Trafalgar, Battle of

1. A naval battle between British and French forces in the early nineteenth century, when Napoleon Bonaparte was the French emperor; the battle was fought off the southwestern coast of Spain. The British fleet, under Admiral Horatio Nelson, captured over a dozen French and Spanish ships and lost none of its own. During the battle, Nelson was killed aboard his flagship, HMS Victory.

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Trafalgar, battle of, its effect upon the speculations of Buonaparte, ii.

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See Herbert Toscanelli, Paul, 122 Toulon, French base, 226, 238, 246, 263 Tourville, French admiral, 194, 195 Trafalgar, battle of, 178, 179, 223, 236, 265-279.

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Trafalgar, battle of, xiii, 424.

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Trafalgar, battle of, ii. 26-28.

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Trafalgar, battle of, letters of Lord Nelson's brother after, 36.

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