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1. Add MS 65179 A-D

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Add MS 65179 A-D
Title:
BOULOGNE: three maps and a letter relating to Napoleon's planned invasion of England, and the assembling of the invasion fleet at Boulogne; 1805
Scope & Content:
French. The letter to Gen. Berthier, Napoleon's Minister of War, who had quarters and a command-post in Boulogne during the period when the invasion of England was being planned (see Alain Lottin (ed.), Histoire de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Lille, 1983, p. 184), suggests that the letter and maps were pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 65179 D

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Add MS 65179 D
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Scope & Content:
D. Letter from Wallois, 'Capne au Corps Impal de Genie, membre de la Legion d'Honneur', to Gen. Louis Berthier; dated '17 Brumaire 14' [i.e. 8 Nov. 1805]. Signed. Letter refers to a plan of Montreuil, which Wallois says that he had to have copied at Boulogne. Once kept in the same group as the m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1805
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 65179 B

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Add MS 65179 B
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Scope & Content:
B. Entrance to Boulogne harbour; 1805. Scale 1:10000. 'Echelle d'un millimetre pour 10 metres.' Map shows the coast from 'Moulin Hubert' in the North to the 'Mont de couple' in the south, and extends inland beyond the harbour as far as St Martin and Bertingen. Map oriented with East at top. Boul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 65179 A

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Add MS 65179 A
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Scope & Content:
A. 'Plan des côtes de Ambleteuse, de Wimereux et de Boulogne'; 1805. Scale 1:10000. 'Echelle d'un miltre pour 10 metres.' Map shows coast from Audresselle to the 'Batterie de Ningle'. Map oriented with East at top. Cliffs and high and low water marks are shown, with position of shore batteries a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 65179 C

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Add MS 65179 C
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C. 'Vue de la Lianne depuis le pont de service jusques à la Briqueterie de Pittaudal avec les dispositions d'amassage des divers batimens de la Flotille Imperiale et Batave'; 1805. Key to map signed 'saint haouen', 'le chef militaire de la marine imperiale', and dated '30 Brumaire 14', [i.e. 21 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1805
Extent:
1 item