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Trafalgar: Countdown to Battle 1803-1805

Posted By: bakerman
Trafalgar: Countdown to Battle 1803-1805

Trafalgar: Countdown to Battle 1803-1805
Oxford University Press | 1992 | ISBN: 0195075188 | English | 466 pages | PDF | 56 MB


Early on the morning of October 21st, 1805, the British Fleet, commanded by Admiral Lord Nelson, encountered the French navy a few miles off the Spanish coast near Cape Trafalgar. As it became clear that a fight was inevitable, the French and English ships drew into battle formation. Aboard his flagship Victory, Nelson offered his famous laconic signal to his seamen–"England expects that every man will do his duty"–and gave the order to fire. After over six hours of bloody exchanges the British had achieved an overwhelming victory, Nelson–his fame assured for the ages–lay dead from a sniper's bullet, and Napoleon's dreams of an invasion of England were forever dashed. This book is far more than just a naval history. It tells the compelling story of the centuries-old French-British rivalry as it approached its culmination at the dawn of the nineteenth century. Marvelously written, Trafalgar brings a freshness to an episode often recounted but never before fully understood.