The Channel Fleet and the Blockade of Brest, 1793-1801

‘The Channel Fleet and the Blockade of Brest, 1793 – 1801’, edited by Roger Morriss, based in part on transcripts made by Richard Saxby. The Channel fleet was Great Britain’s first line of defence against invasion throughout the French Revolutionary War but it was also responsible for protecting her trade in home waters and for preventing the French Brest fleet from escaping either to mount an expedition, protect French convoys, succour French colonies or reinforce the French fleet in the Medite