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Title: The Battle of Trafalgar


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The Battle of Trafalgar
  • Is one of of the most famous wars of all the
    time!!!
  • SILOVA ANNA

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VS
  • The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a
    sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy
    and the combined fleets of the French Navy and
    Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third
    Coalition (AugustDecember 1805) of the
    Napoleonic Wars (18031815).

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  • Place At Cape Trafalgar off the South Western
    coast of Spain, south of Cadiz.
  • Size of the fleet 32 British (25 ships of the
    line, 4 Frigates and smaller craft), 23 French
    and 15 Spanish (33 ships of the line, 7 Frigates
    and smaller craft). 4,000 troops including
    riflemen from the Tyrol were posted in small
    detachments through the French and Spanish Fleets.

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Results
  • Napoleon had already abandoned his plans of
    invasion before the battle and they were never
    revived.
  • Napoleon's Empire was destroyed before the
    ambitious buildup could be completed.

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  • Nelson became - and remains - Britain's greatest
    naval war hero, and an inspiration to the Royal
    Navy
  • London's famous Trafalgar Square was named in
    honour of his victory, and Nelson's statue on
    Nelson's Column, finished in 1843, towers
    triumphantly over it. The statue of Lord Nelson
    in Bridgetown, Barbados, in what was also once
    known as Trafalgar Square, was erected in 1813.

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  • READ BOOKS, WATCH FILMS AND VISIT HISTORICAL
    PLACES, connected with THE TRAFALGAR BATTLE!!!!!

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  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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