HIST 1020 Lecture 6: Napoleonic Wars 1798-1815
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French revolution: invasion of syria and egypt. They invade because they want to extend the revolution and they want to block the british from india. They are militarily very successful on land, but not so successful on the water, and they need to be to get to india. Brought scientists and engineers to document it, and they find the. The british win the battle of the nile. General for the british is horatio nelson. The british have eleven ships, and the french have fourteen. Napoleonic ships are huge, but they are made entirely of lu(cid:373)(cid:271)er, so pretty (cid:373)u(cid:272)h right (cid:449)he(cid:374) they"re (cid:271)uilt they (cid:374)eed to be maintained. Nelson comes from the north nile, and just fires on the. The french are very good at going from marching to battle formations. The french have an advantage because they are fighting for abstract ideas of their country.
