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Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar

Warfare

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The British Fleet's Esa Peiod of Extraordinary Vulnerability

The french and spanish fleet is stretched out in a line about five miles er. And nelson is sailing two lines directly towards it. That means the 33 ships of the french and sp Spanish fleet can all fire at the two leading ships of the british fleet. So victory's under fire for am well over forty minutes before she's able to return fire with a reasonable degree of force.

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