Download or read book Dispatches and Letters Relating to the Blockade of Brest, 1803-1805, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by John Leyland and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Dispatches and Letters Relating to the Blockade of Brest, 1803-1805, Vol. 2 The documents included in the present volume are mostly drawn from the Admirals' Dispatches and other sources in the Public Record Office; but a special acknowledgment is due to Colonel Corn wallis West for placing in my hands a most valuable series Of papers, which enable me to add what is practically a new chapter to naval history. For a few documents in this volume I am indebted to Mr. C. Wykeham Martin, and to Lieutenant H. Blackett, r.n. I have also used very freely some manuscript sources Of information in the Ministere de la Marine and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, and certain especially interesting illustrative letters from the 'correspondance de Napoleon are included. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.