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Fiorenzo Flour Mill — 21 January 1794

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Fiorenzo Flour Mill — 21 January 1794

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Overview

The 4 April Bastia landing stays on Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794. The later Centuri and Maginaggio landings stay on Centuri Four Polaccas — 6 February 1794 and Maginaggio — National Colours 8 February 1794. This note covers the 21 January mill only.1

The Mill

Journal A for 21 January 1794 says Nelson landed about four miles from St. Fiorenzo and burned the only water-mill in that part of the country, much to the distress of the French. His letter to Mrs. Nelson, dated Leghorn, 30 January 1794, adds that the French had a storehouse of flour near a water-mill close to St. Fiorenzo; he landed sixty soldiers and sixty seamen in spite of opposition; the sailors threw all the flour into the sea, burned the mill — the only one they had — and returned on board without the loss of a man. The French sent at least one thousand men and gun-boats against them, but the shot went over, and the party was just within reach of his guns.2

Bastia stays on Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794. This page does not invent a mill name.

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  1. Bastia 4 April only: Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794. Centuri four polaccas only: Centuri Four Polaccas — 6 February 1794. Maginaggio colours only: Maginaggio — National Colours 8 February 1794. ↩

  2. Landed about four miles from St. Fiorenzo; only water-mill burned; sixty soldiers and sixty seamen; flour thrown into the sea; returned without the loss of a man; French sent at least one thousand men and gun-boats. @nicolas1844dispatches vol. 1, pp. 349–350 (1844). Do not invent a mill name. ↩

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