Excerpt from Dumouriez and the Defence of England Against Napoleon
Defence Project commenced in 1803, and according to his own note terminated in May, 1804. It comprises a memoir on other attacks on England, including a very interesting account of his former plan for the capture of the Isle of Wight, originally devised in 1777, when holding the im portant post of Commandant at Cherbourg; a note on the whole invasion subject dated August, 1805; projects of defence for Ireland and Scotland; and a military essay on the defence of Portugal.
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