Nelson’s Arm

                                                 22-25 JULY 1797                                                 NELSON’S ARM The Treaty of Lldefonso on 19 August 1796 allied Spain with France in Napoleon’s war against England.  Now the combined French/Spanish navies of 38 ships-of-the-line threatened England’s Royal Navy’s control of the seas.  A February 1797 Read More

Nelson’s Eye

                                                   12 JULY 1794                                                  NELSON’S EYE The French Revolution in 1789 shocked the rest of Europe as existing monarchies feared the spread of republicanism.  Dread intensified as the “Reign of Terror” unfolded, and French King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, prisoners in Read More