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"One cannot imagine a more majestic and imposing sight than over 100 French and Spanish ships, but they held more than 8,000 gravely ill."
-- Chevalier de Mautort, 1779
* Invasion of Britain was centerpiece of Bourbon campaign
* 150 ships, 30,000 troops
* Dysentery epidemic forces withdrawal
* French navy sends John Paul Jones around Britain as a distraction |