Napoleon and the ‘City of Smugglers’ 1810–1814
In the final years of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon allowed English smugglers entry into the French ports of Dunkirk …
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HMS Bellerophon: Prison to the Corsican thief and 300 boys.
HMS Bellerophon was a 74 gun 3rd rate ship of the line. It was launched to the accompaniment of storms …
Napoleon’s affairs with the bankers and smugglers
At the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century free traders went about their business more or …
