1805 in France - Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Austerlitz, Battle of Durenstein, Ulm Campaign, Battle of Cape Ortegal, Battle of Verona (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Battle of Trafalgar, Battle of Austerlitz, Battle of Durenstein, Ulm Campaign, Battle of Cape Ortegal, Battle of Verona, Battle of Tarvis, Battle of Cape Finisterre, Battle of Caldiero, Battle of Elchingen, Battle of Gunzburg, Battle of Durenstein order of battle, Battle of Haslach-Jungingen, Battle of Schongrabern, Battle of Ulm, Battle of Wertingen, Battle of Amstetten. Excerpt: The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition (August-December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). The battle was the most decisive British naval victory of the war. Twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson aboard HMS Victory defeated thirty-three French and Spanish ships of the line under French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve off the south-west coast of Spain, just west of Cape Trafalgar. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost twenty-two ships, without a single British vessel being lost. The British victory spectacularly confirmed the naval supremacy that Britain had established during the past century and was achieved in part through Nelson's departure from the prevailing naval tactical orthodoxy, which involved engaging an enemy fleet in a single line of battle parallel to the enemy to facilitate signalling in battle and disengagement, and to maximise fields of fire and target areas. Nelson instead divided his smaller force into two columns directed perpendicularly against the larger enemy fleet, with decisive results. Nelson was mortally wounded during the battle, becoming one of Britain's greatest war heroes. The commander of the joint French and Spanish forces, Admiral Villeneuve, was captured along with his ship Bucentaure. Spanish Admiral Federico Gravina esca...