Authentic account of the important battle of the Nile
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A N
AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT
OF THE
IMPORTANT BATTLE OF THE NILE,
Fought on the 1ſt and 2d of Auguſt, 1798.
BETWEEN THE
BRITISH FLEET,
COMMANDED BY
Rear Admiral Sir HORATIO NELSON, K. B.
AND
The French Fleet, Commanded by
VICE-ADMIRAL BRUEYS,
In Bequires Bay, on the Coaſt of EGYPT.
This account was ſent by a young Man who was on
board the Majeſtic of 74 Guns, to his Mother in
White haven with the Particulars of the Cruize, pre-
vious to their falling in with the Enemy.
[NLS note: a graphic appears here - see image of page]
Stirling, Printed by C. RANDALL. 1800.
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| Description | Title and imprint with woodcut illustration of two warships. |
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| Description | Fought on the 1st and 2d of August, 1798. between the British fleet, commanded by Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. and the French fleet, commanded by Vice-admiral Brueys, in Bequires Bay, on the coast of Egypt. |
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| Shelfmark | L.C.2882(14) |
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| Description | Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. |
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