Horatio Nelson17 January 1805
Villeneuve decides to dash toward Gibraltar after the long Toulon blockade.
Great Britain · Warfare / Napoleonic Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Villeneuve decides to dash toward Gibraltar after the long Toulon blockade.
Nelson receives a signal at Agincourt Sound that the French are at sea.
The French fleet escapes from Toulon and the British fleet loses contact.
Heads east through the Straits of Messina in pursuit of the French fleet.
Sails from Alexandria to Malta and learns Villeneuve has returned to Toulon.
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