coast of Galicia, another expedition, equally unsuccessful was directed on October against the city of Cadiz. The assault had to be abandoned due to an outbreak of yellow fever among British troops, After the unsuccessful attempt to capture Ferrol, the British Prime Minister William Pitt said in the House of Commons that: "If Great Britain had a naval station so easy to defend as Ferrol, due to its location, it would have been surrounded by a thick silver wall". Footnotes References Rodrigo Ramos Ardá. "El Desembarco de Doniños en la documentación Británica". Edicións Embora Ferrol, 2002 () D'Esmenard. Memoirs of Don Manuel de Godoy Vol II: Prince of the Peace, Kessinger Publishing Escrigas, Guillermo. Ferrol heroico; la defensa de el Ferrol en 1800. Ferrol, 1969. (Spanish) James, William. The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France, in February 1793, to the Accession of George IV. in January 1820, Vol. 3, London, 1826, Philippart, John. The Royal Military Calendar, or Army Service and Commission Book. London: A.J. Valpy, 1820. Vol II. Black, Jeremy. A military history of Britain: from 1775 to the present Greenwood Publishing group, Edward Baines, History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War, in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815: Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France, During that Period, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. The Parliamentary history of England from the earliest period to the year 1803.... London, 1806. Vol II. 1812-1820. The London chronicle, Volume 87, 11 to 13 September 1801, pp. 257 – 258, Lt. Gen. Pulteney's General Orders. La Gaceta de Madrid 08/31/1800 ( Descrioción and casualty figures for the battle) Military operations involving Great Britain Battles involving Spain Battles involving Great Britain Battles in Galicia (Spain) Conflicts in 1800 1800 in Spain Ferrol, Spain Battles of the War of the Second Coalition