20150923_4587 The Allied Fleets before Cherbourg
Painting by Cheri Dubreuil. Date painted: 1855.
A typical marine painting of Dubreuil, a petty officer and helmsman in the French navy about the middle of the nineteenth century. He painted naval actions and arctic scenes.
In the Stone Hall of the Maison Dieu at Dover.
THE ALLIED FLEETS. FETES AT CHERBOURG.
THE long talked of meeting between the British and French fleets has at length taken place. The English fleet left Portland Roads on the 13th August, and arrived in the offing at Cherbourg on the 14th, and its reception by the French squadron was of the most gratifying character. Fort Roule, the citadel on the heights overhanging the commercial port, the batteries on the Digne, and the guns of the ships poured forth a thundering welcome, which was taken up and repeated to the echo by the masses of people who clustered on the piers, the jetties, the quays, the steam-boats, and every available craft that could float upon the water. Only three ironclads - the Magenta, the Heroine, and the Flandre - were assembled to meet their English allies, but it was expected that a much larger display of force would be made when the combined squadrons arrived.
The British ironclads reached Brest on the forenoon of August 21, after a detention at Jersey in consequence of injuries sustained by two of the vessels of the fleet.
The Moniteur describes the circumstances which led to the mutual visits of the French and English squadrons, and adds -" England desired that her fleet should be present at Cherbourg on the 15th of August, and France cannot but congratulate herself upon the sentiments of friendship and courtesy which suggested this thought to the British Government.
-Sydney Morning Herald of 16 October 1865 (Trove)
20150923_4587 The Allied Fleets before Cherbourg
Painting by Cheri Dubreuil. Date painted: 1855.
A typical marine painting of Dubreuil, a petty officer and helmsman in the French navy about the middle of the nineteenth century. He painted naval actions and arctic scenes.
In the Stone Hall of the Maison Dieu at Dover.
THE ALLIED FLEETS. FETES AT CHERBOURG.
THE long talked of meeting between the British and French fleets has at length taken place. The English fleet left Portland Roads on the 13th August, and arrived in the offing at Cherbourg on the 14th, and its reception by the French squadron was of the most gratifying character. Fort Roule, the citadel on the heights overhanging the commercial port, the batteries on the Digne, and the guns of the ships poured forth a thundering welcome, which was taken up and repeated to the echo by the masses of people who clustered on the piers, the jetties, the quays, the steam-boats, and every available craft that could float upon the water. Only three ironclads - the Magenta, the Heroine, and the Flandre - were assembled to meet their English allies, but it was expected that a much larger display of force would be made when the combined squadrons arrived.
The British ironclads reached Brest on the forenoon of August 21, after a detention at Jersey in consequence of injuries sustained by two of the vessels of the fleet.
The Moniteur describes the circumstances which led to the mutual visits of the French and English squadrons, and adds -" England desired that her fleet should be present at Cherbourg on the 15th of August, and France cannot but congratulate herself upon the sentiments of friendship and courtesy which suggested this thought to the British Government.
-Sydney Morning Herald of 16 October 1865 (Trove)