Choiseul attempts to kidnap Catherine Harcourt and Lily. October 12: James and Volly brings news of Roland and Excidium's safe arrival at Cádiz. He arrives two weeks later, and the British begin their attack on the Spanish. September 30: Captain Jane Roland and Excidium leave Dover for Cádiz. Lily’s formation is transferred to Dover. Mid/Late June : Jean-Paul Choiseul, on the dragon Praecursoris, arrives at Loch Laggan.Įarly August: Temeraire and his crew begin to test his devised aerial formations.Įarly September: Before they are able to demonstrate Temeraire and Laurence's newly devised aerial formations, Captain Langford James and his dragon Volatilus interrupt to deliver the news that Villeneuve has been “penned” up at Cádiz. Mid-April: Temeraire begins formation training. Here they beginning training with Captain Matthew Berkley and his Dragon Maximus under the supervision of Celeritas.Įarly April: Temeraire assists Victoriatus, who was wounded in a skirmish with French dragons over the North Sea. Late February: Laurence and Temeraire report to Aerial Command near Chatham, outside London, and are redirected to Loch Laggan for training. Laurence and Temeraire board a dragon transport bound for England. During their short stay, Captain Portland of the British Aerial Corps attempts to transfer Laurence's captain-ship over Temeraire to a trained aviator, but this ultimately fails. Tom Riley as Reliant's captain.Įarly February: The Reliant, with its prize the Aimitié, ports at Funchal, Maderia. Reluctantly, Laurence harnesses the young dragon and names him Temeraire. Mid-January: A week after the capture of the Amitié, the dragon egg hatches and the dragonet chooses Laurence as his captain. Aboard the frigate a dragon egg is found and the crew draws lots to see who will attempt to harness the dragonet. William Laurence and Jane Roland are present at the battle, but in different branches of the British military and do not meet.Įarly January: The HMS Reliant, under the command of Captain William Laurence, battles and captures the French frigate the Amitié. Barstowe on the HMS Shorewise.Īugust 1-2: British victory under Nelson at the Battle of the Nile ends French ambitions of conquering Egypt. William Laurence: is promoted to lieutenant in the Royal Navy. wikipedia:George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney Macartney refuses to perform the ritual obeisance, the kow tow, to the Emperor of China and the British expedition is forced to leave.

Lord Macartney's embassy to China: His ship, the Lion, becomes the first Western vessel to chart the Bay of Zhitao.

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