Report on the arrangements which have been adopted, in former periods : when France threatened invasions of Britain or Ireland, to frustate [sic] the designs of the enemy, by attacks on his foreign possessions, or European ports, by annoying his coasts, and by destroying his equipments

Report on the arrangements which have been adopted, in former periods : when France threatened invasions of Britain or Ireland, to frustate [sic] the designs of the enemy, by attacks on his foreign possessions, or European ports, by annoying his coasts, and by destroying his equipments

[London : s.n., 1798]

iv,83, [5], cxx p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)

L2011F184 1798

(OCoLC)228758331

At head of p. [1]: "State Paper Office, Janry 6th 1798" in ms.; signed "I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient and faithful servant John Bruce" in ms. at foot of p. 83.
"Appendix to report ...": p. [i]-cxx.
Privately printed for the use of government. Alarmed by the possibility of a French invasion in 1798, the Secretary of War commissioned John Bruce, Keeper of the State Papers, to produce two reports--the coastal defences against Spain & the various military expeditions mounted against France; appendix includes 19 supporting documents.
Signatures: [A]2 B-M4 a-p4.
Includes bibliographical references.
Bookplate: "This book was presented to the United Service Museum by the Right Honorable H. Hobhouse, Keeper of the State Papers." (this copy obviously retained at the State Paper Office until Hobhouse, who succeeded Bruce there after his death in 1826, then sent it to the United Service Museum)

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