French preparations Edit

British countermeasures Edit

Naval plan Edit

Memorial Edit

Today, the Boulogne camp's site is marked by a 53 metres (174 ft) high column (the tallest of such columns in France), built in the 1850s, with a statue of Napoleon on top, panels on the base showing him presenting medals of the Légion d'Honneur to his troops and surrounded by railings decorated with the golden French Imperial eagle. The arsenal from the camp is preserved.

Gallery Edit

Disposition of the French flotilla

The rumoured French invasion raft

Caricature mocking the fragile landing rafts

John Bull protected by the Royal Navy

John Bull vanquishing Napoleon

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