Horatio Nelson2 April 1801
British forces destroy or capture many Danish ships during the battle.
Great Britain · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
British forces destroy or capture many Danish ships during the battle.
Nelson attacks Danish ships to keep Baltic ports open to Britain.
Parker orders retreat, but Nelson famously puts the telescope to his blind eye.
The Battle of Copenhagen helps end the League of Armed Neutrality.
Parker orders retreat, Nelson holds a telescope to a blind patch saying he cannot see. Parker & Nelson defeat the Danish fleet
Commands the Baltic expedition at Copenhagen.
Wellingtons brigade is reponsible defending supply lines
The Danes capitulate rather then endure further damage to Copenhagen
Claims his rockets have caused 1 million pounds worth of damage
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