Soberly Noted Surrender of Bonaparte by Naval Blockade
Private correspondence recounts the quiet blockade of Rochefort and Bonaparte’s surrender as ships including the Bellerophon, Stanley, and Hotham’s squadron pursue intelligence from Isle d Aix and Rochefort. Seaborne patrols chase a French brig and observe Bonaparte’s movements toward Nantes and Rochefort amid Royalist actions in the bay.
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Honaparte
Bonaparte
Quiberon Bay
Hotham
Seadunry Billie
Dingy Union
Myrmidon
Dwirfiy Company
Antioche
Chayente
Stanley
Isle Dien
Bonaparte Onboard the British Ship Bellerophon
Passenger accounts describe Napoleon Bonaparte aboard the Bellerophon during a British voyage. He examined rigging and weapons, dined with officers, and spoke of surrendering to the English to avoid Allied caprice. The report notes his quiet demeanor and curiosity about ship mechanics and crew.
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Falmouth
Joaire
Bonaparte
Nantz
Loire
Bellerophon
Oleron
Ile Superb
Maitlanth
Napoleon
Moaven
Beviand
DB Eilerophone
Mauperor
Cuirassiers Described from a London Note
A London sketch describes the French Imperial Guards cuirassiers as fully armored with front breastplates and linked cuiras, tall in height about five feet five inches to six feet English, trained for long campaigns. They wear swords, carry no carbines, and boast a long service record of around fifty years.
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London
Napoleon Buonaparte Surrenders to British Forces Letter
A fragment from a dispatch notes Napoleon Buonaparte seeking protection under the British Crown. He claims escape is impossible before being aboard a British ship of the line Bel lerophion. The letter, dated in July, is summarized as his final political move to be under guarantor of British protection and terms.
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Aete Aafeoiy
Bonaparte
United States of America
America
England
United States
Calcutta
Lis Dostan
China
India Company
Clénden
H. Roeee Nee
Rober Gaunt Beasely Esq
Unite States of America
Jamesiauray, Esq
Livepool
Taree
Napoleon Buonaparte
Bellerophion
Maitland
Buonaparte
Prizte
Euurope
Lewistocles
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Trahce
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Sis
Child & Chase
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Journal de Paris
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the Bowron
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