Bastia Landing — 4 April 1794

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A sailing fleet. Not a portrait.

Overview

The right-eye wound stays on Nelson — Loss of Eye at Calvi 1794. This note covers the 4 April 1794 landing only. A full Bastia siege survey stays on RESEARCH_QUEUE. Famous_Sieges stays empty.¹

The Landing

Southey says these men were landed on the 4th of April, under Lieutenant-Colonel Villettes and Nelson.²

The spoken “We are but few” line stays off this page. Guns dragged up the heights, a brigadier title, and the reduction of Bastia stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Sources

• @southey1813nelson
• Nelson — Loss of Eye at Calvi 1794

Related

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Same Subject

• Nelson — Loss of Eye at Calvi 1794
• Agamemnon Appointment — 30 January 1793
• Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview

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Footnotes

1. Right-eye wound only: Nelson — Loss of Eye at Calvi 1794. Do not open Famous_Sieges. ↩

2. “These men were landed on the 4th of April, under Lieutenant-Colonel Villettes and Nelson.” @southey1813nelson vol. 1, p. 111 (1813). Do not add the spoken few-men line or a full siege on this page. ↩