Download or read book The Life of Admiral Viscount Nelson written by and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Admiral Horatio Nelson s Greatest Victories written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but none of her military heroes has had a greater military legacy than Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté. Whether traveling to Trafalgar Square or one of the hundreds of pubs named after him, seemingly it becomes easy to believe that no Briton has cast as long a shadow. Nelson is known across the world for his decisive victory at Trafalgar, made all the more legendary by the fact that he was mortally wounded at the height of his greatest feat. And it is understandable that any man who could thwart Napoleon's ambitions as well as Nelson did would earn a place in the history books. But Nelson embodied every virtue of his homeland as a dashing, courageous military officer who was impeccably cultured, and the best at what he did. Indeed, as the personification of the supremacy of the Royal Navy, the man and his life had a powerful resonance well before his death. Before Trafalgar, Nelson had already earned enduring fame for the British victory at the Battle of the Nile. In 1798, he was given command of a small squadron and sent ahead to Gibraltar, and eventually given instructions to hunt down and destroy Napoleon's fleet. Indeed, the coming battle was the battle of annihilation Nelson had sought - of 13 French battleships engaged, 2 were destroyed and 9 were captured. British losses were negligible, with no ships lost and about 900 killed or wounded. French casualties were at least 2,000, with thousands more captured. The French Mediterranean fleet had been wiped out, and Napoleon's expeditionary force was now stranded. With Nelson's decisive victory, the Royal Navy had once again asserted itself as the dominant power in the Mediterranean. At the same time, Nelson's inability to intercept Napoleon at sea allowed the French transports and ground forces to survive unscathed, and they eventually made their way back to France. The stage was now set for over a decade of massive campaigns and battles that would lead to an even more famous victory for Nelson. Over the course of its history, England has engaged in an uncountable number of battles, but a select few have been celebrated like the Battle of Trafalgar, one of the most important naval battles in history. Before the battle, Napoleon still harbored dreams of sailing an invasion force across the English Channel and subduing England, but that would be dashed on October 21, 1805 by a British fleet that was outnumbered and outgunned. That morning, Nelson's fleet, 27 strong, bore down on the Franco-Spanish fleet, approaching at right angles in two columns. French Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve's disposition was conventional - a single line of battle, ill formed due to the very light winds and the poor seamanship of many of the crews. Traditional naval warfare strategies called for approaching an enemy fleet in one line and then creating a parallel line that allowed as many guns as possible to fire. At the same time, that kind of line of battle allowed for admirals to signal during battle, and it made retreating in an orderly fashion easier. After all, if an enemy's ships pursued during a retreat, they would break their own line. The problem with that strategy as Nelson saw it is that the ability to retreat meant fighting a decisive naval battle would be made much more difficult. Thus, at Trafalgar he employed a completely innovative strategy. The British plan was to punch straight through the enemy line with two approaching columns of ships, which would cut the Franco-Spanish fleet's line in three, prompting the melee that they knew would capitalize on their tactical superiority. The impact of Trafalgar literally set the stage for the rest of the Napoleonic Era.
Download or read book Seize Burn Or Sink written by Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized chronologically by topic, Seize, Burn, or Sink contains over 3,000 quotations from Sir Horatio Nelson. Moreover, the addition of a chronology of Lord Nelson's life, a bibliography, and maps and photos further enhance the usefulness of Sir Horatio's quotes.
Download or read book Authentic narrative of the death of lord Nelson written by sir William Beatty and published by . This book was released on 1807 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pursuit of Victory written by Roger Knight and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2006-06-29 with total page 1227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The starting point of Roger Knight's magnificent new biography is to explain how Nelson achieved such extraordinary success. Knight places him firmly in the context of the Royal Navy at the time. He analyses Nelson's more obvious qualities, his leadership strengths and his coolness and certainty in battle, and also explores his strategic grasp, the condition of his ships, the skill of his seamen and his relationships with the officers around him - including those who could hardly be called friendly. This biography takes a cool look at Nelson's status as a hero and demolishes many of the myths that were so carefully established by the early authors, and repeated by their modern successors. Nelson was a shrewd political operator who charmed and impressed political leaders and whose advancement was helped by the relatively weak generation of admirals above him. He was a difficult subordinate, only happy when completely in command, and capable of great ruthlessness. He was flawed, but brilliant - and not to be crossed.
Download or read book The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson Complete written by James Harrison and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton written by Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nelson written by David Howarth and published by Anova Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two of the UK's finest naval biographers is an immensely human portrait of Nelson, the most brilliant and famous naval commander in British history.
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson K B Duke of Bront Etc Etc Etc written by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nelson at Naples written by Jonathan North and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The forgotten crime of England's greatest hero, Nelson, in the midst of his affair with Lady Hamilton.
Download or read book The Life of Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson written by Richard Clarke and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lord Nelson 1758 1805 written by Leonard W. Cowie and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1990-12-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a 20-volume series covering the lives of British Prime Ministers, eminent statesmen and military leaders from the 18th century to the present day. Each volume contains a biographical essay, a chronology, a survey of manuscript sources, a bibliogrphy of relevant newspaper articles, a bibliography of historical and biographical works about the subject and his place in history and a bibliography of published works on the subject.
Download or read book I Horatio written by Donald A. Tortorice and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-08-12 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first presentation of the life of Horatio Nelson to be narrated in the first person, a recounting of his life in his own words. It begins with Nelson as a young 21-year-old captain in the Caribbean and goes to his death at the Battle of Trafalgar. Along the way his experiences in carrying out the vision of his duty in the Caribbean, Corsica, Tenerife, the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar cost him his eye, his right arm, and ultimately his life, all because he was blessed and cursed with a nature that was blind to the spectre of failure and deaf to anything other than the call of duty, the clamour of battle, and victory. He was also a mortal man whose attraction to women brought pleasure, frustration, infatuation, and ultimately lifelong satisfaction. This is his story as he would tell it.
Download or read book The Life of Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson Etc written by Richard CLARKE (R.N.) and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book H M S Surprise Vol Book 3 Aubrey Maturin Novels written by Patrick O'Brian and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1991-05-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press In H.M.S. Surprise, British naval officer Jack Aubrey and surgeon Stephen Maturin face near-death and tumultuous romance in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Tasked with ferrying a British ambassador to the Sultan of Kampong, they find themselves on a prolonged voyage aboard a Royal Navy frigate en route to the Malay Peninsula. In this new sphere, Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy who enjoys overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could secure him a marriage to his beloved Sophie and make him rich beyond his wildest dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.
Download or read book Memoirs of the Life of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson written by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson written by Horatio Nelson Nelson (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
