Edward's army landed at La Hogue on 22 July, and spent the next month marching through Normandy, although the only major gain was the capture of Caen (26 July). Philip of France had mobilized the entire fighting strength of France, and while his army was gathering at Paris, he destroyed all of the bridges over the Seine, hoping to keep Edward pinned down in Normandy. Edward decided to gamble on a march towards Flanders, which would take him past Paris and force him to cross the Seine and the Somme. Both rivers were formidable obstacles. Edward was able to repair one of the bridges over the Seine, but the Somme proved a greater obstacle, with the bridges destroyed and the fords guarded. Luckly for Edward, he was told of a tidal ford, and was able to beat off the troops that guarded it, and cross over, with Philip's troops snapping at his heels (24 August). The tide then turned, and the French were unable to chase his army. Campaign
SHIP | COMMANDER | GUNS |
Victory | Vice-Admiral Nelson, Captain Thomas Hardy | 104 |
Tremeraire | Captain Eliab Harvey | 98 |
Neptune | Captain Thomas Fremantle | 98 |
Leviathan | Captain William Bayntun | 74 |
Conqueror | Captain Isreal Pellew | 74 |
Britannia | Rear-Admiral the Earl of Northesk, Captain Charles Bullen | 100 |
Ajax | Lieutenant John Pilford | 74 |
Agamemmnon | Captain Sir Edward Berry | 64 |
Orion | Captain Edward Codrington | 74 |
Minotaur | Captain Charles Mansfield | 74 |
Spartiate | Captain Sir Francis Laforey | 74 |
Africa | Captain Henry Digby | 64 |
SHIP | COMMANDER | GUNS |
Royal Sovereign | Vice-Admiral Cithbert Collingwood, Captain Edward Rotherham | 47 |
Belleisle | Captain William Hargood | 74 |
Mars | Captain George Duff | 74 |
Tonnant | Captain Charles Tyler | 80 |
Bellerophon | Captain John Cooke | 74 |
Colossus | Captain James Morris | 74 |
Achille | Captain Richard King | 74 |
Revenge | Captain Robert Moorsom | 74 |
Defiance | Captain Philip Durham | 74 |
Swiftsure | Captain William Rutherford | 74 |
Dreadnought | Captain John Conn | 98 |
Polythemus | Captain Richard Redmill | 64 |
Prince | Captain Richard Grindall | 98 |
Thunderer | Lieutenant John Stockham | 74 |
Defence | Captain George Hope | 74 |
SHIP | COMMANDER | GUNS |
Scipion | Captain Charles Berneger | 74 |
Intrepide | Commodore Louis Infernet | 74 |
Formidable | Rear-Admiral P.R.M.E. Dumanoir le Pelley, Captain Jean Marie Letellier | 80 |
Mont-Blanc | Commodore G.J.Noel le Villegris | 74 |
Duguay-Trouin | Captain Claude Touffet | 74 |
Heros | Captain Jean Remi Poulain | 74 |
Bucentaure | Vice-Admiral Pierre Villeneuve, Captain Jean Magendie | 80 |
Redoutable | Captain Jean Lucas | 74 |
Neptune | Commodore Esprit Maistral | 80 |
Indomptable | Commodore Jean Hubert | 80 |
Fougueux | Captain Louis Baudoin | 74 |
Pluton | Commodore Julien Cosmao | 74 |
Algeciras | Rear-Admiral Charles Magon, Captain Gabriel Brouard | 74 |
Aigle | Captain Pierre Gourrege | 74 |
Swiftsure | Captain C.E. L'Hospitalier Villemadrin | 74 |
Argonaute | Captain Jacques Epron | 74 |
Achille | Captain Gabriel de Nieport | 74 |
Berwick | Captain Jean Camas | 74 |
Neptuno | Commodore Don Cayetano Valdes | 80 |
Rayo | Commodore Don Enrique Macdonell | 100 |
San Franciso de Asis | Captain Don Luis de Flores | 74 |
San Augustin | Captain Don Felipe Xado Cagigal | 74 |
Santissima Trinidad | Rear-Admiral Don Hidalgo Cisneros, Commodore Don Francisco de Uriarte | 130 |
San Justo | Captain Don Miguel Gaston | 74 |
San Leandro | Captain Don Josef Quevedo | 64 |
Santa Ana | Vice-Admiral Don Ignatius D'Alava, Captain Don Josef Guardoqui | 112 |
Monarca | Captain Don Teodoro Argumosa | 74 |
Bahama | Captain Don Dionisio Galliano | 74 |
Montanez | Captain Don Josef Salcedo | 74 |
San Ildefonso | Captain Don Josef Bargas | 74 |
Argonauta | Commodore Don Antonio Pareja | 80 |
Principe de Asturias | Admiral Don Federico Gravina | 112 |
San Juan de Nepomuceno | Captain Don Cosme Churruca | 74 |
British Fleet | Franco-Spanish Fleet | |
Total No. of Ships | 27 | 33 |
Total No. of Guns | 2,088 | 2,826 |
Killed | 454 | 2,086 |
Wounded | 1,141 | 3,361 |