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as far as the invasion of England went, for abandoning all hope of fulfilling his plans to secure control of the Channel Napoleon gathered the Armée d'Angleterre, now renamed the
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soon toppled over. This caused more damage to the already damaged foremast leaving her an unmanageable wreck. With this situation and the heavy casualties
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and was about to do this again but Baker counteracted the movement. The French crew then made a vigorous but unsuccessful attempt to board in which the
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sighted the three British ships. Villeneuve mistook the British ships for scouts from the Channel Fleet and fled south to avoid an action. A furious
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raged 'What a Navy! What an admiral! All those sacrifices for nought!' Villeneuve's failure to press north was a decisive point of the
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were able to repel the French boarders. After this had lasted about three quarters of an hour a breeze sprung up and caused
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By intercepting the ship carrying the despatches for Allemand, Baker had unwittingly played a role in bringing about the
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s commander, Captain Captain Pierre Milius, decided to await the arrival of the British ship, and take her as a prize.
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The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV
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were brought to bear and they became again engaged broadside to broadside. The superiority of the fire of
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The Trafalgar Companion: A Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson
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The action lasted several hours, with Baker on one occasion having his hat shot off his head.
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before the French realised that she was a larger frigate than they had anticipated. At 8am
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had twelve killed and 28 wounded; the French sustained losses of 27 killed and 44 wounded.
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the British frigate while Baker therefore determined to close with his adversary.
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on 14 August. The following day the combined fleet under Villeneuve, heading for
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While sailing to Gibraltar with his prize in tow, Baker fell in with the 74-gun
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with clasp "Phoenix 10 Augt. 1805" to all surviving claimants from the action.
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however soon began to tell and after a short time the two ships separated.
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The Line Upon a Wind: The Greatest War Fought At Sea Under Sail: 1793-1815
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and having too much way upon her soon drew ahead of the French ship.
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had at this time been altered to resemble from a distance a large
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hoisted French colours and an hour later the fighting commenced.
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made no return and Captain Baker intended to pass and engage to
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took advantage of this by luffing across the stern of
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The British ships altered their course and made for
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had intercepted an American merchant, en route from
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Index

Trafalgar campaign
War of the Third Coalition

Francis Sartorius the younger
Cape Finisterre
United Kingdom
France
Thomas Baker
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War of the Third Coalition
Bavaria
Ulm campaign
Donauwörth
Wertingen
GĂĽnzburg
Haslach-Jungingen
Memmingen
Elchingen
Ulm
Mehrnbach
Lambach
Steyr
Amstetten
Mariazell
DĂĽrenstein
Dornbirn
Schöngrabern
Hanover

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