HORATIO NELSON ,A LEGENDARY MILITARY OFFICER IN BRITISH HISTORY WON NEPOLEON THE GREAT BORN 29 SEPTEMBER 1758
HORATIO NELSON ,A LEGENDARY MILITARY OFFICER IN BRITISH HISTORY WON NEPOLEON THE GREAT BORN 29 SEPTEMBER 1758 Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronté KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics, all of which resulted in a number of decisive naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded several times in combat, losing one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the sight in one eye in Corsica. He was shot and killed during his final victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. He developed a reputation in the service through his personal valour and firm grasp of tactics but suffered periods of illness and unemployment after the end of the American War of Independence. The outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars allowed Nelson to ret...