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ISBN10: 1545446733
ISBN13: 9781545446737
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 19 2017
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
ISBN13: 9781545446737
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Apr 19 2017
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.67 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: French
... Qu'était donc devenue, en ces temps tout remplis du bruit de nos armes, cette marine que Suffren et d'Estaing, de Guichen et de Grasse lui-même avaient faite si glorieuse, qui avait grandi au milieu d'une guerre acharnée comme au sein d'une paix féconde, et que l'antique monarchie française regardait, depuis Louis XIV, comme l'un de ses plus fermes boulevards ? Par quelle fatalité, de cet établissement naval, si récemment encore l'orgueil de la France et l'envie de l'Europe, ne restait-il plus en 1803 qu'un édifice chancelant et miné à la base, dont l'empire allait voir s'écrouler les derniers débris ? Les événements qui préparèrent la ruine de notre marine peuvent se partager en trois faisceaux distincts et se grouper pour ainsi dire autour de certains noms. Les combats de lord Howe et de lord Hood, des amiraux Hotham et Bridport, forment le premier acte de ce drame sanglant, et vont se rattacher à la guerre de l'indépendance américaine, dont ils continuent les traditions stratégiques. C'est le temps où la marine française se décompose lentement sous l'action incessante d'un mal intérieur. La seconde période appartient sans contestation à lord Jervis. Cet amiral remporte sur nos alliés une grande et opportune victoire...
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