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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• 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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