The British nation a history / by George MWrong . l onthe sea. In 1798 Napoleon Bona-parte took an army to Egypt,hoping by conquering that coun-try to have a basis for overthrow-ing the British in India and ulti-mately to overrun Europe by at-tacking it in the rear. ThoughEgypt was soon at his feet, hiscommunication with Europe was cut off by the Britishfleet. Nelson, after a terrible struggle, destroyed theFrench ships drawn up in Aboukir Bay at one of themouths of the Nile, and Bonapartes army was left iso-lated in Egypt without the means to return to little later, when in coalition
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . l onthe sea. In 1798 Napoleon Bona-parte took an army to Egypt,hoping by conquering that coun-try to have a basis for overthrow-ing the British in India and ulti-mately to overrun Europe by at-tacking it in the rear. ThoughEgypt was soon at his feet, hiscommunication with Europe was cut off by the Britishfleet. Nelson, after a terrible struggle, destroyed theFrench ships drawn up in Aboukir Bay at one of themouths of the Nile, and Bonapartes army was left iso-lated in Egypt without the means to return to little later, when in coalition the northern powers—Eussia, Sweden, and Denmark—armed themselves toresist Britains practice of stopping and searching neu-tral ships for the goods of an enemy, she acted with greatdecision. In 1801 Nelson attacked and destroyed theDanish fleet before Copenhagen, and after this few shipswere left to meet the British upon the sea. The Peaceof Amiens in 1802 proved futile; war broke out againin 1803, and Napoleon then saw that if he would mas-. HoRATio, Viscount Nelson(1758-1805). 502 THE BRITISH NATION ter Europe he must conquer Britain. In 1804 he as-sembled a great army at Boulogne, with a numerousflotilla of transports to carry the troops to Pitt had been driven from office for a timeon the question of greater liberty for Roman Catholicsin Ireland. But Addington, hi§ successor, was not theman to face the acute situation which Frances planscaused, and on May 10, 1804, Pitt became once more PrimeMinister. Having united with Fox and Shelburne in at-tacking Addingtons ministry, he wished them to come intooffice with himself, that the country should face the foreign foe with something like una-nimity. But to Fox, George III,who had recently recoveredfrom one of the attacks of in-sanity that haunted him always,was hostile, and Fox generous-ly consented to be left out ofthe now ministry, Pitt made acoalition with Russia, Austria,and Sweden against France,and
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