Subjects

Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)

in The Copy Book

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The Peninsular War

Napoleon’s six-year-long campaign (1808-1814) to bring Spain and Portugal into his united Europe was frustrated by Arthur Wellesley.

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Captain Moorsom’s ‘Revenge’

The Whitby man held his nerve to keep five enemy ships busy at Trafalgar, and subsequently led Nelson’s funeral procession.

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The Character of Horatio Lord Nelson

High praise from someone who knew him better than most.