"British general Lord Cornwallis. After some initial setbacks, Cornwallis was ultimately victorious capturing the Mysorean capital city of Seringapatam and compelling Mysore to make peace on terms favourable to Britain. In 1793, French Royalists in Toulon surrendered their port and city to a British fleet under Vice Admiral Samuel Hood. A land force of 18,000 of mixed nationalities, including 2,000 British (mainly Royal Marines), gathered to protect Toulon against a French Republican counter-attack. The commander of the British contingent, Lieutenant General Charles O'Hara, was captured in a minor skirmish, by Captain Napoleon Bonaparte who inspired the besiegers of the port."
"every port. He therefore authorised the opening of negotiations with Maitland. The negotiations opened on 10 July. Maitland refused to allow Napoleon to sail for America, but offered to take him to England instead. The negotiations went on for four days, but eventually Napoleon acquiesced. He surrendered to Maitland on 15 July and embarked on the ""Bellerophon"" with his staff and servants. Maitland placed his cabin at the former emperor's disposal and sailed the ""Bellerophon"" to England. She reached Torbay on 24 July, then was ordered to Plymouth, whilst a decision was made by the government over Bonaparte's fate. She"
"to ""Bellerophon"" to meet Maitland and discuss the possibility of allowing Napoleon to travel to the United States. Maitland was under orders to prevent this, and instead offered to take Napoleon on board his ship and transport him and his retinue to Britain. Further discussions and negotiations took place over the next few days, but with his options running out, Napoleon had decided by 13 July to surrender to the British. On 14 July Maitland was given a letter informing him that Napoleon would come out to ""Bellerophon"" the following morning to surrender. Napoleon embarked aboard the brig ""Épervier"" early"
"HMS Bellerophon (1786) HMS ""Bellerophon"" was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1786, she served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. Known to sailors as the ""Billy Ruffian"", she fought in three fleet actions, the Glorious First of June, the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Trafalgar, and was the ship aboard which Napoleon finally surrendered, ending 22 years of nearly continuous war with France. Built at Frindsbury, near Rochester in Kent, ""Bellerophon"" was initially laid up in ordinary, briefly being commissioned during"
"for dauntless pluck,and the Billy Ruff'n's luck,I will fight as many Frenchmen as you please!Billy Blue –Here's to you, Billy Blue, here's to you! HMS Bellerophon (1786) HMS ""Bellerophon"" was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1786, she served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, mostly on blockades or convoy escort duties. Known to sailors as the ""Billy Ruffian"", she fought in three fleet actions, the Glorious First of June, the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Trafalgar, and was the ship aboard which Napoleon finally surrendered, ending 22 years"
"hope to evade the Royal Navy, surrendered to Captain Maitland upon placing himself under his protection on board HMS ""Bellerophon"". The British Government refused to allow Napoleon to set foot in England and arranged for his exile to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena where he died in 1821. With the defeat at Waterloo, the enthralment of the French people that had gripped them since Napoleon's return from exile rapidly dissipated, and they were forced to face the reality of several Coalition armies advancing into France up to the gates of Paris. His commanders in the field pressed"
"in military harbors and naval bases, such as Toulon or Brest, because they provided free labor. During the Jacobin period of the French Revolution (1790–95), over 800 Roman Catholic priests and other clergy who refused to take the anti-Papal oath of the ""Civil Constitution of the Clergy"" were put aboard a fleet of prison ships in Rochefort harbor, where most died due to inhumane conditions. Off Rochefort, from the island of Île-d'Aix where he had spent several days hoping to flee to America, Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to Captain F. L. Maitland aboard HMS ""Bellerophon"", on 17 July 1815, ending the"
"The defection of the Swiss greatly reduced the strength of the Dutch forces in Ceylon and the Swiss provided fortification details to the British. The Dutch resisted pro-forma resistance using their own troops, and then surrendered Columbo to the British on 15 February 1796. The regiment formally entered British service, with the understanding that the British would enroll them at the same rate as regular British soldiers and give them the back pay owed by the VOC. The British subsequently took over control of the colony as British Ceylon. Professor Cleghorn received £5000 as a reward for his role in"
"and possessed three military airfields. Because of this, Rhodes was the principal military objective for both the Allies and the Germans. On 8 September 1943, the Italian garrison on the island of Kastelorizo surrendered to a British detachment, which was reinforced during the following days by ships of the Allied navies. The next day, a British delegation, headed by Lord Jellicoe, was dropped by parachute on Rhodes, to persuade the Italian commander, Admiral Inigo Campioni, to join the Allies. Swift action by the German forces forestalled the Allies. Without waiting for the Italians to decide, Kleemann attacked the 40,000-strong Italian"
