Nelson: Britannia's God of War (83 page)

22 Harcourt, Rev. L V.
Diaries
and
Correspondence
of
the
Rt.
Hon.
George
Rose
,
London, 1860, Vol. I, pp. 215–39

23 Alison, A.,
History
of
Europe
in 19 volumes, London 1833–42 and 1852–59

24 Gooch, G. P.,
History
and
Historians
in
the
Nineteenth
Century
, London, 1913, p. 435. Acton, H.
The
Bourbons
of
Naples
, London, 1956 provides a critical assessment of Colletta’s position and conduct.

25 Dumas, A.
Le
Corricolo
,
Paris, 1983 edn., Chapter X pp. 110–25 comprises a detailed discussion of the capitulation of the forts and the trial and execution of Caracciolo, which is entirely hostile to Nelson and Ferdinand.

26 Hemmings,
The
King
of
Romance
:
A
Portrait
of
Alexandre
Dumas
,
pp. 189, 197–8

27 White, A. J.,
The
Political
Life
of
Cavour
1848–1861,
Oxford, 1930, p. 442

28 Mahan
Life
,
2nd edn. 1899, p. v and Chapters XI and XII. Comparing those chapters to the 1st edn. reveals just how much extra work had been required.

29 Published by the Navy Records Society.

30 Vincent is a distinguished exception here, pp. 325–33. His defence is realistic, well founded and robust.

31 Southey is the chief culprit, although more because of the literary success of his text that the sophistication of his argument. For his treatment of these events, and an effective demonstration of his many errors of fact and interpretation, see Callender’s 1922 edition, at p. 166. The entire chapter on Naples repays close reading.

32 Herbert Butterfield’s short book of this title, published in 1931, examines the mindset of this school with elegance and insight.

33 Southey, Callender edn., pp. 165–6

Abbott, Lemuel
1
,
2

Aboukir Bay
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Aboukir Island
1

Achille
1

Acton, Sir John
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

Adair, Captain
1

Addington, Henry, Viscount Sidmouth
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18

Addison, Joseph
1

Admiralty
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

N visits Lord Howe
1

illegal trade issue
1

N defends his actions
1
,
2

criticism of N
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

priorities among strategic tasks of the fleet
1

N reports his arrival home
1

N’s official request for relief
1

pleased at Swedish and Danish acceptance of Convention
1

forbids fireship attack on Boulogne
1

fails to exploit symbolic power of N’s image
1

Admiralty Board
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Adriatic Ocean
1

Africa
1

Agamemnon
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18

Agincourt
1

Agincourt Sound
1

Ajaccio
1
,
2
,
3

Alassio
1

Albemarle,
HMS
1
,
2
,
3

Albert, Prince Consort
1
,
2

Alecto
1

Alexander
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Alexander, A.V.
1

Alexander I, Tsar
1
,
2

Alexander the Great
1

Alexandretta
1

Alexandria
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

Alison, Archibald
1

Allison, Second Lieutenant
1
,
2

Althorp, Norfolk
1

Amazon
, HMS
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

American Revolution
1

American War of Independence
1
,
2

Amiens, Peace of
1
,
2
,
3

A
mphion
(frigate)
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Ancona
1

Andrews, Elizabeth
1

Andrews, First Lieutenant George
1

Anglo-Japanese alliance
1

Anguilla
1

Anson, George, Baron
1

Antigua
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Antwerp
1
,
2
,
3

Aquilon
1
,
2

Arctic
1

Ardent
1

Argentine navy
1

Armed Neutrality convention (1780)
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

