Our country's flag and the flags of foreign countries (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 146
e cansend long messages. The most memorable signal ever dis-played was flown from the flagship of Ad-miral Nelson—the Victory—on October 21,1805, just before going into action against NELSONS-FAMOUS SIGNAL. 115 the combined fleets of France and Spain.Nelson commanded a British fleet of twenty-seven… … Pig. 40.—Nelsons signal before going into action at the battleof Trafalgar—England expects every man will do his duty. fidence of the commander in chief and of thecountry at home in every man of the Brit-ish fleet. England expects that every manwill do his duty* The trust was justified. * In this…
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