Cruise of Bruix
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The Cruise of Bruix was a French naval operation of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Led by Admiral Eustache Bruix, the operation aimed at sending the naval squadron of Brest to the Mediterranean, gathering Spanish ships on the way, and rescuing Malta, Corfu, and evacuating the Army of Egypt.
The arrival of the French fleet in the Mediterranean forced the English forces to redeploy, notably abandoning the blockade of Malta, and sending Admiral Keith in pursuit.
The French fleet was actually rerouted to the Gulf of Genoa, canceled its mission and sailed back to Brest.
Mahan speaks of the operation in his book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History, as "affording interesting studies".[1]