Army of Italy
1

Art journal
1

Auckland, Lord
1

Audacious
1
,
2
,
3

Austen, Francis
1

Austerlitz, battle of (1805)
1
,
2

Austria
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

close to bankruptcy
1

start of French Revolutionary Wars (1792)
1

requests a fleet
1

attacks French line
1

Austrian command post captured at Genoa
1

retreat from coast
1

protestations of commitment
1

France’s main military opponent
1

retreat after large losses
1

driven back (1797)
1

leaves the war (October 1797)
1
 

British need to renew links with
1

opportunistic Italian policy
1
,
2
,
3

withdraws guarantee of Naples
1

signs an armistice
1
,
2

evacuates territory
1

makes peace with Bonaparte
1

unable to make headway against French on land
1

exhausted and nervous
1

joins Anglo–Russian coalition
1

Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium)
1

Avignon
1

Badger,
HMS
1

Badham, Francis Pritchett
1

Baghdad
1

Baird, Dr Andrew
1
,
2
,
3

Ball, Sir Alexander
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

battle of the Nile
1
,
2
,
3

N’s trust in
1

and Malta
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

at Naples
1

and N’s father’s funeral
1

Baltic fleet

Saumarez commands
1

Parker commands
1
,
2

St Vincent’s role
1

choice of officers and ships
1

Baltic Sea
1
,
2

Barbados
1

Barbary corsairs
1

Barbary states
1

Barbuda
1

Barcelona
1
,
2

Barham, Lord
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

Barrow, John
1

Basra
1

Bastia, Corsica
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Bath
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Bay of Biscay
1

Bay of Naples
1

Bayntun, Captain Henry
1

Beachy Head
1

Beatty, David
1

Beatty, Dr William
1
,
2
,
3

Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson
1
 

Beckford, William
1

Beechey, Sir William
1

Belgium, French occupation
1

Bellerophon
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Bellona
1

Bequieres island
1

Beresford, Admiral Lord Charles
1

Bernstorff, Count
1

Berry, Sir Edward
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

battle of the Nile
1
,
2

battle against French escaping from Malta
1

Trafalgar
1
,
2
,
3

Berwick
1
,
2

Berwick, Duke of
1

Bessborough, Lady
1
,
2
,
3

Bickerton, Rear Admiral Sir Richard
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8

Birmingham
1
,
2

‘Black Legend’ of Naples
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Black Sea
1

Blackwood, Captain Henry
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7

Trafalgar
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9

on N’s death
1

at N’s funeral
1

Blackwood, Harriet
1

Blake, Robert
1

Blake, William
1

Blanche,
HMS
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Blenheim Palace
1

Bligh, William
1
,
2

Bolton, Tom, second Earl Nelson
1
,
2

Bolton, William
1

Bombay
1

Bordeaux
1

Boreas,
HMS
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Bornholm
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Boston Bay
1

Boulogne
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
6
,
7
,
8

Bourbons
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12

Bowen, Captain Richard
1
,
2
,
3

Boy dell, Joshua
1

Brenton, Edward Pelham
1

Brereton, General
1
,
2
,
3

Brest
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
19

Brest Fleet
1
,
2

Brest Roads
1

Brest Squadron
1

Bridge, Captain Cyprian
1

Bridgetown, Barbados
1

Bridport, Vice Admiral Alexander Hood, Viscount
1
,
2
,
3

Bristol,
HMS
1

Britain

aims in Europe
1

fear of the French and their revolution
1

relies on naval power for national security
1

Mediterranean policy collapses
1

Russia aims to exclude British from the Baltic
1

Tsar Paul threatens her beligerent rights
1

Britannia
1
,
2
,
3

British army

N sees as hidebound and negative
1

unable to spare men for Mediterranean expeditionary force
1

British Empire
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8

British
Maritime
Doctrine
1

‘Britishness’
1
,
2

Brittany
1

Brueys d’Aigallieri, Francois–Paul, Comte de
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6

Bruix, Admiral
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Bryant, Arthur
1

Bucentaure
1
,
2
,
3
,
4

Buckingham Palace, London
1

Burford
1

Burnham Thorpe, north Norfolk
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5

Byron, George Gordon, Lord
1

Childe
Harold
1