The Raid on Boulogne in 1804 was a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy on the fortified French port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Napoleonic Wars. It differed from the conventional tactics of naval assaults of the period by utilizing a wide range of new equipment produced by the American inventor Robert Fulton, with the backing of the Admiralty. Despite its ambitious aims the assault produced little material damage to the French fleet anchored in the harbour, but did perhaps contribute to a growing sense of defeatism amongst the French as to their chances of crossing the English Channel in the face of the Royal Navy and launching a successful invasion of the United Kingdom.
The RaidonBoulogne in 1804 was a naval assault by elements of the Royal Navy on the fortified French port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, during the Napoleonic...
The raidonBoulogne in 1801 was a failed attempt by elements of the Royal Navy led by Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson to destroy a flotilla of French...
qualified. On 10 May 1940, on the opening day of the German invasion of France, all 12 of AB 3's aircraft were destroyed in a German air raidonBoulogne airfield...
The Flottille de Boulogne was a large French fleet of small gunboats, brigs, and barges built in Boulogneon the orders of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte...
tested, along with several other of his inventions, during the 1804 RaidonBoulogne, but met with limited success. Although Fulton continued to develop...
bishop Gauzlin of Paris asked count Erkenger of Boulogne to solicit German help against the Viking raids. Erkenger lost all his possessions in 896, as he...
Artillery, on 1 January 1814. In the autumn of 1805,[[[RaidonBoulogne#{{{section}}}|contradictory]]] the government decided upon an attack onBoulogne for...
Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was a disastrous Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France...
last combat sortie was mounted on the night of 15/16 October 1940 by No. 301 (Polish) Squadron in a raidonBoulogne, and Nos 12 and 142 Squadrons bombing...
was used on the Delaware River as a drift mine, destroying a small boat near its intended target, a British warship. The 1804 RaidonBoulogne made extensive...
present at the RaidonBoulogne when the British used Robert Fulton's catamaran-torpedoes in an attempt to attack the French invasion fleet. On 30 March 1806...
The Battle of Boulogne in 1940 was the defence of the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer by French, British and Belgian troops in the Battle of France during the...
of attack were being pioneered by the early nineteenth century. The RaidonBoulogne in 1804 used fireships, but also new devices designed by Robert Fulton...
the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022. "German Minesweepers Type R 151". Warshipsww2.Eu. Archived from the original on 2014-05-13...
captured from the French in 1804. She was expended as a fireship at the RaidonBoulogne HMS Amity (1943) was a Catherine-class minesweeper intended for the...
Collar, which had been a hastily organised and largely unsuccessful raidonBoulogne. During the planning stage, Durnford-Slater went to London where he...
to his death in 1118. He was the youngest son of Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, and Ida of Lorraine and married a Norman noblewoman, Godehilde of Tosny...
French Senate. 18 May – First French Empire established. 2–3 October – RaidonBoulogne November – Constitutional referendum concerning the establishment of...
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