Paul Harris Nicolas (1790 1860) served as a second lieutenant in
the Royal Marines at the Battle of Trafalgar. Promoted to first
lieutenant in 1808, he took part in the Battle of the Basque Roads
in 1809. For these actions he would later be awarded the Naval
General Service Medal with two clasps. After effectively retiring
from military life in 1814, he picked up both paintbrush and pen,
producing a notable watercolour of the scene at Trafalgar, and
publishing an engaging account of the battle in 1829. His most
important work, however, is this comprehensive two-volume history
of the Royal Marines, based on diligent research and first
published in 1845. Volume 2 continues the narrative of the Battle
of Trafalgar and mainly covers the period of the Napoleonic Wars.
The rest of the volume takes the story through to the end of the
First Opium War in 1842.
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