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Nearly 170 ships crowded the waters off Portsmouth on England's south coast Tuesday night to mark the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar. In the real battle, the British navy routed Napoleon's French fleet ...
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Newser on MSNYou Could Own the Hair of the Man Who Stopped Napoleon
A braid of hair taken from the head of a man considered a British hero for preventing Napoleon's planned invasion of the ...
The victory arguably ended any hope of an invasion of Britain by Napoleon, enabling the British empire to grow. Napoleon's final defeat came on land at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. ___ ...
The 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar will see an exhibition on the lives of Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, a Tall Ships race ...
Trafalgar and its hero, the North African campaigns, and a small town's terrible casualties. June 28, 2003 ...
The only surviving Union Jack from the Battle of Trafalgar yesterday sold for a staggering world record of £384,000 - nearly 40 times its estimate. The huge flag, that is littered with holes from ...
A SMALL piece of a flag that is said to have been used to prop up Admiral Lord Nelson's head as he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar has emerged for sale. The great British seaman was rushed ...
The Battle of Trafalgar took place on October 21, 1805 and demonstrated Britain's naval superiority in the nineteenth century. It resulted in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte who had planned to ...
A REVOLTING biscuit that is believed to have been made for sailors at the Battle of Trafalgar over 200 years ago has been unearthed. 15:30, Thu, Apr 26, 2018 | UPDATED: 15:54, Thu, Apr 26, 2018 ...
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