The+Battle+Of+Trafalgar

The famous battle of Trafalgar was a well known sea battle, this war was between the British, French and the Spanish. 27 Brish ship went out to fight defeated 33 french and spanish ships, led by now world renowned Admirl Lord Nelson,without losing a single ship.


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 * British- Lord Nelson[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjYj_Ohf2_mF8GT98Hiilf4FeC9oEpYdSqIB-mwgq0lEnLlVL7if4GlN9W width="39" height="28" caption="British Flag" link="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/britain/Flagbig.GIF&imgrefurl=http://www.enchantedlearning.com/europe/britain/flag.shtml&usg=__jpHYtwp89scKqB2FZ_7u01ZwNTM=&h=332&w=500&sz=7&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=1I-9Tnz4GOwM1M:&tbnh=86&tbnw=130&ei=jVlXT-mZCobu8QP08umGDw&prev=/search%3Fq%3DBritish%2Bflag%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D616%26sout%3D1%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1"]] **======

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 * French- ****Pierre-Chales Villeneuve[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRN883DcKTGpnfjTKCVAwJ8mwbPZBBPxWvgCB6wFmjAbrl8q9OXGvQvzQ width="39" height="32" caption="French Flag" link="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/f/fr.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr.html&usg=__YgiFTRxU0Cs3TX-LgL0CfA1tp-I=&h=216&w=324&sz=2&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=X1LdwBO4ezvrEM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=118&ei=vVlXT9vtJcLa8QOy5OmHDw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfrench%2Bflag%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D616%26sout%3D1%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1"]]**======

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 * Spanish-Federico Gravina Y Napoleon[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7eth6E5dlfjxi64PkwyJIU5qabPru2Wj4JeCadNtQjepYfZQHvCzK_Q width="42" height="33" caption="Spanish Flag" link="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.realscissorbracelet.com/photos/spanishflag.jpg&imgrefurl=http://realscissorbracelet.com/index.html&usg=__tSwhjQrv-5ZqFPQeGCmZRhibsZg=&h=176&w=286&sz=5&hl=en&start=5&zoom=1&tbnid=CJ7pPinnsGJ5JM:&tbnh=71&tbnw=115&ei=41lXT4avDtGv8QP3qLHUDg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dspanishfalg%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1024%26bih%3D616%26sout%3D1%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1"]]**======
 * Began on the 21st October 180
 * Fought off Cape Trafalgar on the spanish coast
 * The French tried to invade Britain, it was Nelson's job to stop them.

During the course of the war, the British imposed a naval blockade on France, which affected trade and kept the French from fully mobilizing their own naval resources. Despite several successful invasions by the French navy it failed to inflict the mention of defeat upon the British. When the Third Coalition declared war on France, after the short-lived Peace of Amiens, Napoleon was determined to invade Britain. To do so, he would have to make sure that the Royal Navy would not interrupt the invasion plan; which would require complete control of the English Channel. The British possessed an experienced and well-trained corps of naval officers. By contrast, most of the best officers in the French navy had been either executed or dismissed from the service during the early part of the French Revolution. Nelson had a battle plan that would insure the British a win.



The battle progressed according to Nelson’s plan. At 11:45 Nelson sent his famous flag signal “England expects that every man will do his duty.”



Nelson's prayer which had been inscribed in to an oak timber of the HSM Victory, the ship that had lead Britain in to battle and won.

On the morning of 21st October, 1805

The combined fleets of France and Spain then in sight // “MAY THE GREAT GOD, whom I worship, grant to my country and for the benefit of Europe in general, and a great and glorious victory: and may no misconduct, in anyone, tarnish it: and may humanity after victory be the predominant feature in the British Fleet. //

// For myself Individually, I commit my life to Him who made me and may His blessing light upon my endeavors for serving my Country faithfully. To Him I resign myself and the just cause which is entrusted to me to defend. // // AMEN AMEN AMEN” //

// AFTER BATTLE // Following the battle, the Royal Navy was never again seriously challenged by the French fleet in a large-scale engagement. Napoleon had already abandoned his plans of invasion before the battle and they were never revived. The battle did not mean, however, that the French naval challenge to Britain was over.

Nelson became – and remains – Britain's greatest naval war hero, and an inspiration to the Royal Navy, yet his unorthodox tactics were seldom emulated by later generations. The first monument to be erected in Britain to commemorate Nelson was raised on Glasgow Green in 1806, possibly preceded by a monument at Taynuilt, near Oban dated 1805, both also commemorating the many Scots crew and captains at the battle.