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Napoleon gathering the fleet - Invasion of Britain
Decree signed by Napoleon wrote to ordering the meeting of the flotilla at Boulogne - 30th August 1805. From 1803 to 1805 a new army of 200, 000 men, known as the Armee des cotes de l Ocean (Army of the Ocean Coasts) or the Armee de l Angleterre (Army of England), was gathered and trained at camps at Boulogne, Bruges and Montreuil. A large " National Flotilla" of invasion barges was built in Channel ports along the coasts of France and Holland (then under French domination as the Batavian Republic), right from Etaples to Flushing, and gathered at Boulogne. The planned invasion of Great Britain however never happened and was eventually called off later in 1805. Date: 1805
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1805 30th Angleterre Armee Boulogne Channel Coasts Cotes Decree Flotilla Invasion Napoleon Planned Fleet
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This evocative print captures the moment of imperial decree as Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military and political leader, ordered the assembly of the fleet at Boulogne harbor for the planned invasion of Great Britain. From 1803 to 1805, Napoleon amassed an army of 200,000 men, known as the Armee des cotes de l'Ocean (Army of the Ocean Coasts) or the Armee de l'Angleterre (Army of England), at camps in Boulogne, Bruges, and Montreuil. In preparation for the invasion, a large "National Flotilla" of invasion barges was constructed in Channel ports along the French and Batavian Republic coasts, from Etaples to Flushing, and gathered at Boulogne. The decree signed by Napoleon on August 30, 1805, ordered the meeting of the flotilla at Boulogne. The planned invasion of Great Britain, which had long been a strategic objective for France, was a significant threat to the British Empire and its global dominance. However, the invasion never came to fruition, and it was eventually called off later in 1805. This print serves as a powerful reminder of the ambition and military might of Napoleon's France and the geopolitical tensions that shaped Europe during the Napoleonic Wars.
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