"the end of the battle. ""Santa Ana"" was later abandoned by her captors and ultimately fell back into Spanish hands, but ""Royal Sovereign"" reached the safety of Gibraltar soon after the battle. In the aftermath of the action, Rotheram left ""Royal Sovereign"" to take command of HMS ""Bellerophon"", whose captain, John Cooke had been killed by a French sniper. Cooke had been targeted due to the dress uniform he had worn during the battle. ""Bellerophon"" escorted ""Victory"" carrying Nelson's body back to Britain, and Rotheram carried the guidon behind the coffin at Nelson's funeral in London. Rotheram was presented with"
"""Duquesne"" after a few shots were fired, while ""Duguay-Trouin"" and ""Guerrière"" managed to evade their pursuers and escape to France. One man was killed aboard ""Bellerophon"" during the pursuit. She remained blockading Cap-François until November, when the French commander of the garrison there, General Rochambeau, approached Loring and requested to be allowed to evacuate his men, which were being besieged by a native Haitian force led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines. To prevent Rochambeau escaping, Loring sent launches from ""Bellerophon"" and ""Elephant"" into the Caracol Passage where they cut out the French schooner ""Découverte"" on 22–23 November. The French formally surrendered on"
"the British. British General William Carr Beresford capitulated and offered his sword; true to Liniers's vow, British flags (those of the Highlanders regiment and Green St. Helena) were transferred to the church of the convent of the Dominicans, where they are still held. After the victory, the society stayed on military alert, suspecting that the British might counterattack. The Buenos Aires Cabildo called an open cabildo to discuss the next steps, including the actions to take regarding viceroy Sobremonte. They decided to prevent the viceroy from returning to the city, and appoint Liniers, who was regarded as a hero, as"
"Atlantic port of Rochefort. In July 1815, defeated at Waterloo and finding escape to America barred by the blockading ""Bellerophon"", Napoleon came aboard ""the ship that had dogged his steps for twenty years"" (according to maritime historian David Cordingly) to finally surrender to the British. It was ""Bellerophon""s last seagoing service. She was paid off and converted to a prison ship in 1815, and was renamed ""Captivity"" in 1824 to free the name for another ship. Moved to Plymouth in 1826, she continued in service until 1834, when the last convicts left. The Admiralty ordered her to be sold in"
"German forces in North West Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands surrender: On 4 May 1945, the British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery took the unconditional military surrender at Lüneburg from ""Generaladmiral"" Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, and General Eberhard Kinzel, of all German forces ""in Holland [sic], in northwest Germany including the Frisian Islands and Heligoland and all other islands, in Schleswig-Holstein, and in Denmark… includ[ing] all naval ships in these areas"", at the Timeloberg on Lüneburg Heath; an area between the cities of Hamburg, Hanover and Bremen. The number of German land, sea and air forces involved in this surrender amounted to"
"given safe conduct to remain as the general ceasefire would operate only from midnight. Receiving a message from the Germans agreeing to a meeting at midnight on 8–9 May, the ships returned to the same south west coast location off Guernsey and a German minesweeper ""M4613"" came out to meet HMS ""Bulldog"". The German second in command, Generalmajor Siegfried Heine, came aboard and went to the wardroom. Asked if he would accept unconditional surrender he replied ""Ja"". The ships sailed slowly around the coast to St Peter Port. Eight copies of the formal terms of surrender were signed on the"
"Royal Navy was blockading French ports to forestall such a move. He finally surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS ""Bellerophon"" on 15 July. There was a campaign against French fortresses that still held out; Longwy capitulated on 13 September 1815, the last to do so. Louis XVIII was restored to the throne of France and Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821. The Treaty of Paris was signed on 20 November 1815. Maitland's 1st Foot Guards, who had defeated the Chasseurs of the Guard, were thought to have defeated the Grenadiers, although they had only"
"his hat off to Maitland and in French announced ""I am come to throw myself on the protection of your Prince and your laws."" Maitland bowed in response. With the former emperor in custody aboard a British warship, the Napoleonic Wars were finally over. To maritime historian David Cordingly, this moment was ""Bellerophon""s ""crowning glory [when] six weeks after the battle of Waterloo, ... Napoleon, trapped in Rochefort, surrendered to the captain of the ship that had dogged his steps for more than twenty years."" Maitland showed Napoleon the great cabin, which he had placed at his disposal, and gave"
"notify the French commander that he had surrendered. Willoughby's boat had been holed by shot and was unable to make the short journey. The message was instead conveyed by French prisoners from ""Nereide"" who had dived overboard and reached the shore during the night. Recalling the false flags used on 20 August, Bouvet resolved to wait until morning before accepting the surrender. At 1:50 am on 24 August, ""Bellone"" ceased firing on the shattered ""Nereide"". During the remaining hours of darkness, Pym continued his efforts to dislodge ""Sirius"" from the reef and sent orders to Lambert, whose ""Iphigenia"" had been"
