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Si Biggs
Aug 6, 20226 min read
Raid on Begu
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Begu Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1807 Date/s: 7th August The Spanish port of Begu...
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Si Biggs
May 11, 20223 min read
Capture of Bastia - Nelson Looses his Eye
The siege of Bastia was a combined British and Corsican military operation during the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars. The...
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Si Biggs
Apr 4, 20222 min read
Boarding and Capture of 7 Merchants under the Spanish Guns
Blockade duties around Cadiz were still being carried out by the Royal Navy over two years since Trafalgar. The intention was the same as...
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Si Biggs
Feb 5, 20222 min read
The Battle of Martinique
5th February 1793 The Battle of Martinique was a successful British invasion of the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies during...
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Si Biggs
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810)
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Guadeloupe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1810 Date/s: 28 January and 6 February 1810...
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Si Biggs
Nov 5, 20212 min read
General Sir Edward Nicolls KCB - The 'Fighting Nicolls'
Unit/ Formation: RM People Location: Monte Christe Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1803 Date/s: Saturday 5th November 1803...
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Simon Biggs
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Napoleon Buonaparte Inspects the Royal Marine Guard
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: France Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1815 Date/s: 16th July 1815 From the Memoirs of...
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Si Biggs
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Capture of the Battery at Cruxhaven
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Cruxhaven Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1809 Date/s: 8 July 1809 A small force...
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Si Biggs
Mar 3, 20212 min read
The Battle of Aboukir - Egypt - “The Bulldogs of the Army”
The Marines owing to their too great eagerness to get to close quarters with the enemy, suffered severe loss. Both officers and men greatly
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Si Biggs
Jan 16, 20212 min read
Battle of Corruna
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Corruna Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1809 Date/s: 16th January 1809 Royal Marines...
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Si Biggs
Oct 21, 20203 min read
Royal Marines at The Battle of Trafalgar - Death of Nelson - 21st October 1805
Lord Nelson's victory over the combined fleets at Trafalgar, the most decisive sea battle in British history. Ninety-three officers and...
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Si Biggs
May 1, 20203 min read
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir James Malcolm, KCB (13 January 1767 – 27 December 1849) was a Scottish officer of the British Royal Marines who...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Feb 4, 20201 min read
20 Mile Row to Capture the Curieux, Martinique
The French brig sloop ‘Curieux’ was fitted out at Martinique in order to attack British interests, as she was a threat to British West...
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Simon Biggs
Oct 21, 20192 min read
Captain of Marines Charles William Adair - Killed at the Battle of Trafalgar - 21st October 1805
Royal Marines Museum Collection (Unknown Artist) Charles William Adair (Captain Royal Marines) On joining HMS VICTORY Adair, Charles...
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Simon 'Peters' Biggs
Aug 15, 20194 min read
Mounted Marines and the Invasion of Java
Unit/ Formation: Royal Marines Location: Java Period/ Conflict: Napoleonic Wars Year: 1811 Date/s: 4th August 1811` The invasion of Java...
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