British in the Adriatic
The British in the Adriatic, 1800-1825 Malcolm Scott Hardy Publisher: ARCHAEOPRESS (Jun 2024)
Description: Paperback; 274 pages, 128 figures (colour throughout)
ISBN: 9781803277257 Three detailed studies consider British naval and military, diplomatic and commercial activity in the eastern Adriatic during the Napoleonic wars, drawing on original research in various British archives.
The British in the Adriatic, 1800–1825 brings together three detailed studies of British naval and military, diplomatic and commercial activity in the eastern Adriatic during the Napoleonic wars, drawing on original research in various British archives. A focus is the strategically important island of Vis, where there are the remains of British fortifications, another the town of Rijeka where a leading merchant had lengthy dealings with the British Navy Board for the provision of timber.
The third part, hitherto unpublished, was written on the bicentenary in 2012 of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. It investigates the unrealized plans by the British and Russians for a diversionary attack in the Adriatic.
Contents:
Part 1: The British Navy, Rijeka and A.L. Adamic: War and Trade in the Adriatic 1800-25
The Arrival of John Leard in Rijeka, 1802
Nelson, convoys and naval supplies, 1803-04
The Oak Timber Project
The War of the Third Coalition
Trade War 1806-9
The War of 1809
Travels 1810-12
The Timber Contract of 1812
Adamić’s Return to Rijeka, 1812
The Aborted Insurrection, February-April 1813
The British Attack on Rijeka, July 1813
Nugent liberates Rijeka, August 1813
Adamić’s return to Rijeka, autumn 1813
The End of the War
Leard’s return to Rijeka, July 1814
The Last Timber Contract 1818-20
Epilogue
Part 2: The British and Vis: War in the Adriatic 1805-15
Introduction: The British and the Adriatic
The defence of Lissa: A safe harbour
The defence of Lissa: Delays and surveys
Project for the Defence of Lissa
The defence of Lissa: Occupation and fortification
Life on Lissa
The British leave Lissa
Appendix 1: Sources
Appendix 2: Names
Appendix 3: Biographical notes
Appendix 4: Ships and soldiers
Appendix 5: Remains
Part 3: A Diversionary Attack in the Adriatic 1812
The British, Montenegro and Russia 1812
Admiral Fremantle goes to Lissa
News of Chichagov
Admiral Grieg arrives in Sicily
Fremantle and Montenegro: Second Phase
After Chichagov