Explore "My Memoirs Vol. I 1802 a 1821" by Alexandre Dumas on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
Bonaparte sailed in the "Orient", a fine boat of 120 guns.
As she left the harbour, being very heavily laden, she drew too much water and touched the bottom, causing a short time of confusion among the fleet. The boatswain's mate, Boyer, of the "Guillaume Tell", in which my father was sailing, shook his head gloomily.