Nelson's victory over the combined fleets of Erance [sic] and Spain, on the 21st of October, 1805
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NELSON'S VICTORY
OVER THE
Combined Fleets of France and Spain.
YE warlike Sons of Britain bold,
who honour wiſh to gain,
Whilſt I my narrative relate.
let wonder ſeize your frame ;
The bold actions of this victory
are now my preſent theme,
'Tween the force of France and Spain,
and Nelſon on the main.
'Twas on the twenty-firſt of October,
the morning being clear,
We received the intelligence,
of the combin'd fleets being near ;
Brave NELSON, our Admiral,
gave the ſignal to purſure,
And in three hours time, my boys,
we had them all in view.
At twelve o'clock we fir'd firſt ſhot,
a broadſide their reply ;
Then ſulpher, ſmoke, and fire,
appear'd to rend the ſky :
The Britiſh ſhot were fir'd ſo hot,
ſcarce one was ſent in vain,
And hundreds of our enemies,
were by us quickly ſlain.
To behold our kill'd and wounded,
it grieved us full ſore,
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| Street literature about Napoleon's Wars > Nelson's victory over the combined fleets of Erance [sic] and Spain, on the 21st of October, 1805 > (2) Page 2 |
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| Description | 'Nelson's victory over the combined fleets of France and Spain'. This song is one of a large number written following Nelson's victory over the French and the Spanish at Trafalgar in October 1805. The horror of the battle is aptly captured in these verses in which Nelson's death is given full dramatic treatment. |
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| Description | To which is added, The tar metamorphosed; or, The esquire tricked. |
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| Shelfmark | RB.s.910(96) |
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| Description | Collection of 78 Scottish chapbooks recounting events from the late 1790s to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Cheap print booklets mostly containing ballads about the military conflicts. Also give insights into contemporary views of Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine de Beauharnais, Horatio Nelson and the Duke of Wellington. |
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