Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier
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Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier
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The Court-martial of James, Lord Gambier, was a notorious British naval legal case during the summer of 1809, in which Admiral Lord Gambier requested a court-martial to examine his behaviour during the Battle of Basque Roads in April of the same year. Noted for the acrimony and corruption of proceedings, it has been described as "one of the ugliest episodes in the internal history of the Royal Navy". Gambier was the Royal Navy commander of the Channel Fleet during the later Napoleonic Wars, pri
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1809 Royal Navy court-martial of Admiral Lord Gambier following the Battle of Basque Roads
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