Robert Merrick Fowler
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Vice-Admiral Robert Merrick Fowler was an officer of the Royal Navy notable for his service as the second-in-command to Matthew Flinders on HMS Investigator from 1801 to 1803 and for his involvement i
Wreck of the Porpoise, William Westall, 1803, National Library of Australia
Battle of Pulo Aura - A small group of large ships on the left engages a line of ships on the right, which is protecting several smaller ships. Clouds of smoke hang over the fight as the ships fire their cannons.
Napoleonic Wars
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The Napoleonic Wars were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire
Left to right, top to bottom: Battles of Austerlitz, Berlin, Friedland, Aspern-Essling, Moscow, Leipzig and Paris
French victory over the Prussians at the Battle of Valmy in 1792
The Battle of Rivoli by Philippoteaux. Bonaparte defeating the Austrians at the Battle of Rivoli in 1797
The Battle of Zurich by François Bouchot. French victory over the Austrians and Russians at the Second Battle of Zürich