Quotes About Conflict

Spune nu doar acela care îl ?tie pe da. Îns? el, care ?tie totul, la nu ?i da are foile rupte.

The British would have them next day and a battle would ensue.

The Spanish were furious with the French.

But the Cadiz authorities were still difficult. The French were hated in the port.

VILLENEUVE HOLDS A COUNCIL OF WAR

Thirteen very unhappy officers filed into Villeneuve's cabin and sat around the table.

Spain formally declared war on 12 December.

The Spanish were naturally outraged. The British were no better than pirates.

The first shots had been fired from the enemy line. The Battle of Trafalgar had begun.

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

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

The crossfire was so heavy that French and Spanish cannon balls smacked into each other

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

Sortez sans combat,' came Napoleon's reply.

There was nothing to be gained from fighting the British off Brest.

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

Not only that, but Napoleon had called him 'brother'. They were far from being brothers,

The Victory was still about 1,000 yards from the enemy, not yet in proper range.

The French waited a couple of minutes and fired again. That shot fell alongside.

Then seven or eight French and Spanish ships opened up together

It could not have happened at a worse moment for the Victory.

In the sinking of the Dorothea, they had seen the future of naval warfare.

French officer declared that this shot alone had killed or disabled nearly forty men.

I have taken 60,000 prisoners, captured 120 pieces of cannon, more than ninety flags,