History Of The Baltic Campaign Of 1854

1857. Contents: Appointment of Sir Charles Napier. Hasty Equipment of the Fleet. Reasons for Its Sudden Despatch; Transactions of the Fleet from the Downs to Kioge Bay; Diplomacy of the German and Northern Courts, as Relating to the War in the Baltic; Transactions of the Fleet at Kioge Bay; Voyage from Kioge Bay to Stockholm. Surveys of the Route. Interview with the King of Sweden; Transactions of the Squadron from Elgsnabben to Hango; Transactions of the Squadron at Hango; Reconnaissance of Sweaborg. Junction of the French Fleet at Baro Sound; Proceedings of Admiral Plumridge's Squadron in the Gulf of Rothnia, and of Detached Ships Elsewhere; The Reconnaissance of Cronstadt; Cronstadt and Its Defences; Return of the Fleets to Baro Sound; Preparation for Attacking the Aland Isles; Bomarsund-aland-Finland, etc.; The Siege of Bomarsund; Events Connected with the Demolition of Bomarsund; Transactions of the Allied Commanders Up to the Departure of the French Military Force for Cherbourg; Councils of War. Departure of the French Fleet from the Seat of War; Operations of the British Fleet after the Departure of the French Admiral from the Seat of War. Reports to the Board of Admiralty and Correspondence;Transactions and Correspondence Previous to the Fleet Returning to Kiel; Transactions of the Squadron on Its Return from the Gulf of Bothnia. Correspondence Relative to the Preceding Despatches; The Squadron at Kiel. Voyage to Spithead. Admiral Ordered to Strike His Flag. Correspondence with the Admiralty; and Sir C. Napier's Notes on Russia.Napier, C. is the author of 'History Of The Baltic Campaign Of 1854' with ISBN 9781417921607 and ISBN 1417921609.