"fleet to bombard Valletta and, on 11 June, General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers directed an amphibious operation in which several thousand soldiers landed at seven strategic sites around the island. The French Knights deserted the order, and the remaining Knights failed to mount a meaningful resistance. Approximately 2,000 native Maltese militia resisted for 24 hours, retreating to Valletta once the city of Mdina fell to General Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois. Although Valletta was strong enough to hold out against a lengthy siege, Bonaparte negotiated a surrender with Hompesch, who agreed to turn Malta and all of its resources over to the"
"consisting of Swiss soldiers. In an extraordinary act on 30 March 1795, the British secret agent Hugh Cleghorn signed a contract with the proprietor of the Regiment, Count Charles-Daniel de Meuron to transfer his regiment into British service for the sum of ₤6,000. This sealed the fate of the Dutch in Ceylon. After a token resistance, Van Angelbeek gave up. Many Dutch officers and soldiers felt betrayed by their own Governor and at the end of the siege of Colombo turned their heavy guns on the Governor’s palace. In vain; on 14 February 1796, the Dutch forces surrendered with minimal"
"of marines took the surrender of the overall commander of the French-Spanish fleet, Admiral Villeneuve, aboard the French ship ""Bucentaure"" (80 guns). However, he was not able to deliver Villeneuve's sword to the ""Conqueror"" as she had passed on to engage another ship and it was received by the captain of ""Mars"". Villeneuve, who spoke English, is alleged to have asked to whom he was surrendering. On being told it was Captain Pellew of the ""Conqueror"", he replied ""I am glad to have struck to the fortunate Sir Edward Pellew."" When he was informed that the ""Conqueror's"" captain was Sir"
"by Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley, made a belated attempt to come to the assistance of the centre and rear. The attack was beaten off, and at 5 pm, ""Bellerophon""s guns ceased firing. At 5:30 pm Cumby sent a boat to take possession of the ""Bahama"", which had also struck her colours. By the end of the battle ""Bellerophon"" had sustained casualties of 27 men killed and 123 wounded. Among the dead was her captain, the master, John Overton, and midshipman John Simmons. For the next seven days, ""Bellerophon""s crew were occupied in repairing damage, rigging jury masts, and trying"
"Marshal Montgomery reached Lübeck and the Baltic Sea in the beginning of May 1945, the German troops in Denmark and part of The Netherlands were isolated from their homebase. Without major fights, they surrendered to Montgomery on May 4 at Lüneburg Heath. On 5 May 1945 the negotiation for the surrender of the Germans in the Netherlands took place in the hotel. The Canadian general Charles Foulkes, Canadian general George Kitching, Prince Bernhard, German general Johannes Blaskowitz and German general Paul Reichelt were present at the negotiation. On 6 May 1945 the official signing of the capitulation act took place"
"after the encounter the British submarine intercepted the German ships and torpedoed ""Gneisenau"", causing severe damage. The Norwegian forces on the mainland capitulated to the Germans on 10 June 1940. Units fighting on the front had been ordered to disengage in the early hours of 8 June. Fighting ceased at 24:00 on 9 June. The formal capitulation agreement for forces fighting in mainland Norway was signed at the Bristol Hotel in Trondheim at 17:00 on 10 June 1940. Lieutenant Colonel Ragnvald Roscher Nielsen signed for the Norwegian forces, Colonel Erich Buschenhagen for the German side. A capitulation agreement for the"
"a half, suffering considerable damage; and when ""Solebay"" arrived, Marlow was no longer able to offer much help. Casualties aboard ""Solebay"" were heavier than aboard ""Dolphin""- including a serious wound to Captain Craig's throat. In the end, though, Thurot could not force either of the Royal Navy vessels to surrender, so the battle ended about noon with both sides limping away. Nineteen men were dead, and thirty-four wounded aboard the ""Belle-Isle"", while ""Dolphin"" and ""Solebay"" reported six killed and twenty-eight wounded between them. Captain Craig's wound did not heal well, and he retired on 25 January 1759; Captain Marlow went"
"11, 1814), Montholon was one of the few generals who advocated one more attempt to rally the French troops for the overthrow of the allies. After the second abdication (June 22, 1815), he and his wife, Albine de Montholon, accompanied the Emperor to Rochefort, where Napoleon adopted the proposal, which emanated from Count Las Cases, that he should throw himself on the generosity of the British and surrender to H.M.S. ""Bellerophon"". Montholon afterwards, at Plymouth, asserted that the conduct of Captain Maitland of the ""Bellerophon"" had been altogether honourable, and that the responsibility for the failure must rest largely with"
"resume command, and at his order the battered ""Bellerophon"" came to anchor at the east end of the bay, and her crew began making repairs. The battle raged throughout the night, and eventually ended in a decisive victory for the British. The next five days were spent repairing the ship and burying the dead. 49 men were killed and 148 wounded on ""Bellerophon"". Eight more died of their wounds in the following week. After carrying out temporary repairs in Abu Qir Bay, ""Bellerophon"" hoisted jury masts and, towing the captured ""Spartiate"" with HMS ""Majestic"", sailed to Gibraltar for a refit."
