Naval battles in French Revolutionary Wars, 1792-1815

During the French and Napoleonic Revolutionary Wars the British Royal Navy established its reputation as one of the most effective fighting institutions in history. The Navy not only played a key role in defeating France, but periodically opposed, usually with notable success, against its allies, Holland, Spain and Denmark, then establishing a maritime supremacy that would remain unchallenged for the next hundred years. The French Revolution is believed to have been a disaster that destroyed a good navy. However, although the French Marine Royale had achieved recent successes in the American Revolution, it already suffered from deep-seated problems. In the development of the simulation of these battles we will use the board game “Flying Colors” from GMT Games. The rules of the game when they appear for the first time, will appear in a footnote.