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Boulogne: tags: [geography]

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A northern French city at the English Channel just south of Cap Gris Nez. In 1803 Napoleon prepared his troops to cross the English channel from this city to attack Britain.

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Blackadder: We left England in good weather, but that was a far as our luck held. In the middle of Dover harbour, we were struck by a tidal wave. I was forced to swim * vnLolita, in wp, wTeeth .to Boulogne with the unconscious Baldrick tucked into my trousers. Then, we were taken to Paris, where I was summarily tried and condemned to death, and then hung by the larger of my testicles from the walls of the Bastille. It was then that I decided I had had enough.

BBC. Blackadder, season 3: Nob and Nobility

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Only two important opponents faced Napoleon— England and Russia. The young Tsar, Alexander I, realized the danger to Europe of Napoleon’s ambitions but was hampered by the inertia of Prussia and Austria and at first proceeded cautiously, so that Napoleon first prepared to attack England. He seized Hanover, a possession of the British Crown, and in 1803 formed a great fortified camp at Boulogne where he could concentrate an army. In alliance with Spain he prepared a large fleet to cover the “Boulogne expedition” and make an invasion of England possible.

Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman . Simon & Schuster