Memorable Battles in World History
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Battle of Trafalgar



British admiral Horatio Nelson’s overwhelming triumph over the combined Franco-Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar ensured Great Britain’s protection from invasion for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars.

[Print after W.L. Wyllie, 1905. From the collection of Philip Haythornthwaite.]

 

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