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Nelson's Victory at Trafalgar

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Napoleon's Battle of Invasion in North West France

Napoleon has an army of invasion in north west france. Nelson's job really is to make sure that that fleet m is not able to operate. So his whole approach is to a draw the french and spanish out. He doesn't want a a marginal tre one or two ships captured isn't going to be enough. The admiral in charge of the combined fleet, villeneuve, is going to have to sail. And he wants him to get to a position where nelson can fall on him and destroy him. They forma signalling chain, if you like. They're stationed from horizon to horizon, so they can just see one another. And they will signal from cadiz

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