In this Month - August
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- August 1, 1798: Battle of the Nile; Jack Aubrey present as lieutenant in HMS Leander. AHE
- August 3, 1800: Jack Aubrey calls upon Lord Keith. MAC: page 143 AHE based on Lord Cochrane in HMS Speedy
- August 13, 1810: Ile de la Passe, Mauritius, taken. TMC: 247 AHE
- August 14, 1803: French privateer Bellone captures Indiaman Lord Nelson with Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin aboard as passengers. PC: pages 125-135 AHE
- August 20, 1803: British frigate chases privateer Bellone and her prize, Lord Nelson, causing Bellone to separate. PC: pages 139-140 AHE
- August 20, 1810: Stephen Maturin acquires a dodo-stuffed bolster; French squadron runs past Ile de la Passe. TMC: pages 250-256 AHE
- August 20, 1945: Richard Patrick Russ changes name to Richard Patrick O'Brian. AHE
- August 22, 1810: Abortive attack on Grand-Port, Mauritius, by British frigates. TMC: pages 258-259 AHE
- August 23, 1803: British privateer-cutter unsuccessfully attacks the French prize Lord Nelson. PC: pages 141-143 AHE
- August 23, 1810: Disastrous attack on Grand-Port by British frigates; HMS Nereide blown up. TMC: pages 260-267 AHE
- August 24, 1810: HMS Magicienne blown up at Grand-Port. TMC: page 267 AHE
- August 25, 1803: HMS Seagull chases the French prize Lord Nelson. PC: pages 144-146 AHE
- August 25, 1810: HMS Sirius blown up at Grand-Port. TMC: page 268 AHE
- August 26, 1803: French prize Lord Nelson surrenders to HMS Seagull. PC: page 148 AHE
- August 27, 1810: Stephen Maturin tells Jack Aubrey of disaster at Grand-Port. TMC: page 270
- August 29, 1810: Jack Aubrey arrives off Ile de la Passe and determines that French have taken possession. TMC: page 273
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