The Great Escape of 1802: French Prisoners of War Take Over The PrinceCarolyn T. Hughesporttowns.port.ac.ukThe Great Escape of 1802: French Prisoners of War Take Over The Prince - Port Towns and Urban CulturesSuch was the infamy of the English prison hulks that Napoleon Bonaparte is reported to have shouted before the battle of Waterloo: “Soldiers, let those among you who have been prisoners of the English describe to you the hulks, and detail the most frightful miseries which they endured!”[1] It is interesting that Napoleon, the person […]
