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Horatio Nelson
1st Viscount
Nelson
1758—1805
Famous
British admiral
Enrolled
in the Royal Navy
at
age 12 as seaman
Began
officer training
on
his first ship assignment
In 1777 fought in West Indies
in American Revolutionary War
remained
in Caribbean enforcing
Navigation
Act
Lost
his commission 1789
recalled
1793 French Revolution
Shot
in face at battle in Corsica
lost
right eye, wore eye patch
1797
knighted for victory
Battle
of Cape St. Vincent
1798
won Battle of the Nile
Napoleon
fled back to France
Rescued
royal family of Naples
1801
commander-in-chief
of
Baltic Sea in charge of
preventing
Napoleon invasion
1805
Nelson’s fleet fought
Spanish
and French fleets
in
Battle of Trafalgar
Nelson
lost his life
British
won the battle
Honored
by Nelson’s Column
in
Trafalgar Square, London
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MEMORY TRIGGERS
British___________________________
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admiral__________________________
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American
Revotionary War__________
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French
Revolution_________________
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eye
patch_________________________
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Cape St.
Vincent___________________
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Battle of the Nile___________________
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Napoleon_________________________
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Naples___________________________
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Spanish and
French_________________
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Trafalgar_________________________
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Copyrighted 2005 by Carl Peterson
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