[39] After the fall of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789, many of the French nobility left the country. In 1790, hereditary nobility was abolished by the National Assembly. Émigrés who had not returned to France by the 1st January 1792 were declared traitors.
[40] See post, pp. 131–8.
[41] See post, Chapters xiv. and xv.
[42] This additional corroborative evidence has not been noticed by many of Nelson’s recent biographers.
[43] The squadron in Naples Bay was placed under Troubridge.
[44] Pius VI.
[45] See ante, p. 24.
[46] The arrival of La Marguerite on the 14th June, with provisions for the French garrison. Keith’s letters are printed as he wrote them.
[47] Vol. i., pp. 212–7. Dated Palermo, May 13, 1800.
[48] Compare this statement with that of Paget, given on p. 154.