Nearly 4000 people died in the battle but the most famous was Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson.
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Napolean was fighting a war of conquest. England opposed him and gave refuge to many French aristocrats . He was defeated on land by Lord Wellington's forces, and at sea by the British Fleet under the command of Lord Nelson
Wooden sailing ships of Great Britain engaged, defeated, and captured the wooden sailing ships of France and Spain off the southwest coast of Spain in 1805.
Trafalgar was a naval battle during theNapoleonicera along the strait of the same name. The Spanish built the largest ship with 65 guns on it. It was a combined force of Spanish and french ships versus the English ships under admiral Nelson. Nelson was killed but he won the battle.
First round went down range at noon.
After the Battle of Trafalgar, which took place in October of 1805, it is what did not happen that may be most significant. With the loss of his battle-fleet to the British off the Cape of Trafalgar, Napoleon did not (and could not) engage in any invasion of Great Britain, since British ships still controlled the seas. However that may be, the victory cemented the reputation of the British navy as foremost among modern nations and contributed to Great Britain's ongoing resistance to the aggressions of Napoleonic France.
The Naval battle at Trafalgar.
Admiral Horatio Nelson. was the commanding British officer. He was a tactical genius too.