TO-DAY IS TRAFALGAR DAY. To-day is the 132nd anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the British Fleet, under Lord Nelson, defeated the French and Spanish Fleets, under Villeneuve, off Cape Trafalgar. It was in this engagement that Nelson suffered the wound from which he died. H.M.S. Victory, pictured above was Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 6
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59TO-DAY IS TRAFALGAR DAY. To-day is the 132nd anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, in which the British Fleet, under Lord Nelson, defeated the French and Spanish Fleets, under Villeneuve, off Cape Trafalgar. It was in this engagement that Nelson suffered the wound from which he died. H.M.S. Victory, pictured above was Nelson's flagship in the Battle of Trafalgar. Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 24, 21 October 1937, Page 6
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