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Show (today in history F HI DAY, OCrOOER 21. 1010. Tho Battle of Trafalnar. m October -i. !80Su inrliiK 'lie Napoleonic Na-poleonic war: was loufcltl the famous battli of Trafalgar betwoen Lhi British fleel ol iw in y -seven sail ot the lino and four frlgatos, under Lord Nelson, uud the combined French unl Spanish fleets, .numbering thlrty-throi sail ,.r the line liriri Heven frigates under VMlleneuve. Before ihe battle Nelson ordered that i hi admirals and captains "knowing my DreclHi objeci to be ihat of a closi and il -ii b i i Ion, will supplj an-, deficiency or Mginili: and act accordingly In t-a:c signals cannot hi- seen or eienriv under- 1 1, no captain can do wrong if be places hit. ship alongside that of an ' nemy. Tile battle of Trafalgar W&B one of ini mosl fiercely contested sea cnKnge. menu In the history ( naval warfare II resulted in a notable victory for the British, but ii was dearly bought, for tbeli g:real admiral fell mortally wounded in the action. As he was walking on tin-quarter tin-quarter deck he was pierced by a shot from one of It.- French marksmen, not pon than fifteen yards away. "Thej i . done for me at last. Hardy." a)d he "J hope not." said Hardy, "Yea," he replied, "my backbone is shot i n rough' Me was Immediately carried below bui '-.en thotL Mich wus his presence M mind, thai be directed the tiller-rope, which ha. i been shot away, be replaced and, taking out his handkerchief; covered cov-ered his race and n. art. Ist his crew should be discouraged al tbe sight. The cockpli was crowded with wounded and dying men yet he Insisted thai lh sut genu should leave him and attend to those to whom he niighi he useful. "For me." he aM, "you can do nothing" All ih.ii roijirj be done was to fan him "nh paper, and give him lemonade to assuage his hum but thirst, As the a-tion continued, however, several ships bean m Btrlke. and aD ihe crew of thi- letov Neslon's ship, cheered .- e.i.-i, flag was lowered, at every cheer u gleam of Joy Illuminated the countenance of the dying hern. Hardy, taking Neis-,n by 'be hand, congratulated him. even in 'he ormi or death, on his glorious victory adding that fourteen or fifteen of tiir "Iha well." replied Nelson, "but I bargained for twenty. and Dien In a strongei voice added "Anchor Hardy anchor Do j ou make the signal? Kiss me. Hardy," said he. Hard-, knelt down arid kissed bis- cheek "Now I am iatls-f iatls-f ed." said NeSon. "Thank Qod, I have don,- niv duty." Hi i articulation now became difficult. but he Was repeatedly heard to jr.,y . Than Qod. I have done mv dufv." nnd expired at t :3o o'clock without a groan. I leaving .-. name unrivaled even In the I glorious annals of the English navy. EVhn the Anal preparation for the battle bat-tle nad been made, Nelson ordered thai a last signal should be displayed from his snip to the twenty-seven vessels engaged, As Hie admiral proposed the :-lc7:al It read. "N'-l-on eon'lile. r,? everv man win do bio duty." Rome body in the group abo,n ,),,-. :,.i,nr;l sngutrn1 for Nelson, to which the great commander tantly assented, with the wo,, is "Or talnly, certainly." Thi ilgnal officer found thai there was no number for the word "confides" In the signal book, and he suggested that "ex- ; pens he UMd Instead. The signal then u 1 "1 Playe.l ;,,,, r, .tr) "Knsland xpe,-K every man to do bis fluty." The method of telegraphing at ea which Nelson used at Trafalgar had been ..dapl.d by Sir Home ponham nn Knc- lata naval officer and put In u?e two years before. n,, October 31, i::o. Magellan enter-.j the strait that bra rs Ins name the rigaie Constitution w launched in I llSi Slid the battle nf Bali's B,,rf wi fougln in 1861 Today la the blrthdaj of usorg-e Coleman. drHitmiui and humorous ' writer ln'-- Samuel Taylor Coleridge. I'"' Alphonse Marie Lamartlne, I i-w n. ,, poet and statesman 11790); Samuel Sam-uel F. smith, author of ' Mv Country Tie of Thee ' 11808); Abbe Lira! ceotposer 1 iii; ha rah Bernhardt, French aclr8 iMp); win Carleton, American ooet tlS4.it, and the dale of the death of RM- mund Waller, poflt (1887); Tobias Smollett, Smol-lett, novella (1771). and John Philpot I Mirran. celebrated Irish oralnr (18J7J, |