Qualla: Raid on Genoa https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/y/k/raid-on-genoa-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Raid on Genoa https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa Raid on Genoa: Introduction https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa/ Photo credit Joshua Reynolds, Public domain. Lord Hood's orders were blunt. The operation against the French frigates sheltering in Genoa was to serve as a warning to the city's Republican sympathizers -- the 'regicides,' as Hood called them. That the Republic of Genoa was officially neutral mattered less to the British admiral than the fact that French warships were hiding in its harbor, French food was flowing through its port to Republican armies, and Austrian reinforcements critical to holding Toulon could not embark because Genoese politicians blocked them. On 5 October 1793, a British squadron sailed into the harbor and took what it wanted by force.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/y/k/raid-on-genoa-wp/spyk-raid-on-genoa-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Raid on Genoa: Scattered Across Neutral Harbors https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa/ Photo credit Joshua Reynolds, Public domain. The crisis at Genoa grew from the wreckage of the French Mediterranean Fleet. When Royalists in Toulon invited Lord Hood to occupy their city in August 1793, the British seized France's principal naval base and much of the fleet stationed there. But the ships that escaped had now...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/y/k/raid-on-genoa-wp/spyk-raid-on-genoa-scattered-across-neutral-harbors.mp3 0:06 2 full Raid on Genoa: A 98-Gun Argument https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa/ Photo credit Joshua Reynolds, Public domain. Hood's response was a squadron that left no room for diplomatic ambiguity. Rear-Admiral John Gell sailed from Toulon aboard the 98-gun HMS St George, accompanied by the 74-gun HMS Bedford, HMS Captain, the French Royalist Scipion, and a flotilla of smaller warships including HMS ...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/y/k/raid-on-genoa-wp/spyk-raid-on-genoa-a-98-gun-argument.mp3 0:06 3 full Raid on Genoa: The Consequences Nobody Intended https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa/ Photo credit Joshua Reynolds, Public domain. The raid achieved its tactical objective -- both frigates were immediately recommissioned into the Royal Navy, Imperieuse renamed HMS Unite -- but its strategic consequences were disastrous. The Republican faction in Genoa, outraged by the violation of their neutrality, retaliate...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/y/k/raid-on-genoa-wp/spyk-raid-on-genoa-the-consequences-nobody-intended.mp3 0:06 4 full Raid on Genoa: The Artillery Captain at Toulon https://qualla.com/raid-on-genoa/ Photo credit Joshua Reynolds, Public domain. At Toulon, the consequences of the failed Austrian reinforcement played out with terrible speed. The Allied garrison, outnumbered and unable to hold the high ground around the city, came under sustained attack from French Republican forces. Among the officers directing that attac...

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