Военное обозрение By Topwar
Most recently we talked about the naval battle of Abukir, which took place on August 1, 1798 (first article, second article). On that day, Horatio Nelson’s squadron practically destroyed the French fleet of Admiral de Bruet. The commander of the rearguard, Pierre-Charles de Villeneuve, avoided the battle – he took two battleships and two frigates away from Abukir. Now it’s the turn of the story about the Battle of Trafalgar, in which de Villeneuve again met with Nelson – already as commander of the united Franco-Spanish fleet.
War of the Second Coalition
England had been at war with the French Republic since 1792 and by 1802 had already lost two wars – the First and Second Coalitions. The main success of the British was that same victory in the naval battle of Abukir, after which Bonaparte’s Egyptian army was virtually doomed to defeat. Several victories won by Napoleon could not change the situation. A year later, Bonaparte left his troops, transferring command to Kleber. This general was killed by the Kurdish fanatic Suleiman al-Halabi. His successor, Jacques-François Menou, on August 31, 1801, signed a convention with the British on the abandonment of Alexandria and the return of French troops to France.
In that war, after a brilliant campaign in Italy, Suvorov had a chance to transfer the fighting to French territory. But Andre Massena, in a two-day battle, defeated the corps of Rimsky-Korsakov, with whom the great Russian commander was going to join, forcing him to abandon his plans. Despite all his efforts, Massena was unable to block the path of Suvorov’s army, but what he did was enough for him to be officially declared “Savior of the Fatherland” in France. The difficult transition of Suvorov’s army ended on September 30, 1799. And on October 9, General Bonaparte, who left his army in Egypt, set foot on French soil – in Frejus. In Paris, he accepted Sieyès’s offer to lead a military coup and a month later he dissolved the Council of Elders and the Council of Five Hundred, becoming First Consul.
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