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>To all... > Tomorrow (August 1st, 2012) is the 214th >anniversary of the Battle of the Nile (Aboukir Bay), >August 1st, 1798. I have read many a book covering >this Battle and almost all biographies of RAdm >Nelson's plan of Battle, actions during and after the >Battle. Alas, I have not seen nor read much about VAdm >de Bruey's side of the Battle. What options were >available to him besides anchoring his Fleet in the >Bay in a Line-of-Battle. >I do know that anchoring his Fleet at or inside the >harbor at Alexandria was explored but deemed the >sandbar was too shallow for the bigger ships of his >Fleet (i.e. L'ORIENT, FRANKLIN, TONNANT & GUILLAUME >TELL). With that being stated, I have often wondered >(my What if) what would have happened had Brueys chose >another option: (1) Sailing out to meet Nelson in the >open sea as RAdm Blanquet had suggested, (2) Moving >the Fleet and anchoring them just inside the mouth of >the Bay forcing Nelson to run a gauntlet of crossfire >in order to get at the French Fleet, (3) Sail out and >head back to Alexandria and anchor under the guns of >the Fort, or (4) Sail out, try to evade Nelson and >make a run for Corfu (this last option would not work >too well for the slow sailing ships in the Fleet >L'ORIENT, GUERRIERE and CONQUERANT...the last two were >old and needed long Dockyard periods). > Chuck

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