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Nelson's refuge Gibraltar in the age of Napoleon / by Musteen, Jason R.

Table of Contents: “…Vincent, 1793-1797 -- From the pillars to the pyramids : the Nile and Egypt, 1798-1801 -- The battles of Algeciras and the Gut of Gibraltar : French victory and Saumarez's revenge, 1801 -- A royal mess : the Duke of Kent at Gibraltar, 1802-1803 -- Gibraltar fever : the perennial killer -- From Amiens to Trafalgar : war with Spain and a hero's final return, 1803-1805 -- Sir Hew Dalrymple at Gibraltar : the origins of the Peninsular War, 1806-1808 -- Defending the rock and projecting power : the early Peninsular War, 1808-1811 -- An appendage of this garrison : the defense of Tarifa, 1811-1812 -- The end of the war and peace on the rock, 1812-1815 -- From a proud fortress to a post of power -- Appendix A. …”
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