Russian Faith, Honour, & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea (1769 & 1770)

By Rear Admiral John Elphinstone Late Commander in Chief of a Squadron of Her Imperial Majesty's Ships & Captain in His Majesty's Royal Navy Compiled from Original Letters, Papers & Journals.
Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-1-916931-02-2
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 348 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Hakluyt Society Third Series

Captain John Elphinstone's first-hand account of serving the Russian Empress Catherine the Great in the Russian navy during the Russian-Ottoman war and at the famous Battle of Çesme.

Russian Faith, Honour & Courage Displayed in a Faithfull Narrative of the Russian Expedition by Sea in the Years 1769 & 1770 is British Captain John Elphinstone's four-volume account of his two years in the Russian navy, serving the Russian Empress Catherine the Great. The Faithfull Narrative contains descriptions of his voyage from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, movements through the Aegean Sea, and commentary on the activities of the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russian-Ottoman War of 1768-74. Elphinstone offers one of the few first-hand accounts of the expedition and the celebrated Battle of Chesme (1770), which gave the Russian empire its maritime credentials. The text covers the squadron's movements around the Aegean Sea, including the major events and incidents of 1770: the Battle of Chesme, the siege of Lemnos, the loss of Elphinstone's flagship, Sviatoslav. The final part of the text sees Elphinstone return to St Petersburg in 1771 and then to London at the end of that year, to deal with the repercussions of the voyage to the Mediterranean.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elphinstone, John

Leikin, Julia

Smilianskaia, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Seestreitkräfte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Schifffahrt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

List of Maps and Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Table of Ships

INTRODUCTION

1. The Russian-Ottoman War of 1768-74

2. British-Russian Relations

3. The Russian Navy and Britain

4. John Elphinstone in the Service of Her Imperial Majesty

5. Elphinstone's Faithfull Narrative

6. The Text and Textual Conventions

THE FAITHFULL NARRATIVE OF JOHN ELPHINSTONE
BOOK ONE

BOOK TWO

BOOK THREE

BOOK FOUR

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX