Action of 31 March 1800
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The action of 31 March 1800 was a naval engagement of the War of the Second Coalition fought between a Royal Navy squadron and a French Navy ship of the line off Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. By Mar
The Capture of the ‘Guillaume Tell’, 30 March 1800 Thomas Luny, 1835
The capture of the 'Guillaume Tell', 31 March 1800 by Nicholas Pocock
The Mediterranean campaign of 1798 was a series of major naval operations surrounding a French expeditionary force sent to Egypt under Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. The Fren
Action of 31 March 1800
…French ship was celebrated in both countries as a brave defence against overwhelming odds. In May 1798, a French fleet under General Napoleon Bonaparte crossed the Mediterranean Sea, sailing for Egypt. Pausing at Malta on 9 June, Bonaparte landed soldiers and seized the island leaving a sizeable French garrison…
Mediterranean campaign of 1798
Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, Lemuel Francis Abbott, 1800, National Maritime Museum
Fort Rohan, one of the few forts whose garrison fought against the French invasion of Malta
Bonaparte Before the Sphinx, Jean-Léon Gérôme, c. 1868, Hearst Castle, California