The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-17
BATTLE OF THE NILE.
IT'S EFFECT AND ITS INFLUENCE WE'RE
FARREACHlNG.

From End To End When the News Was
Known - Honors and Congratulations
Were showered Upon Nelson.
OF 13 French ships of the line all but
two were tuken or destroyed. The feet
was annihilatcd, Victory" said Nelson
Justly, "is certainly not a name strong
enough for such "A sceue as havo passed.
In oompletcness OF immediate results upon
the fold no feet action has ever equalcd
the battle OF tho Nile Upon the fortunes
of the particular enterprise which ELECTED
it--BOnGparte's oriental expediton--the
effect WAS absolutely decisive lt became
impossible, and was by experience demon
stratod to DO impossible, to afford % the
expeditionary force the renewal Of men ana
supplies, upon which depended not only the
prosecution of the undertaking, but even
the maintenance of the position already |
achieved.
The influence OF the battle Of the Nile |
was more farreaching STILL The contl- |
nent of Europe became convulsed from end |
to end as soon as the news was received.
Elated by Bonaparte's career of victory in
Italy and by the submission of Austria To
terms of peace, the French government
! erosion toward other countries-of which
the unprovoked Egyptian expedition was
| only ono example-that had droused the
wrath of all nations. Even the United
| States was forced from its attitude of be-
nevolent neutrality, which had depended
upon the tradition of the war of independ'
ence and the adoption by France of repub-
| lican institutions.
The general resentment in Europe was,
however, curbed by experience of the might
of the French revolutionary movement,
and of the French armies when welded by
man like Bonaparte, and there was
wanting the demonstration OF some power
capable of imposing an absolute check up
on their future progress. The battle OF
the Nile gave such demonstration. AS
Nelson said, it was more than victory;
il was catastrophe. The French fleet
! was annihiated, the Mediterranean passed
| into the absolute control OF Great Britain,
l the flower of the French army and the in
$ vincible Bonaparte were cut of hopelessiy
from France Turkey, previously over
awed by the feet, declared war in n
month. Austria, Russia and Naples had
n already drawn together in coalition. Ihcy
n were emboldened, Us the permanence oil
l. the conditions due TO the battle became
l. | evident, To DUHSuG llltlT Illlltig ShbNA
g prises upon a scale which brought the re-
o public to the brink of ruin, from which II
J. was saved only by the unexpected and for
% tuitous return of Bonaparte and his acces
It sion to supreme power year later Be
% fore the year 1898 expired combined Rus
n sian and Turkish fleet entered the Medi
e terranean from the Black sea and under
% took to wrest tho Ionian islands from
n France. In India the movements agains
10 the British domination which had been 10
~ mented by French negotiations, and which
% Bonaparte expected to foster, fell stillbori
re- when the disaster became known there
l. Nelson, aware of the Importance or tn
A. news to British interests, had at once dis
~ matched "A special messenger overland I
r Bombay.
as The general satisfaction, not TO say OK
W ultation, was shown by the honors and rt
in wards showered from all sides upon tn
ro victor. The sultan and the car, the King
g. of Sardinia and of the two Sicilies, SCI
n messages of congratulation and rich pre-
nv ents, the car accompanying his with u
no autograph letter On the part of his ow
ar country, the two houses of parliament No
&C. ed their thanks and pension OF 42'OOo
RI. year. The East India company by GIT
nv glO, coo acknowledged the security game
IS for the Indian possessions. other lnuNl'
nv nal corporations took appropriate motto
re- Of the great event, instances so far apa
,ee ma the cities of London and Palermo al
che island of Zante, showing how WIG
spread was the sense of relief.
In titular rank Nelson was raised to ii
IN lowest grade of the peerage as Baron Nc
oro son of the Nile Indignant comment WI
VOC | made i'm some quarters upon the lnad
os ouacy of this advancement TO the brillian
80 and Importance of the service done L
oos ministry justified its action upon the tee
oct pical ground that, though no superior W
a., within 9 900 miles OF Aboukir, Nelson w
80 nevertheless a subordinate flag officer, II
,eh "a commander in chief.
no. Not least gratifying to him, WIN
IAN sensitive appreciation OF friendship al
90 susceptibility to flattery, must nave DO
80 the numerous letters of congrtulatlon
III received from friends in and out OF
10 service. and especially from men wh'
~, eminence and professional standing ma
200 their praise a sound criterion for the ca
ors after Judgment of mankind. Besides ma
loo other officers of character and reputati'
,ets the three great admirals, Lords Ho'
ais Hood and st. Vincent, the leaders OF
: go navy in rank and distinguished servi
,hIo wrote to him In the strongest terms Oh
,on. miration The latter two did not hesit
IL "a style the battle the greatest achieyem'
IVY that history could produce, while How
oro language, more measured, was so only
g.. cause, like himself, it was more precise
u;S characterizing the special merits OF the
NV tion and was therefore acknowledged
Nelson with particular expressions OF pie
al? ure.-"Nelson In the Battle OF the MI
van by Captain A. Il. Mahan, in Century
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