Napoleonic Wars: the Battle of Trafalgar

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Napoleonic
Wars: the Battle
of Trafalgar
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2. The Battle of Trafalgar: Premises

1803: Peace of Amiens
between Britain and France
broke down
• 1804: Spain allied with
France, giving Napoleon
the ships he needed to
challenge Britain.

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• The powerful British navy took
up positions along the coast of
France and formed a blockade
to keep French ships safely in
port.
• By the spring of 1805, Britain
had persuaded Austria and
Russia to join in a new coalition
against France.

4. The Battle of Trafalgar: Napoleon’s Objectives

• In the Napoleonic era, the British
navy dominated the sea while
the French army dominated the
European continent.
• In 1804 Napoleon developed a
plan to draw the British fleet
away from the English Channel
where it blocked a French
invasion.

5. The Beginning of the Battle (Nicholas Pocock)

6. Size of the Fleet

•32 British – 25 ships of the line, 4 Frigates
and smaller craft
•23 French and 15 Spanish – 33 ships of the
line, 7 Frigates and smaller craft.
•4,000 troops including riflemen from the
Tyrol were posted in small detachments
through the French and Spanish Fleets.

7. 1805, October, 21

8. HMS Victory Admiral’s Ship

9. Admiral Horatio Nelson

•Just before the
battle he sent a
message to all his
ships.
•Now it is the motto
of the British Navy.

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11. Death of Nelson

12. The End of the Battle

13. The Battle of Trafalgar: Effects

•Within a few hours, half of Napoleon’s ships
were sunk and the rest in full retreat.
•The French navy never recovered from its
defeat at Trafalgar.
•Napoleon was forced to scrap his plan to
invade Britain once and for all.

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17. Источники информации:

http://www.military-art.com/
http://www.hms-victory.com/
http://www.britishbattles.com/
http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/
http://www.napoleonguide.com/
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