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Flottille de Boulogne

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in May 1803. Napoleon reorganised the flotilla, which was regularly attacked by British forces with little effect; against a background of constant harassing actions between small French and British ships, the flotilla achieved some limited victories against larger British units, such as the
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In a decree of 12 July 1801, the flotilla was organised into nine divisions. It comprised several types of ships:
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Plan and key of the British attack on Boulogne in October 1804, showing the flotilla hemmed in along the coast
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of 25 March 1802 suspended the activity of the flotilla, but it was reactivated at the outbreak of the
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in the harbour and the army encampments in the hills behind, as recorded from
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created a first draft of the flotilla. On 25 December 1797, the
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French military units and formations of the Napoleonic Wars
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French flotilla intended for Napoleon's invasion of Britain
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organised a successful defence that derailed the attacks.
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appointed General Napoleon Bonaparte to the head of the
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John Bull viewing the preparations on the French coast!
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Les Corsaires français sous la République et l'Empire
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Index

Boulogne Flotilla

gunboats
brigs
barges
Boulogne
First Consul
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom
Battle of Svensksund
Archipelago fleet
galleys
prams
French Navy
Glorious First of June
Royal Navy
Croisière du Grand Hiver
English Channel
Fredrik Henrik Chapman
Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait
Committee of Public Safety
French Directory
Armée d'Angleterre

fore-and-aft rigged
Lord Nelson
raids on Boulogne
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
Treaty of Amiens
War of the Third Coalition

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