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The Capture of the Rosily Squadron took place on 14 June 1808, in Cadiz, Spain, nearly three years after the Battle of Trafalgar, when the Spanish had risen against the French invaders. Five French ships of the line and a frigate were also still in the port and had remained there since that British victory. Admiral Rosily, after an engagement with the Spanish lasting five days, surrendered his entire squadron with the four thousand seamen then on board.〔Thayer Mahan, p. 195〕 ==Background== Under difficult circumstances, Rear-Admiral Rosily acted in the manner that was most suitable to his situation, endeavouring to gain enough time for the arrival at Cadiz of those troops which had been dispatched from Madrid to Andalusia. He took up defensive positions, beyond the reach of the land batteries, in the channel which leads to the Caracas. While anchored there, he first offered to quit the bay, in order to quiet the multitude; he next proposed to the British, who were blockading the port, to send his cannon ashore, to keep his crews on board and to conceal his flag. In exchange, he required hostages for the safety of his sick, the French inhabitants of Cadiz and a pledge that he should be secured from attack. The British would not consent to this. Spanish governor of Cadiz Tomás Morla, refused to comply with the propositions of the French Admiral and required that the French squadron should surrender. On his refusal, the Spaniards sited batteries on the Isle of Leon and near Fort Louis. The French ships were: ''Neptune'' 80 ''Héros'' 74 ''Pluton'' 74 ''Algesiras'' 80 ''Argonaute''〔(Argonaute of 1806)〕 74 ''Cornélie'' 44 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capture of the Rosily Squadron」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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