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The Continental System or Continental Blockade was a large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.
The fall of Berlin, following which Napoleon introduced the Berlin Decree
Vice-admiral James Saumarez was the commander of the Royal Navy in the Baltic campaign of 1808–1814 that secured British trade to the region
Between 1793 and 1815, under the rule of King George III, the Kingdom of Great Britain was the most constant of France's enemies. Through its command of the sea, financial subsidies to allies on the E
The Battle of Trafalgar by Clarkson Stanfield, 1836
British victory over the French at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801
Battle of Waterloo