Minutes of a court martial holden on board His Majesty's ship Gladiator : in Portsmouth Harbour, on Wednesday, the 26th day of July, 1809, and continued by adjournment till Friday, the 4th day of August following, on the trial of the Right Honourable James, Lord Gambier: Admiral of the Blue, Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet, &c. &c. : including a complete copy of His Lordship's defence, taken from the original : and the whole of the evidence and occasional discussion
Portsmouth : Printed by Mottley, Harrison, and Miller, 1809
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Gambier requested this court martial to clear his name against charges that he did not allow Lord Cochrane to fully defeat the French at the Battle of Basque Roads during the Napoleonic Wars. He was acquitted.