The Life Of Nelson Part 2: His Forgotten First Battle

Описание: THIS IS PART 2 OF OUR SERIES ON ADMIRAL NELSON, PART ONE HERE:    • Britain's Greatest Ever Hero: The Making O...  

PLAYLIST HERE:    • The Life And Battles Of Lord Nelson  

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It is 1793 and France has declared war on Britain, meaning that the British navy must serve as both sword and shield to Europe. Horatio Nelson is at this time a slim and sickly 34 year old captain who nevertheless burns with the zeal to serve his king and country, and has recently taken over command of the impressive Agamemnon. Meanwhile, the British navy has taken Toulon by the summer of 1793 through diplomatic means - its foothold in the Mediterranean - but is struggling to hold it. Upon arriving in the city Nelson is shocked to find it besieged by the French, under the leadership of one Napoleon Bonaparte - the first time that these two titanic rivals of history will brush shoulders, but not the last. At last the city falls to the French, and the British must go in search of another Mediterranean base. They settle upon Corsica - Bonaparte’s homeland. It is there, on the morning of the 12th of July that during the siege of Calvi that Nelson is struck in the face by a spray of stone and shrapnel, severely blinding his left eye forever more. Will this critical injury prematurely end his promising career? Just as a great armada of Spanish and French ships gathers on the horizon, heralding the coming one of history's bloodiest naval battles...

Join Dominic and Tom as they discuss the Siege of Toulon, Nelson’s heroic early forays into the Mediterranean, and the dramatic aftermath of his first near fatal injury.

00:00 Nelson and the French Revolution
02:33 Career of Nelson recap
03:44 The logistics of naval warfare
05:17 Putting together his first crew
08:20 Joining Admiral Hood’s squadron
10:34 Toulon
12:45 Naples
13:20 Sir William Hamilton, Britain’s most famous cuckold
14:10 Emma Hamilton
14:50 The French take Toulon
16:15 Nelson vs Napoleon
19:00 The fall of Corsica
21:20 How he lost his eye
22:11 Blockading Livorno
23:49 The French appear…
28:28 John Jervis
30:00 Napoleon reappears
31:12 The Mediterranean is lost
32:22 Nelson, meet Hardy
33:35 The Spanish fleet appears…
34:50 HMS Victory appears…

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