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Cannons at the ready! It's #TrafalgarDay and that means it's time for us to live (as it were) tweet the Battle of Trafalgar (almost) as it happened in 1805💥rmg.co.uk/discover/explo… #TrafalgarDay 
#TrafalgarDay Nelson’s fleet is in commanding position to attack. At dawn, they’re 34km north-west of Cape Trafalgar, with the French and Spanish fleet between them.
#TrafalgarDay Nelson signals ‘prepare for battle’ at 6.40am. The fleet is in two parallel columns, the first led by ‘Victory’, the second by Collingwood’s ‘Royal Sovereign’.
🚩[image: signals used by Nelson during the Battle]
🚩[image: signals used by Nelson during the Battle]
