Great Britain · Warfare / Revolutionary Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The island is for a short time added to the dominions of George III, chiefly by the exertions of the fleet and the co-operation of Pascal Paoli, who ruled the Kingdom of Corsica. Hood then turns to the occupation of Corsica, which he had been invited to take in the name of the King of Britain by Paoli
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