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french wars at sea - Coggle Diagram
french wars at sea
battles
battle of the nile
cause
napoleon gaining power in egypt, threat to GB Med power
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battle of copenhagen
cause
concerns over denmark allying w/ france, outnumbering gb
battle
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hyde says to stop attack, nelson lies, says cannot see signal
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battle of trafalgar
background
FR fleet leave toulon, return from fear of nelson. Napoleon says they must be bolder, they leave again.
Nelson fleet crosses atlantic in 5 weeks, the fleets never meet
both fleets go towards europe, nelson catches up
battle
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GB make two columns, ships break line & men fight in close proximity
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factors
strengths of nelson
battle
copenhagen , nelson told to stop attack but places telescope to blind eye and continues
copenhagen , nelson plans for ships to enter water in line next to danish ships until there are no more
nile , nelson split force in two to attack from both sides. 13/17 ships captured / destroyed
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trafalgar , nelson breaks enemy line
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