"concluded an armistice and agreed on capitulation (""onorevole capitolazione""), whereby the castles were to be evacuated, the hostages liberated and the garrisons free to remain in Naples unmolested or to sail for Toulon. The capitulation was signed by Ruffo, and British, Russian and Turkish officers, as well as, for the republicans, the French commander. While the vessels were being prepared for the voyage to Toulon all the hostages in the castles were liberated save four; but on 24 June 1799 Nelson arrived with his fleet, and on hearing of the capitulation he refused to recognise it except insofar as it"
"""Maliceuse"" and ""Hermione"". Through skillful sailing, Logie was able to keep both French frigates at bay and unable to assist ""Courageux"", which surrendered to ""Bellona"" after ninety minutes of fighting. At 7.30 a.m. ""Maliceuse"" and ""Hermione"" made sail and retreated, with ""Brilliant"" too damaged to give chase. British losses in the battle numbered six killed and 28 wounded on ""Bellona"" and five killed and 16 wounded on ""Brilliant"". On the French side, losses on ""Courageux"" alone were 240 killed and 110 wounded. Historian William Laird Clowes has suggested that the much higher French casualty rate was the result of differences"
"wounded Gordon surrendered (although it is not clear whether ""Victor"" opened fire or not before the British surrender). ""Victor""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s men boarded ""Ceylon"" and Gordon and his officers, including Abercromby, were taken to ""Vénus"" as prisoners of war. As dawn broke and visibility cleared, the sailors on ""Ceylon"", ""Vénus"" and ""Victor"" realised that they were within sight of Saint Denis on Île Bourbon, and thus vulnerable to counterattack from Rowley's flagship ""Boadicea"". Despite hasty repairs, neither ""Ceylon"" nor ""Vénus"" were seaworthy by 07:30, when British lookouts on the island spotted the three ships and sent word to Rowley. Within ten minutes,"
"to bombard Valletta and on 11 June General Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers directed an amphibious operation in which several thousand soldiers landed at seven strategic sites around the island. The French Knights deserted the order, and the remaining Knights failed to mount a meaningful resistance. Approximately 2,000 native Maltese militia resisted for 24 hours, retreating to Valletta once the city of Mdina fell to General Claude-Henri Belgrand de Vaubois. Although Valletta was strong enough to hold out against a lengthy siege, Bonaparte negotiated a surrender with Hompesch, who agreed to turn Malta and all of its resources over to the French"
"on 1 May with HMS ""Catterick"" and the Greek destroyer ""Kriti"". She was off Rhodes on 8 May 1945 when Major General Wagner, Commander of German forces in the Dodecanese, and two of his staff officers came aboard her to formally surrender. They came alongside on a motor launch they had captured from the British some months previously. The ""Kimberley"" took Wagner to the island of Symi, where the unconditional surrender of German forces in the region was signed. ""Kimberley"" landed an armed party the next day and confined the Germans to quarters. She later transported the 117 Germans to"
"to escape from Cap-François. The squadron gave chase, and on 25 July overhauled and captured ""Duquesne"" after a few shots were fired, while ""Duguay-Trouin"" and ""Guerrière"" managed to evade their pursuers and escape to France. One man was killed aboard ""Bellerophon"" during the pursuit. ""Elephant"" remained blockading Cap-François until November, when the French commander of the garrison there, General Rochambeau, was forced to surrender. To prevent Rochambeau escaping, launches from ""Bellerophon"" and ""Elephant"" went into the Caracol Passage where they cut out the French schooner ""Découverte"" on 22-23 November. The French formally surrendered on 30 November. ""Elephant"" was reduced to"