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October 2005
Guts and Glory
 
Use the controls to zoom in and move around the image. Use the navigator box on the bottom left of the image as a shortcut. Painting by William Clarkson Stanfield
The Crown Estate/Bridgeman Art Library
A 19th-century painting captures the havoc of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, when 27 British ships defeated Napoleon's Combined Fleet of 33 French and Spanish vessels, ending France's bid to rule the seas. Nearly 8,000 men were killed and wounded.



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