Quotes About Victory

But everyone on the British side knew Nelson had arrived.

The Hythe Gazette had reported the story as early as 6 September: 'All idea of invasion is now at an end.

The first shot came from the carronade on the Victory's port fo'c'sle.

The Royal Navy was waiting for them outside, but its ships were thinly spread and heavily outnumbered.

carronade fired straight through the windows of the Bucentaure's upper cabin,

It was followed in sequence by the fifty broadside guns on the Victory's port side,

do not say the French cannot come. I only say they cannot come by sea.' Admiral St Vincent

Each gun fired in turn, straight into the unprotected stern of the Santa Ana,

Shortly before 7 p.m., Captain Jean Lucas of the Redoutable caught his first glimpse of Nelson's fleet to starboard:

Austrian troops had surrendered in tens of thousands, laying down their arms without a struggle.

Napoleon had been in the thick of it, leading from the front.

Turning hard aport, the Royal Sovereign quickly drew alongside the Santa Ana,

It was a race to see which ship could fire

With almost fifty guns already loaded and still working on the starboard side, the Spanish won.

At his command, three decks of guns fired simultaneously into the Fougueux,

The enemy hauled our colours down and the slaughter ceased entirely after a while.

HMS Victory returned eventually to Portsmouth and is still there, still commissioned in the Royal Navy.

Sortez sans combat,' came Napoleon's reply.

Caesar had had trouble with the currents off the English coast. Napoleon would too.

But Napoleon saw everything in military terms.

Once the British were defeated, there would be peace again – on Napoleon's terms.

Villeneuve's flagship.

To Midshipman Badcock, watching from two ships behind the Victory, the scene was one he would never forget.

the teeth marks he left in it on the day of Trafalgar are visible still.