Battle of Trafalgar
Beesker recommends 'Broadside' as the world's
best website on the Battle of Trafalgar
ABOUT 'BROADSIDE'
The
Broadside website
contains articles and historical documents describing the British Navy in the
late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, at the time of the Revolutionary
and Napoleonic Wars. It has a substantial section on the Battle of Trafalgar,
with an eyewitness account, and a list of the signals made by Admiral Nelson
during the Battle of Trafalgar.
Other sections of the Broadside website relevant to the battle of Trafalgar are:
Life, Death & Health, Pay & Prize Money, Ships and Tactics, Frigate Engagement,
Guns & Small Arms, The Press Gang, Crime & Punishment, Patronage & Promotion,
the Battle of the Nile, and Victories & Casualties.