Battle of Trafalgar the Spanish official account from The Edinburgh Evening Courant , December 5, 1805, original newspaper report of an eye witness account "At eight minutes before Twelve an English three-decker, with a flag at her main-top, penetrated our line in the centre, supported by the ships in her wake...another entered between the L'Aigle and the San Ildefonso, and from this momment the action was confined to a furious combat between the whole of the enemy's sqadron, and the half of ours, the greater part of the time within pistol shot" page two, cols 4-5, duty stamp to front right of page 1
Battle of Trafalgar the Spanish official account from The Edinburgh Evening Courant , December 5, 1805, original newspaper report of an eye witness account "At eight minutes before Twelve an English three-decker, with a flag at her main-top, penetrated our line in the centre, supported by the ships in her wake...another entered between the L'Aigle and the San Ildefonso, and from this momment the action was confined to a furious combat between the whole of the enemy's sqadron, and the half of ours, the greater part of the time within pistol shot" page two, cols 4-5, duty stamp to front right of page 1
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