Thank goodness! For a moment there I thought you were saying that Nelson was another Captain Ned.
Posted on 10/21/2018 8:41:08 AM PDT by harpygoddess
October 21 is Trafalgar Day, the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of England's greatest naval hero, Admiral Horatio Nelson, on 21 October 1805.
Fought off the southwest coast of Spain, Trafalgar was the greatest naval victory of the Napoleonic wars and essentially destroyed the sea power of France in a single engagement. Nelson and the British fleet had been blockading the French and Spanish fleet under Villeneuve in Cadiz after pursuing it to the Caribbean and back. When Villeneuve finally emerged to give battle, Nelson, depending on the superior seamanship and fighting skill of his "band of brothers" and the British sailor, adopted an unorthodox tactic that split the French/Spanish line into three parts and led to a general melee in which the British took 19 ships without loss.
At the height of the battle, however, Nelson was cut down by a French sharpshooter's bullet, and he died a few hours later.
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'His lordship came to me on the poop, and after ordering certain signals to be made, about a quarter to noon he said: "Mr. Pasco, I wish to say to the fleet, 'England confides that every man will do his duty;' and he added, "you must be quick, for I have one more to make, which is for close action." I replied: "If your lordship will permit me to substitute 'expects,' for confides! the signal will soon be completed, because the word 'expects' is in the vocabulary, whereas the word 'confides' must be spelled?" His lordship replied in haste, and with scenting satisfaction: "That will do, Pasco; make it directly!"
Nelson was quite a piece of work. From his Pearl Harbor style sneak attack on the Danish, to his illicit sex romp, to disobeying a direct order signaled to him by placing a telescope against his blind eye and claiming he didn’t see it.
Well. At least he was a buggerer. That we know of.
wasn’t
that we know of
The movie, Battle of Trafalgar:
Wasn’t his corpse tucked in a pickle barrel for the ride home? So it would keep? Something like that. . . .
Thank goodness! For a moment there I thought you were saying that Nelson was another Captain Ned.
He was put in a keg of rum to preserve his body.
That was John Paul Jones
I thought that was Captain Morgan.
Watching those ships go at it is like beautiful poetry. But it sure looked like hell.
LOL! That stuff does taste a little funny
I guess that’s what they mean by “spiced” rum. Ah well, just add some Coca-Cola and lots of ice.
As a boy I read all the old Hornblower books, and always enjoy movies from that time.
Too bad they don't make more!
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