Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . by the revolutionists, a success on the part of theFrench due largely to themilitary genius of a youngCorsican officer of artilleiynamed Napoleon the next year. Lord Howedefeated the French fleet offthe island of Ushant in abattle known as The Glori-ous First of June. In thisengagement the French lostseven ships and eight thou-sand men. In the meantime, the youngCorsican officer of artillery-had not been idle. For hissuccess at Toulon, he
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . by the revolutionists, a success on the part of theFrench due largely to themilitary genius of a youngCorsican officer of artilleiynamed Napoleon the next year. Lord Howedefeated the French fleet offthe island of Ushant in abattle known as The Glori-ous First of June. In thisengagement the French lostseven ships and eight thou-sand men. In the meantime, the youngCorsican officer of artillery-had not been idle. For hissuccess at Toulon, he hadbeen raised to the rank ofgeneral, and, after holding various important commands, wasmade general-in-chief of the French army in Italy. In ashort time, by the rapidity of his marches and the daringof his movements, he had both Austria and Italy at hismercy. In October, 1797, a peace was concluded betweenFrance and Austria, which left Italy in the power ofFrance, and Great Britain without an ally on the continentof Europe. With Spain and Holland as allies, France was in a positionto threaten the sea-power of Britain, whose navy in men,. Napoleon Bonaparte 244 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1797-98 ships, and guns, was no match for her three powerful British, however, gave the allied navies no time tounite. In 1797, Admiral Sir John Jervis attacked theSpanish off Cape St. Vincent, and won a triumphantvictory. But the power of the British navy was for a timecrippled by two serious mutinies which broke out amongthe sailors, the first at Spithead, the second at the causes of complaint were brutal treatment of the menby the officers, poor pay, and insufficient food. At one timethe whole fleet of Admiral Duncan, who was watching theDutch, joined the mutineers. With asingle ship, the braveold Scotsman blockaded the Dutch fleet for three days,deceiving them by constantly running up signals, as thoughhe were sending messages to his other ships. The mutinywas put down by lib
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