Expedition to Ireland: Shipwreck Series, #3

By Thomas G Clark

This book highlights the late 18th-century conflict among three countries-England, France and Ireland. The alliance of the Irish and French against the English was best seen in the 1797 "Expedition to Ireland" and the loss of the warship Droits de l'Homme.

Expedition to Ireland is a thumbnail account of the disastrous plan to recruit Irish rebels in their mutual struggles with Great Britain. The book is accompanied by relevant maps and illustrations. Readers of C. S. Forester's fictional series, Horatio Hornblower will recognize the names of the vessels and commanders in this actual encounter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Distinctive Press
• Release date: Aug 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201900144

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Expedition to Ireland

The 1797 loss of Droits de l'Homme

By

Thomas G. Clark

Published by Distinctive Press LLC

Copyright 2022

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CHAPTER ONE

Prologue

THIS SHORT BOOK highlights the late 18th-century conflict among three countries-England, France and Ireland. The alliance of the Irish and French against the English was best seen in the 1797 Expedition to Ireland and the loss of the warship Droits de l'Homme.

What this book is not, is a lengthly description of the battle between the English frigates and the Droits de l'Homme.

What the book is however is a thumbnail account of the Expedition to Ireland, accompanied by relevant maps and illustrations. The demise of the Droits de l'Homme is told in later chapters by an Englishman imprisoned aboard