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| Tango01 | 26 May 2026 2:10 p.m. PST |
… Destroyed Napoleon's Fleet
"In The Battle of Basque Roads: The Night Britain Nearly Destroyed Napoleon's Fleet, Jack Whitaker tells the gripping true story of one of the most daring and controversial naval attacks of the Napoleonic Wars. In April 1809, off the western coast of France near Rochefort, a powerful French fleet lay anchored behind shoals and fortifications, protected by the narrow channels of the Basque Roads. It was a position that seemed secure against direct assault. Yet under cover of darkness, the Royal Navy launched an audacious strike using fireships and explosive vessels, turning the natural defenses of the anchorage into a deadly trap…"
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