The wounding of Lord Horatio Nelson on 21 October 1805 when a musket ball penetrated his chest; the Sergeant Major of Marines with two seamen raised him from the deck. His death, a few minutes later occurred on the flagship HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain's Cape Trafalgar Peninsula, when the British Fleet, led by Lord Horatio Nelson, took on a combined French and Spanish force when Napoleon Bonaparte was poised to send his powerful army across the English Channel to conquer the island.
An illustration of the wounding of Lord Horatio Nelson on 21 October 1805 when a ball penetrated his chest; the Sergeant Major of Marines with two seamen raised him from the deck. Captain Hardy expressed a hope that he was not severely wounded; to which Nelson replied: 'They have done for me at last, Hardy.' - 'I hope not,' answered Captain Hardy. 'Yes,' replied his lordship; 'my backbone is shot through.' His death occurred on the flagship HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar off the coast of Spain's Cape Trafalgar Peninsula, when the British Fleet, led by Lord Horatio Nelson, took on a combined French and Spanish force when Napoleon Bonaparte was poised to send his powerful army across the English Channel to conquer the island.
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