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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... killed Royal Navy officers : the cruel Cap- tain Hugh Pigot and the beloved Admiral Horatio Nelson . While the Hermione events occurred suddenly and in eerie isolation far from Europe , the Battle of Trafalgar took center stage , I.
... killed Royal Navy officers : the cruel Cap- tain Hugh Pigot and the beloved Admiral Horatio Nelson . While the Hermione events occurred suddenly and in eerie isolation far from Europe , the Battle of Trafalgar took center stage , I.
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... , then serving as flagship of the triumphant but battered British fleet , fighting for its very existence with its dearly won prizes in gale - driven seas off Cape Trafalgar . Vice - Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , who commands II.
... , then serving as flagship of the triumphant but battered British fleet , fighting for its very existence with its dearly won prizes in gale - driven seas off Cape Trafalgar . Vice - Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , who commands II.
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... Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , who commands the fleet following the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson , decides that he can no longer wait for the gale to end . He must immedi- ately send word of the great British victory to London ...
... Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood , who commands the fleet following the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson , decides that he can no longer wait for the gale to end . He must immedi- ately send word of the great British victory to London ...
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... admiral does not under- stand his business . " Muttering " Perdidos , " he turned up his men to prayers . Against this picture we have Nelson , dramatic , warm- hearted , cool - brained , and his sailors - men longing to see their wives ...
... admiral does not under- stand his business . " Muttering " Perdidos , " he turned up his men to prayers . Against this picture we have Nelson , dramatic , warm- hearted , cool - brained , and his sailors - men longing to see their wives ...
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... Admiral A. H. Taylor , C.B. , O.B.E. , D.L. , J.P. , an authority on Trafalgar , who placed much valuable material , particularly a time - table of the battle , at my dis- posal and has given me many hours of his valuable time , and who ...
... Admiral A. H. Taylor , C.B. , O.B.E. , D.L. , J.P. , an authority on Trafalgar , who placed much valuable material , particularly a time - table of the battle , at my dis- posal and has given me many hours of his valuable time , and who ...
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