Napoleon Series Archive 2013

Re: Davout vs. Bernadotte 1813
In Response To: Re: Davout vs. Bernadotte 1813 ()

'Suchet certainly did his little bit for his pension fund in eastern Spain.'

Source(s) and citations?

'Royal naval prize money was declared to and adjudicated by the admiralty AFAIK, it was not just pocketed on the sly as it so often was by French generals;'

By some French generals...and yes prize money was duly adjudicated. That isn't the point-too many times prize money was the main objective to the detriment of the mission. And the Cochrane/Cockburn partnership in the Chesapeake in 1813-1814 was a pyromaniacs delight along with plundering for financial gain.

'Oman has many examples of their cupidity.'

And I'm sure that Oman has no bias at all in his writing...'

'The raid on Copenhagen was not for gain, it was to destroy the Danish navy.'

The raid was an unprovoked attack, twice, on a neutral nation. And the unnecessary bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807 was nothing but a terror attack to force a neutral nation to capitulate. The main result of the attack was to make Denmark a firm ally of the French.

And were not Danish ships taken and prize money gained?

'The raid on south America: I don`t know enough about that, at the moment, to comment.'

It was for money and pension funds, to use your term.

Sincerely,
K

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