. A short history of England and the British Empire. up. 478. The Battle of the Nile. 1798. In 1795, NapoleonBonaparte first appears prominently in the history of France; and the next year he be-gan his wonderful mili-tary career with his firstcampaign in Italy. Afterthe defeat on the sea ofthe allies of France, Na-poleon planned to strikeEngland in Napoleonsthe Oriental plans. Apparently he hoped toget a secure foothold inEgypt and Syria, andfrom these regions hemay have planned tobring assistance to therebels in India who werestriving to oust the EastIndia Company. With alarge fleet
. A short history of England and the British Empire. up. 478. The Battle of the Nile. 1798. In 1795, NapoleonBonaparte first appears prominently in the history of France; and the next year he be-gan his wonderful mili-tary career with his firstcampaign in Italy. Afterthe defeat on the sea ofthe allies of France, Na-poleon planned to strikeEngland in Napoleonsthe Oriental plans. Apparently he hoped toget a secure foothold inEgypt and Syria, andfrom these regions hemay have planned tobring assistance to therebels in India who werestriving to oust the EastIndia Company. With alarge fleet he sailed toEgypt in the summer of1708. But 4rTno y 1798. Nelson, who had been watching the French outside Toulon, sailed insearch of Napoleon and found his fleet at anchor in a bay onthe Egyptian coast not far from Alexandria. The battle beganin the evening and was fought all night. The Battle ofEnglish fleet was badly damaged; but every one the Nlle-of the French ships was destroyed or finally taken by the 1 Robinson, No. 199; Gardiner, NapoleonFrom the painting by Paul Delaroche. 520 THE GREAT WAR WITH FRANCE English. With the loss of his fleet Napoleon was cut off fromFrance; and his Oriental projects, whatever they may havebeen, became impossible. 479. The Battle of Copenhagen. 1801. Napoleon nowdecided to strike at England through her commerce. TheEnglish success at sea had ruined the carrying trade of Franceand her allies, and the commerce of the Continental states wascarried on in the ships of a few neutral nations, chiefly Denmark,Sweden, and the United States. England had for a long timeinsisted, however, that goods destined for a hostile port couldbe seized even when carried by a neutral ship. She thereforeclaimed and exercised the right of searching neutral cargoes forDifficulties goods intended for France or any of her neutral American ships were seized and searched even on the high seas. Still worse was the position of theBaltic states: to rea
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