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Analysis Task 1:
Aim - Selection and evaluation of significant
events in the First Coalition War 1793-7.
The First Coalition War was characterised by
1. .... French military successes on land:
A. Give examples of Allied (especially Austrian) military mistakes.
(date, battle name, brief sentence saying what happened)
B. What other things enabled the French to be successful?(tactics etc)
(Remember to be precise in your explanation, always giving an example
with brief description and date if appropriate)
NB Read p.151 of the AS book on Napoleon’s Italian Campaign.
2. ...and British naval successes at sea.
Read pps 243-245 in the AS book.
Make four brief comments on the condition of the French navy.
Read pps 251 in AS book.
Make four brief comments on the condition of the British Navy:
NOTE:-
A large number of British ships were allocated to controlling the English
channel (the “Wooden Walls”) and trading routes, but Britain
was also the only power which sent its vessels out to attack enemy warships.
What was the combined significance of the three
key sea battles fought during the First Coaltiion war? -
The Glorious First of June (1794) , the battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)
and the battle of Camperdown (1797).
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