Qualla: Siege of Bastia https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia 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/w/d/siege-of-bastia-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Siege of Bastia https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia Siege of Bastia: Introduction https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia/ Photo credit Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain. When the French commander of Bastia was asked to surrender in April 1794, his reply was defiant: 'I have hot shot for your ships and bayonets for your troops. When two thirds of our troops are killed, I will then trust to the generosity of the English.' It was exactly the kind of resistance that the British had not planned for. Lord Hood had predicted the town would fall in ten days. The siege would last six weeks, and the real obstacles were as much British as they were French.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/w/d/siege-of-bastia-wp/spwd-siege-of-bastia-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Siege of Bastia: A Revolution Reaches the Island https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia/ Photo credit Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain. Corsica in the 1790s was caught between empires. The island's leader, Pasquale Paoli, had returned from exile after the French Revolution of 1789, only to find himself targeted by the National Convention during the Reign of Terror. With arrest warrants issued for his capture in 1...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/w/d/siege-of-bastia-wp/spwd-siege-of-bastia-a-revolution-reaches-the-island.mp3 0:06 2 full Siege of Bastia: The Generals Who Would Not Cooperate https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia/ Photo credit Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain. What followed was less a military campaign than a masterclass in institutional dysfunction. After British forces captured San Fiorenzo in February 1794, Hood ordered preparations for the assault on Bastia. Captain Horatio Nelson reconnoitered the town and returned with an optimis...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/w/d/siege-of-bastia-wp/spwd-siege-of-bastia-the-generals-who-would-not-cooperate.mp3 0:06 3 full Siege of Bastia: Six Weeks on the Heights https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia/ Photo credit Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain. The siege began in early April 1794. A force of 1,200 men under Lieutenant Colonel Villettes -- drawn from the Royal Artillery, five regiments of foot, and Royal Marines -- landed north of the town while Hood's fleet formed a semicircle offshore. Nelson personally supervised the ...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/p/w/d/siege-of-bastia-wp/spwd-siege-of-bastia-six-weeks-on-the-heights.mp3 0:06 4 full Siege of Bastia: Nelson's Rise and Corsica's Brief British Chapter https://qualla.com/siege-of-bastia/ Photo credit Lemuel Francis Abbott, Public domain. Nelson was the first British officer to enter the fallen town, later proclaiming that the siege proved 'one Englishman was the equal of three Frenchmen.' He was privately furious, however, at the official report Lord Hood published in the London Gazette, feeling he had been denie...

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