September 6th 1804, (To Vice-Admiral Ganteaume.) If you could carry 16,000 men and 1,000 horses to Ireland in November, it would be fatal to our enemies. Tell me if you could be ready, what are the probabilities of success. Have a talk with the Irish general O'Connor about the points where we might disembark
The abortive Emmett Rebellion of 1803 should have tipped him that the Irish would not necessarily rise after 1798.
Good hunting
Ron