The Admiral's Daughter
“It would be some time before they could be sure of clearing the Cherbourg peninsula in this veering sou’-sou’-easterly, but it would be an easier beat as they bore up for Le Havre. Kydd couldn’t help but reflect that it was passing strange to be navigating to raise the enemy coast directly where he had every intention of anchoring and making contact with the shore.
Earlier, he had eagerly claimed his ship and set about preparing her for sea. Then, in the midst of the work, urgent orders had... been hurried over from the admiral’s office: it was His Majesty’s intention to respond to the repeated provocations of Napoleon Bonaparte by “granting general reprisals against the ships, goods and subjects of the French Republic” within days. It would be the end of the fragile peace.
England planned to steal a march on Napoleon by declaring war first and any vessels, like Teazer, that could be spared were dispatched urgently to the north coast of France to take off British subjects fleeing the country before the gates slammed shut.MoreLess
Earlier, he had eagerly claimed his ship and set about preparing her for sea. Then, in the midst of the work, urgent orders had... been hurried over from the admiral’s office: it was His Majesty’s intention to respond to the repeated provocations of Napoleon Bonaparte by “granting general reprisals against the ships, goods and subjects of the French Republic” within days. It would be the end of the fragile peace.
England planned to steal a march on Napoleon by declaring war first and any vessels, like Teazer, that could be spared were dispatched urgently to the north coast of France to take off British subjects fleeing the country before the gates slammed shut.MoreLess
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