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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
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Napoléon Ier (1769-1821)
+ L.S. "Napo", Saint-Cloud 19 July 1810, to the Viceroy of Italy [his adopted son, Eugène de BEAUHARNAIS]| the letter is in the hand of Baron FAIN| 3 pages and a quarter in-4.
Projects for the control of the Adriatic.
"My son, I have just issued a decree so that the curement of the Port of Ancona may be continued with the same activity that has been carried out there up to now. For a modest expenditure of 240,000f you have already obtained the result that 4 ships and 6 frigates can moor there| I want the digging to be continued until the Port can hold 9 ships and 6 frigates"... The expense will be a trifle, and "considering that the opening of the harbour is 400 toises and that the anchorage is exposed to the west winds, I order that the breakwater will receive an extension of 150 toises. - I had assumed that this expense would cost 1,800,000 f.
which scared me| but this expense was only so considerable because they wanted to keep an inner berm throughout the extension of the seawall. I gave up this berm and by doing so I obtained a saving of more than a million"... He explains his project of a pier and the financing of the works, which should not be delayed because "it is of such immense advantage for my Kingdom of Italy to be master of the Adriatic, that there is nothing to be saved for it. But with 4 to 5 ships, we will succeed. Never the English will be able to hold equal forces in this sea, for the only purpose of blocking trade, when besides the meeting of the
Holland and the considerable armament that I make in all my ports, put them in the necessity to block so many points!"...
It foresees 10 French or Italian warships in Venice, at the end of the year 1812. "As for the Rivoli, I attach a certain importance to having this ship in Ancona [...]. But this operation had to be carried out with such speed that the ship was not obliged to remain in harbour for more than 48 hours. Then whatever wind it made, it would go either to Ancona, Tries
+ L.S. "Napo", Saint-Cloud 19 July 1810, to the Viceroy of Italy [his adopted son, Eugène de BEAUHARNAIS]| the letter is in the hand of Baron FAIN| 3 pages and a quarter in-4.
Projects for the control of the Adriatic.
"My son, I have just issued a decree so that the curement of the Port of Ancona may be continued with the same activity that has been carried out there up to now. For a modest expenditure of 240,000f you have already obtained the result that 4 ships and 6 frigates can moor there| I want the digging to be continued until the Port can hold 9 ships and 6 frigates"... The expense will be a trifle, and "considering that the opening of the harbour is 400 toises and that the anchorage is exposed to the west winds, I order that the breakwater will receive an extension of 150 toises. - I had assumed that this expense would cost 1,800,000 f.
which scared me| but this expense was only so considerable because they wanted to keep an inner berm throughout the extension of the seawall. I gave up this berm and by doing so I obtained a saving of more than a million"... He explains his project of a pier and the financing of the works, which should not be delayed because "it is of such immense advantage for my Kingdom of Italy to be master of the Adriatic, that there is nothing to be saved for it. But with 4 to 5 ships, we will succeed. Never the English will be able to hold equal forces in this sea, for the only purpose of blocking trade, when besides the meeting of the
Holland and the considerable armament that I make in all my ports, put them in the necessity to block so many points!"...
It foresees 10 French or Italian warships in Venice, at the end of the year 1812. "As for the Rivoli, I attach a certain importance to having this ship in Ancona [...]. But this operation had to be carried out with such speed that the ship was not obliged to remain in harbour for more than 48 hours. Then whatever wind it made, it would go either to Ancona, Tries