Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
- CHAPTER I THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
- CHAPTER II CRUISE OF THE “BOREAS” — CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION ACT.—RETURN TO ENGLAND.— RETIREMENT UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. — APPOINTED TO COMMAND THE “AGAMEMNON”
- CHAPTER III NELSON'S DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND IN THE “AGAMEMNON.” — SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNTIL THE RECOVERY OF TOULON BY THE FRENCH. — LORD HOOD IN COMMAND
- CHAPTER IV REDUCTION OF CORSICA BY THE BRITISH.—DEPARTURE OF LORD HOOD FOR ENGLAND. — THE “AGAMEMNON” REFITTED AT LEGHORN
- CHAPTER V NELSON'S SERVICES WITH THE FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNDER ADMIRAL HOTHAM. — PARTIAL FLEET ACTIONS OF MARCH 13 AND 14, AND JULY 13. — NELSON ORDERED TO COMMAND A DETACHED SQUADRON CO-OPERATING WITH THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN THE RIVIERA OF GENOA
- CHAPTER VI NELSON'S COMMAND OF A DETACHED SQUADRON ON THE RIVIERA OF GENOA, UNTIL THE DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS AT THE BATTLE OF LOANO. — SIR JOHN JERVIS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
- CHAPTER VII NELSON'S SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE YEAR 1796. — BONAPARTE'S ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. — THE BRITISH ABANDON CORSICA, AND THE FLEET LEAVES THE MEDITERRANEAN
- CHAPTER VIII THE EVACUATION OF ELBA. — NIGHT COMBAT WITH TWO SPANISH FRIGATES. — BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT. — NELSON PROMOTED TO REAR-ADMIRAL. — SERVICES BEFORE CADIZ
- CHAPTER IX THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AGAINST TENERIFFE. — NELSON LOSES HIS RIGHT ARM. — RETURN TO ENGLAND. — REJOINS ST. VINCENT'S FLEET, AND SENT INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN TO WATCH THE TOULON ARMAMENT
- CHAPTER X THE CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF THE NILE
- CHAPTER XI NELSON'S RETURN FROM EGYPT TO NAPLES. — MEETING WITH LADY HAMILTON. — ASSOCIATION WITH THE COURT OF NAPLES. — WAR BETWEEN NAPLES AND FRANCE. — DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS.— FLIGHT OF THE COURT TO PALERMO
- CHAPTER XII NELSON'S CAREER, AND GENERAL EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ITALY, FROM THE OVERTHROW OF THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT IN NAPLES TO THE INCURSION OF THE FRENCH FLEET UNDER ADMIRAL BRUIX
- CHAPTER XIII FROM THE INCURSION OF THE FRENCH FLEET UNDER BRUIX TO THE RESTORATION OF THE ROYAL AUTHORITY AT NAPLES.—THE CARACCIOLO EXECUTION.—NELSON'S DISOBEDIENCE TO ADMIRAL LORD KEITH
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CHAPTER VII - NELSON'S SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE YEAR 1796. — BONAPARTE'S ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. — THE BRITISH ABANDON CORSICA, AND THE FLEET LEAVES THE MEDITERRANEAN
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
- CHAPTER I THE FIRST TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
- CHAPTER II CRUISE OF THE “BOREAS” — CONTROVERSY OVER THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE NAVIGATION ACT.—RETURN TO ENGLAND.— RETIREMENT UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. — APPOINTED TO COMMAND THE “AGAMEMNON”
- CHAPTER III NELSON'S DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND IN THE “AGAMEMNON.” — SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNTIL THE RECOVERY OF TOULON BY THE FRENCH. — LORD HOOD IN COMMAND
- CHAPTER IV REDUCTION OF CORSICA BY THE BRITISH.—DEPARTURE OF LORD HOOD FOR ENGLAND. — THE “AGAMEMNON” REFITTED AT LEGHORN
- CHAPTER V NELSON'S SERVICES WITH THE FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNDER ADMIRAL HOTHAM. — PARTIAL FLEET ACTIONS OF MARCH 13 AND 14, AND JULY 13. — NELSON ORDERED TO COMMAND A DETACHED SQUADRON CO-OPERATING WITH THE AUSTRIAN ARMY IN THE RIVIERA OF GENOA
- CHAPTER VI NELSON'S COMMAND OF A DETACHED SQUADRON ON THE RIVIERA OF GENOA, UNTIL THE DEFEAT OF THE AUSTRIANS AT THE BATTLE OF LOANO. — SIR JOHN JERVIS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
- CHAPTER VII NELSON'S SERVICES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN DURING THE YEAR 1796. — BONAPARTE'S ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. — THE BRITISH ABANDON CORSICA, AND THE FLEET LEAVES THE MEDITERRANEAN
- CHAPTER VIII THE EVACUATION OF ELBA. — NIGHT COMBAT WITH TWO SPANISH FRIGATES. — BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT. — NELSON PROMOTED TO REAR-ADMIRAL. — SERVICES BEFORE CADIZ
- CHAPTER IX THE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AGAINST TENERIFFE. — NELSON LOSES HIS RIGHT ARM. — RETURN TO ENGLAND. — REJOINS ST. VINCENT'S FLEET, AND SENT INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN TO WATCH THE TOULON ARMAMENT
- CHAPTER X THE CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF THE NILE
- CHAPTER XI NELSON'S RETURN FROM EGYPT TO NAPLES. — MEETING WITH LADY HAMILTON. — ASSOCIATION WITH THE COURT OF NAPLES. — WAR BETWEEN NAPLES AND FRANCE. — DEFEAT OF THE NEAPOLITANS.— FLIGHT OF THE COURT TO PALERMO
- CHAPTER XII NELSON'S CAREER, AND GENERAL EVENTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ITALY, FROM THE OVERTHROW OF THE ROYAL GOVERNMENT IN NAPLES TO THE INCURSION OF THE FRENCH FLEET UNDER ADMIRAL BRUIX
- CHAPTER XIII FROM THE INCURSION OF THE FRENCH FLEET UNDER BRUIX TO THE RESTORATION OF THE ROYAL AUTHORITY AT NAPLES.—THE CARACCIOLO EXECUTION.—NELSON'S DISOBEDIENCE TO ADMIRAL LORD KEITH
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- The Life of NelsonThe Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, pp. 210 - 258Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1897