Surcouf and Napoleon in the service of the Empire
Pronouncing certain surnames such as Surcouf, Duguay-Trouin, and Chateaubriand immediately brings to mind Saint-Malo, the name alone of...
The capture of Kent aboard the Confiance on October 7, 1800
At the dawn of the 19th century, seizing a vessel with a mass three times greater than that of one's ship and defended by a crew three...