26 June, British 444:later became HMS 311:Anglo-Turkish War 277:(Dubrovnik). Her 3525: 3482: 3469:The Sea Warriors 3465:Woodman, Richard 3460: 3441: 3429: 3418: 3406: 3387: 3368: 3349: 3327: 3305: 3278: 3277:Chandler, p. 153 3275: 3269: 3266: 3260: 3257: 3251: 3250: 3237: 3231: 3228: 3222: 3219: 3208: 3205: 3199: 3196: 3190: 3187: 3181: 3178: 3172: 3169: 3163: 3160: 3154: 3151: 3145: 3142: 3133: 3130: 3119: 3116: 3110: 3107: 3101: 3098: 3092: 3089: 3080: 3077: 3071: 3068: 3059: 3056: 3047: 3044: 3038: 3035: 3029: 3026: 3017: 3014: 3008: 3005: 2999: 2996: 2990: 2987: 2981: 2978: 2961: 2958: 2949: 2946: 2940: 2937: 2931: 2928: 2922: 2919: 2908: 2905: 2896: 2893: 2884: 2881: 2875: 2872: 2866: 2863: 2857: 2854: 2848: 2845: 2839: 2836: 2830: 2827: 2821: 2818: 2812: 2809: 2803: 2800: 2794: 2791: 2785: 2784:Gardiner, p. 178 2782: 2776: 2773: 2767: 2764: 2758: 2755: 2749: 2746: 2740: 2737: 2731: 2728: 2722: 2719: 2713: 2710: 2704: 2701: 2695: 2692: 2686: 2683: 2677: 2674: 2668: 2665: 2659: 2656: 2650: 2647: 2638: 2635: 2629: 2628:Chandler, p. 405 2626: 2620: 2619:Gardiner, p. 164 2617: 2611: 2608: 2602: 2599: 2593: 2590: 2584: 2581: 2575: 2572: 2566: 2563: 2557: 2554: 2545: 2542: 2536: 2533: 2524: 2521: 2515: 2512: 2506: 2503: 2497: 2494: 2488: 2485: 2479: 2476: 2465: 2462: 2453: 2450: 2444: 2443:Gardiner, p. 154 2441: 2416: 2413: 2407: 2404: 2395: 2392: 2386: 2383: 2377: 2374: 2368: 2365: 2359: 2356: 2350: 2347: 2341: 2338: 2332: 2329: 2323: 2322:Gardiner, p. 153 2320: 2314: 2311: 2305: 2302: 2296: 2293: 2287: 2284: 2278: 2275: 2269: 2268:Gardiner, p. 146 2266: 2260: 2257: 2248: 2245: 2232: 2229: 2223: 2220: 2214: 2213:Gardiner, p. 181 2211: 2202: 2199: 2193: 2190: 2184: 2181: 2175: 2159: 2150: 2147: 1878:12 October, HMS 1673:(Drvenik Mali). 1590:Thomas Fremantle 1491:and challenging 1231:28–29 November, 1208:), and corvette 1157:and driven into 885:14 October, the 855:Battle of Wagram 831:Archduke Charles 589:north of Corfu. 506:Arthur Wellesley 469:ship of the line 414:Patrick Campbell 334:Treaty of Tilsit 237:into Zupiano on 161:Napoleonic Wars 152: 151: 84:Treaty of Tilsit 47:and the British 3533: 3532: 3528: 3527: 3526: 3524: 3523: 3522: 3503:1810s conflicts 3498:1800s conflicts 3488: 3487: 3479: 3457: 3438: 3403: 3384: 3365: 3346: 3324: 3310:Chandler, David 3302: 3286: 3281: 3276: 3272: 3268:Esdaile, p. 485 3267: 3263: 3258: 3254: 3238: 3234: 3229: 3225: 3220: 3211: 3206: 3202: 3197: 3193: 3188: 3184: 3179: 3175: 3170: 3166: 3161: 3157: 3152: 3148: 3143: 3136: 3131: 3122: 3117: 3113: 3108: 3104: 3099: 3095: 3090: 3083: 3078: 3074: 3069: 3062: 3057: 3050: 3045: 3041: 3036: 3032: 3027: 3020: 3015: 3011: 3006: 3002: 2997: 2993: 2988: 2984: 2979: 2964: 2959: 2952: 2947: 2943: 2938: 2934: 2930:Esdaile, p. 387 2929: 2925: 2920: 2911: 2906: 2899: 2894: 2887: 2882: 2878: 2873: 2869: 2864: 2860: 2855: 2851: 2846: 2842: 2837: 2833: 2828: 2824: 2820:Esdaile, p. 336 2819: 2815: 2810: 2806: 2801: 2797: 2792: 2788: 2783: 2779: 2774: 2770: 2765: 2761: 2756: 2752: 2747: 2743: 2738: 2734: 2729: 2725: 2720: 2716: 2711: 2707: 2702: 2698: 2693: 2689: 2685:Esdaile, p. 337 2684: 2680: 2675: 2671: 2666: 2662: 2657: 2653: 2648: 2641: 2637:Gardiner, p. 52 2636: 2632: 2627: 2623: 2618: 2614: 2610:Esdaile, p. 213 2609: 2605: 2600: 2596: 2591: 2587: 2582: 2578: 2573: 2569: 2564: 2560: 2555: 2548: 2543: 2539: 2534: 2527: 2522: 2518: 2513: 2509: 2504: 2500: 2495: 2491: 2486: 2482: 2477: 2468: 2463: 2456: 2451: 2447: 2442: 2419: 2414: 2410: 2405: 2398: 2393: 2389: 2384: 2380: 2376:Esdaile, p. 155 2375: 2371: 2366: 2362: 2357: 2353: 2348: 2344: 2339: 2335: 2330: 2326: 2321: 2317: 2312: 2308: 2303: 2299: 2295:Gardiner, p. 