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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The Impress Service was formed to force sailors to serve on naval vessels(there was no concept of joining the navy for non-officers at the time), based legally on the power of the King to call men to military service, as well as to recruit volunteers(who were paid a bounty upon joining, unlike pressed men).  3, record 1, English, - impress%20service

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Déjà bien avant les guerres napoléoniennes, on trouvait dans tous les ports importants un service de recrutement («impress service», du vieux français «prest» ou prêt : tout homme recruté bénéficiait du prêt d'un shilling et devenait par là-même «Prest man»). Dans des lieux de «rendez-vous», le capitaine du service, ou lieutenant dans les petites villes, formait un groupe d'hommes, souvent des voyous locaux, afin d'encourager les hommes entre 18 et 55 ans à s'engager dans la marine.  1, record 1, French, - service%20de%20recrutement

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The Impress Service covered every port in Great Britain. Each major port had a captain in charge, while smaller ports had a lieutenant.... The senior officer was known as the regulating officer, and the headquarters chosen was called the Rendezvous. Having set up the Rendezvous, the regulating officer would then hire some of the local hard men as ’gangers’, to form the press gang(on land the press gang was rarely formed by sailors). Being one of the gangers was perhaps the only sure fire way of not being pressed. The Gang was then sent out and roamed the surrounding countryside in search of suitable recruits.  2, record 2, English, - press%2Dgang

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish