tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576793257211626923.post1735261158499117087..comments2023-11-05T07:41:40.943+00:00Comments on Reflections on A Journey to St Helena: From Elba to St Helena: A TimelineJohn Tyrrellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14840928923304125310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576793257211626923.post-26378182404807079822015-05-16T08:25:50.714+01:002015-05-16T08:25:50.714+01:00Hi Hels
I am scheduled to give a talk on this in ...Hi Hels<br /><br />I am scheduled to give a talk on this in about a month, so am trying to get my thoughts together.<br /><br />I have had a quick look at your post. I think you rather exaggerate the fear of invasion by the Government, particularly after Trafalgar! That to me was not what the Napoleonic/Revolutionary wars were about. Each of the allies had different aims of course, and Russia and Austria at times sided with Napoleon, but for the British Government, without whose money there would have been no coalitions, it was fundamentally about the Scheldt//Antwerp, which was the original casus belli, before Napoleon came on the scene. There was of course an ideological element as well - a fear of revolution, at a time when England had become the hanging capital of the world, and people were deported to Australia for offences which to us seem somewhat minor. <br /><br />cheers<br /><br />JohnJohn Tyrrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14840928923304125310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576793257211626923.post-89677347838999435172015-05-16T01:25:22.035+01:002015-05-16T01:25:22.035+01:00Thank you. I have written a lot about Napoleon yet...Thank you. I have written a lot about Napoleon yet I still find the most amazing period to be July 1815. The flurry of activity from La Rochelle and the Bellerophon to Torbay and St Helena seems to be little known.<br /><br />Great link, thanks<br />Hels<br />http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/did-napoleon-step-on-british-soil-or.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com