Episode 43: Brave Despair

The Age of Napoleon Podcast

Everett Rummage

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The British Mediterranean Fleet under Horatio Nelson spends months chasing the naval component of the Egypt Expedition. They finally catch the French at Aboukir Bay and fight the decisive Battle of the Nile, which would have major consequences for Napoleon and his army, and reverberate in geopolitics and culture for decades. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:07.0	Episode 43, Brave Despair.
1:11.1	Thanks for joining me. As promised, this episode we'll be tackling the naval campaign in the Mediterranean during the spring and summer of 1798.
1:20.0	So let's dive in.
1:22.0	Even before Bonaparte's expedition set sail, British spies in southern France
1:27.8	reported that something big was brewing. By the end of July, the Mediterranean fleet of the Royal Navy had been combing the sea for months,
1:36.5	on the hunt for Napoleon's flotilla. Their luck had been rotten. Every tip the British got turned out to be wrong. Every time they got a reliable
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