Decision at Trafalgar: The Story of the Greatest British Naval Battle of the Age of NelsonThe story of the greatest British naval battle of the Age of Nelson. |
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... NELSON IS SHOT 229 XXII : THE BROADSIDES 245 XXIII : DUFF IS KILLED 259 XXIV : THE SHARPSHOOTERS 277 XXV ... NELSON'S MEMORANDUM NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE EDITORS 335 337 340 348 357 FOREWORD I N HIS now classic book The ...
... NELSON IS SHOT 229 XXII : THE BROADSIDES 245 XXIII : DUFF IS KILLED 259 XXIV : THE SHARPSHOOTERS 277 XXV ... NELSON'S MEMORANDUM NOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX ABOUT THE EDITORS 335 337 340 348 357 FOREWORD I N HIS now classic book The ...
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... Nelson , decides that he can no longer wait for the gale to end . He must immedi- ately send word of the great ... Nelson's death . There follows an account of the little Pickle's thousand - mile run for England , battling gale - force ...
... Nelson , decides that he can no longer wait for the gale to end . He must immedi- ately send word of the great ... Nelson's death . There follows an account of the little Pickle's thousand - mile run for England , battling gale - force ...
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... Nelson . " The purpose of this discourse , one that might well seem beside the point in strictly historical terms , is an attempt by the author to communicate to his reader a sense of the moment . Pope is aware that his readers know ...
... Nelson . " The purpose of this discourse , one that might well seem beside the point in strictly historical terms , is an attempt by the author to communicate to his reader a sense of the moment . Pope is aware that his readers know ...
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... Nelson style . Pope writes of the British fleet on the morning before Trafalgar : " With the unruffled majesty of ... Nelson's adversaries . When Decision at Trafalgar was first published in the late 1950s , Pope was one of the few ...
... Nelson style . Pope writes of the British fleet on the morning before Trafalgar : " With the unruffled majesty of ... Nelson's adversaries . When Decision at Trafalgar was first published in the late 1950s , Pope was one of the few ...
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... Nelson's flagship , the Victory , nor that of any other quarter- deck in the fleet . Pope weaves into his account the recollections of myriad British sailors who witnessed the hell ' tween decks that was battle at sea in the Age of ...
... Nelson's flagship , the Victory , nor that of any other quarter- deck in the fleet . Pope weaves into his account the recollections of myriad British sailors who witnessed the hell ' tween decks that was battle at sea in the Age of ...
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able action admiral Admiralty ahead already arrived attack battle battleships bear bring British broadside brought Bucentaure Cadiz called Captain carried clear close Collingwood Combined Fleet command crew death deck enemy England fight finally fire five flag followed force four French frigates gave give given guns hand Hardy head hope immediately Italy joined killed King later letter lieutenant looked Lord marines masts miles minutes morning Napoleon naval Navy Nelson never night officers once orders passed Pickle port quarter quarter-deck reached ready received reported rest round Royal sail seamen seen sent served ship's ships shot side sight signal smoke soon Sovereign Spanish squadron starboard stern taken told took Trafalgar turned Victory Villeneuve waiting watch West wind wounded wrote yards