Nelson: Britannia's God of War (93 page)

Ulm, battle of (1805)
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Unsworth, Barry:
Losing Nelson
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Ushant
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Vado Bay
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Valetta, Malta
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fortress
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French garrison in
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French ships squadron
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Grand Harbour
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siege of
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Vanguard,
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Vansittart, Nicholas
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Vauban, Sebastien le Prestre de
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VE Day
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Vendome, Marshal
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Veteran
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Victoria, Queen
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Victory,
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described
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N calls on Hood
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St Vincent praises
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prepared for N’s flag
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N boards her (18 May 1803)
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reaches the Mediterranean fleet
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detailed to join Cornwallis
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N hoists his flag
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N’s discussion with Collingwood
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N chats with his men while they prepare for battle
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casualties
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absence of his flag at his death
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and Queen Victoria
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restoration
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visited by heads of state
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Victualling Board
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Vienna
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Vigo
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Ville de Paris
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Ville France
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Villeneuve, Rear Admiral Pierre
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battle of the Nile
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Trafalgar
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Virgin Islands
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VJ Day
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Volage,
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Voltri
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Waldegrave, Rear Admiral
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Walpole, Horatio (N’s godfather)
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Walpole, Sir Robert (later Lord Orford)
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Walpole family
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War Office
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warships

cross-section
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lack of technical change in N’s lifetime
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six rates
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Washington Treaty
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Waterloo, battle of
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Weatherhead, Lieutenant John
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Weazle
(sloop)
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
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West, Benjamin
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Apotheosis
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Nelson
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Death
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Wolfe
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Death of Nelson
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West India Merchant community
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West Indies

British disposable troops sent to
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the chase there and back
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and convoys
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Dundas fears for
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and the medal issue
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priority given to
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sugar islands
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Westall, Richard
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Westcott, Captain
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Western Approaches
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Westmacott and Wyatt
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Westminster Abbey, London
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Whigs
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White House, Richmond Park, Surrey 
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Whitworth, Lord
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Wilkins, William
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William IV, King (Prince William, then Duke of Clarence)
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Williams, Helen Maria:
Sketches
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State
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Manners
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Opinions
in
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French
Republic
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Windham, William
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Windsor
Castle
(Linzee’s flagship)
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Winthuysen, Admiral
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Wolfe, General James
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Wolsey, Cardinal
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Woodward, Admiral ‘Sandy’
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Woolwich dockyard
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Worcester,
HMS
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Wordsworth, William: ‘Character of a Happy Warrior’
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Wyndham, William
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Young, Admiral William
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Zealous
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Young, Admiral William
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Zealous
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Zealous
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