The Battle of Trafalgar
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Captain Hardy and Nelson in the HMS Victory
Nelson was a proud man. He always signed his name, nelson and bronte. The neapolitan king, the king of southern italy, gave him a dukedom of bronte. So alwas liked the fact that he was viscount nelson and duke of bronte,. And he wore has many medals and awards on his uniform. They were replicas, but he was covered in medals, and he would have been recognizable. A two centimeter ball entered nelson's left shoulder, bringing pieces of his epaulet into the wound with it. It went through nelson's lung, cut his pulmonary artery, smashed through his backbone and came to rest
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