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| Keywords: Raid on Boulogne 1804 colour.jpg en Plan and key The Attack on Boulogne Oct 1804 Watercolour showing the situation prior to the British assault on the night of 2 October 1804 In the foreground is the main British squadron with Admiral Lord Keith's flagship the two-decker 'Monarch' 74 guns in the centre and frigates and sloops around it Behind them is a line of smaller British sloops and brigs Behind that to the left a Dutch merchant ship is about to be intercepted Some of the French invasion craft are in a line close to the shore behind an invisible sandbank The town and harbour of Boulogne are behind also filled with invasion craft and with strong shoreline fortifications Napoleon's 'Army of England' are shown encamped in the heights above the town http //www nmm ac uk/collections/nelson/viewRepro cfm reproID PZ6989 picture 1 content The National Maritime Museum E D Lewis 1804 PD-old-100 Naval battles in art | ||||
