The siege of Calvi was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the Invasion of Corsica in the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. The Corsican people had risen up against the French garrison of the island in 1793, and sought support from the British Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet under Lord Hood. Hood's fleet was delayed by the Siege of Toulon, but in February 1794 supplied a small expeditionary force which successfully defeated the French garrison of San Fiorenzo and then a larger force which besieged the town of Bastia. The British force, now led by General Charles Stuart, then turned their attention to the fortress of Calvi, the only remaining French-held fortress in Corsica.
Calvi was a heavily fortified position, defended by two large modern artillery forts. Stuart therefore prepared for a long siege, seizing the mountainous heights over the approaches to the town and opening a steady fire, which was vigorously returned. Both sides took casualties; among the British wounded was Captain Horatio Nelson, who was blinded in one eye. After several weeks the French positions were sufficiently damaged and Stuart launched a major assault, driving the French out of the forts in turn and into the town. Stuart and the French commander Raphaël de Casabianca then engaged in extended negotiations which led to first a truce and then, on 10 August, a capitulation. The terms of the surrender were generous, and the French troops repatriated to France. With the conclusion of the siege the island of Corsica now became a British colony, and remained a British base of operations for two years.
The siegeofCalvi was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the Invasion of Corsica in the early stages of the French Revolutionary...
Revolutionary Wars, fighting in the Siegeof Toulon, the Siegeof Bastia, and the SiegeofCalvi. He was the fourth son of Elias De Butts and was born in Ireland...
Battalion, 1st (Royal) Regiment of Foot on 11 July 1792. He saw action at the Siegeof Toulon in autumn 1793 and at the SiegeofCalvi in summer 1794, before taking...
interest in Mary's son John. He was with Nelson at the SiegeofCalvi. When John died during the siege Nelson paid for his memorial. When Nelson died in 1805...
lost an eye at the SiegeofCalvi. Transferring to HMS Diadem soon afterwards, he was present at Lord Hotham's disappointing Battle of Genoa and then spent...
established. Battle of Mykonos: HMS Romney captures French frigate Sibylle. 12 July – Horatio Nelson loses his right eye during the SiegeofCalvi in Corsica....
his right eye in the British SiegeofCalvi in Corsica. July 13 – Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria (First Coalition)...
his right eye in the British SiegeofCalvi in Corsica. July 13 – Battle of Trippstadt between French forces and those of Prussia and Austria (First Coalition)...
King George III, chiefly by the exertions of Hood's fleet (e.g. in the SiegeofCalvi), and Paoli's co-operation. This period has become known as the "Anglo-Corsican...
is a list ofsieges, land and naval battles of the War of the First Coalition (20 April 1792 – 18 October 1797). It includes the battles of: the Low Countries...
chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion,...
action at the Siegeof Bastia and the SiegeofCalvi. The following year he was with the fleet which fought at the Battle of Genoa and Battle of the Hyères...
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