The battle of trafalgar

The battle of Trafalgar was fought between a British fleet (27 Ships of the-line and 6 others Commanded by admiral Horatio Nelson) and the combined Franco-Spanish fleet (33 Ships-of-the-line and 7 others Commanded By vice-admiral Pierre-Charles Villneuve).On the morning of October 21st 1805,Nelson ordered a two collum attack into the broadside of the Franco-Spanish fleet



By mid-afternoon,Nelsons bold attack plan had succeded(he destroyed or captured about 25 ships)and he had lost none of his own.Despite this,there had been heavy losses,several ships were badly damaged and Nelson himself  died of his injuries towards the end of the battle.Of the 20-25 ships captured,only four made it into British port,most were sunk in the hurricane the next day or recaptured in the days that followed.


The two-collum attack that Nelson used.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_the_line


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