Okay, On October 20th, 1805, England's Royal Navy defeated the French fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar. Just prior to opening fire on the french ships, the British admiral, Lord Nelson sent a message to his fleet by displaying over 20 signal flags from the rigging of his flagship. What was the message?
2007-06-14 06:59:06 · 5 answers · asked by black_lightning 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"England expects that every man will do his duty" was a signal sent by Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson from his flagship HMS Victory as the Battle of Trafalgar was about to commence on October 21, 1805.
2007-06-14 07:05:10 · answer #1 · answered by Hila 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At Trafalgar, the British have been spearheaded by Admiral Horatio Nelson and his flagship "The Victory". Nelson replaced into killed in the process the conflict on 21 October, 1805 on the deck of "The Victory". interior the tip the British defeated France.
2016-10-17 06:28:15 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"England expects that every man will do his duty".
Nelson originally intended to signal "England confides that every man will do his duty", but went with "expects" as it was easier to signal (being in the code book) rather than having to spell out the word "confides".
2007-06-14 10:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
England expects every man to do his duty. (or will do his duty).
Not confides.
http://www.hms.org.uk/nelsonsnavyee.htm
2007-06-14 07:04:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:England_Expects_Signal.png
""England confides that every man will do his duty."
"Battle of Trafalgar : Engagement" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar#Engagement
2007-06-14 07:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