Excerpt from The History of Napoleon, Vol. 2 of 2
On the very eve of the decisive victory of Austerlitz, which humbled before his power the two greatest sovereigns of the continent, Napoleon had received the news of his own signal defeat on that element, the empire of which he never again attempted to dispute with England. The battle of Trafalgar had been fought on the 21st of October.
The English government had no sooner learnt that Villeneuve had conducted his squadron into Cadiz, than they refitted their fleet in the Mediterranean, with great celerity and secresy, and gave the command to Nelson.
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