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Nelson's Battles

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#377059-VA50
Titel	Nelson's Battles
Auteur	Warner, Oliver
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	0850529417
ISBN13	9780850529418
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, some illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Horatio Nelson was the greatest naval commander of his age. In this masterly analysis of his fighting career, the acclaimed naval historian Oliver Warner examines every battle in which he participated, but concentrates on the three in which his command as an admiral was crucial. The first was the Battle of the Nile in which the bulk of Napoleon's fleet was brilliantly destroyed, so eliminating the risk to Britain's Indian possessions. In 1801 under Sir Hyde Parker he fought the Battle of Copenhagen, which ensured the supply of Scandinavian spars that kept the Royal Navy in fighting trim. Nelson's final battle at Trafalgar in which the French and Spanish fleets were shattered bore out the truth of the Earl St Vincent's earlier reply when asked if the French could invade England: 'I do not s... (Lees verder)ay that they cannot come, but I do say that they cannot come by sea'.
Pagina's	253
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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