The Leclaire Expedition - A Brief History

The leclaire expedition set sail in mid december, 18 o'clock. But sailing 50 ships across the atlantic is not an easy job. The french admiral in charge of the fleet was incredulous at the orders bonaparte had issued that the various contingent of ships would all leave the seven atlantic ports on the same day. All three steps needed to be completed before the malaria and the yellow fever started to set in. So once tuson got going, it might have been impossible for any european power to stop him. And you get into speculating too hard, and you wind up wondering whether bonaparte taking this route would have also led