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Why did the battle of trafalgar happen?
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The battle of Trafalgar begun when French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was gearing up to invade England and having been in hot pursuit of each other, they met up at Trafalgar where the war ensued. The Royal navy succeeded in piercing the enemy line at 4.30 pm on the 21st of October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar on the south west Spain, the battle was over as the last of the Spain and French forces surrendered.
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Lord Nelson's defeat of the Spanish Armarda Charlotte It was Lord Nelsons Royal Navy fleet of 27 ships plus 6 in support against a combined French and Spanish fleet of 33 ships plus
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The combined French and Spanish Fleet was destroyed by the smaller and less heavily armed but better trained UK Fleet under the command of Horatio Nelson.
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He wasn't there. He went on the defeat the Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz 6 weeks later. It was important in that it badly mauled and weakened an already under strength French
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He was pickled in wine (or brandy/rum) and brought back to Great Britain.
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