19 2294: 2290: 2285: 2281: 2276: 2272: 2267: 2263: 2258: 2251: 2246: 2235: 2230: 2226: 2221: 2217: 2212: 2205: 2200: 2196: 2191: 2187: 2182: 2178: 2160: 2153: 2149:Woodman, p. 255 2148: 2144: 2140: 2135: 1979:Austrian Empire 1927:Sir John Murray 1573:6 January, HMS 1468:25 January, in 1444:Tremiti Islands 1087:Battle of Lissa 1027:Port St. George 761:27 August, HMS 698:Jahleel Brenton 363:armies invaded 146: 140: 61:Battle of Lissa 53:Napoleonic Wars 12: 11: 5: 3531: 3521: 3520: 3515: 3510: 3505: 3500: 3484: 3483: 3477: 3461: 3455: 3442: 3436: 3430:. Leo Cooper. 3419: 3411:James, William 3407: 3401: 3388: 3382: 3369: 3363: 3357:. Allen Lane. 3350: 3344: 3328: 3322: 3306: 3300: 3285: 3282: 3280: 3279: 3270: 3261: 3252: 3232: 3230:Clowes, p. 562 3223: 3209: 3200: 3191: 3182: 3173: 3164: 3162:Clowes, p. 537 3155: 3153:Clowes, p. 533 3146: 3134: 3120: 3118:Clowes, p. 532 3111: 3102: 3100:Clowes, p. 531 3093: 3081: 3079:Clowes, p. 528 3072: 3060: 3048: 3046:Clowes, p. 526 3039: 3030: 3028:Clowes, p. 525 3018: 3016:Clowes, p. 524 3009: 3007:Clowes, p. 519 3000: 2991: 2989:Clowes, p. 518 2982: 2962: 2950: 2941: 2932: 2923: 2909: 2907:Clowes, p. 516 2897: 2885: 2876: 2874:Clowes, p. 514 2867: 2858: 2856:Clowes, p. 502 2849: 2840: 2831: 2822: 2813: 2804: 2795: 2786: 2777: 2768: 2766:Clowes, p. 484 2759: 2750: 2748:Clowes, p. 483 2741: 2732: 2723: 2714: 2712:Clowes, p. 477 2705: 2696: 2687: 2678: 2676:Clowes, p. 472 2669: 2660: 2658:Clowes, p. 456 2651: 2639: 2630: 2621: 2612: 2603: 2594: 2585: 2576: 2574:Clowes, p. 281 2567: 2558: 2556:Clowes, p. 443 2546: 2544:Clowes, p. 442 2537: 2525: 2523:Clowes, p. 438 2516: 2507: 2505:Clowes, p. 437 2498: 2489: 2480: 2466: 2464:Clowes, p. 433 2454: 2445: 2417: 2408: 2406:Clowes, p. 432 2396: 2387: 2378: 2369: 2367:Esdaile, p. 87 2360: 2358:Esdaile, p. 35 2351: 2349:Clowes, p. 421 2342: 2333: 2331:Clowes, p. 416 2324: 2315: 2306: 2304:Clowes, p. 244 2297: 2288: 2286:Esdaile, p. 27 2279: 2270: 2261: 2249: 2247:Clowes, p. 403 2233: 2224: 2215: 2203: 2194: 2192:Adkins, p. 362 2185: 2176: 2172:J. 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Laughton 2151: 2141: 2139: 2136: 2134: 2131: 2128: 2127: 2126: 2125: 2107: 2091: 2042: 2041: 2040: 2036: 2027: 2016: 2007:and sloop HMS 1999: 1993: 1992: 1991: 1990: 1954: 1938: 1919: 1893: 1892: 1891: 1876: 1853: 1838: 1823: 1812: 1805: 1781: 1770: 1748: 1737: 1722: 1707: 1696: 1685: 1678: 1665:22 April, HMS 1663: 1648: 1634: 1623: 1616: 1605: 1586: 1569: 1563: 1562: 1561: 1560: 1557:Berezina River 1508: 1481: 1474:Ciudad Rodrigo 1464: 1463: 1462: 1447: 1436: 1421: 1414: 1396: 1354: 1348: 1347: 1346: 1345: 1326: 1323:Ciudad Rodrigo 1302: 1289: 1288: 1287: 1274: 1259:Murray Maxwell 1229: 1185: 1166: 1136:departed from 1122: 1085:11 March, the 1083: 1062: 1056: 1055: 1054: 1053: 1036: 1035: 1034: 1018: 969: 950: 919: 913: 912: 911: 910: 891: 883: 874: 851:Aspern-Essling 821: 820: 819: 785: 770: 759: 727: 716: 709: 690: 670:23 April, HMS 668: 646: 609: 581:James Brisbane 579:under Captain 570: 561:and sloop HMS 546: 540: 539: 538: 537: 530: 502: 496: 495: 494: 465: 418:Gulf of Venice 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Index


Pierre-Julien Gilbert
Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814
Adriatic Sea
French Navy
Royal Navy
Napoleonic Wars
frigate
Battle of Lissa
British
French
Italian
War of the Sixth Coalition
Treaty of Tilsit
Russian Navy
Illyrian Provinces
Ionian Islands
Straits of Otranto
Corfu
Balkans
Napoleon
Ottoman Empire
War of the Fifth Coalition
Russia
Austrian
Adriatic campaign of 1807–14
HMS Weasel
Corfu
harbour
French Army

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