The Boys' Nelson
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1. THE STORY OF NELSON2. Foreword3. Illustrations4. Chapter I—Boyhood and First Years at Sea (1758–1773)5. CHAPTER II A Hero in the Making (1773–1783)6. CHAPTER III Pleasure in France and Work in the West Indies (1783–1793)7. CHAPTER IV The Beginning of the Great War (1793–1794)8. CHAPTER V “I wish to be an Admiral” (1795–96)9. CHAPTER VI Nelson’s First Great Fight: The Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797)10. CHAPTER VII From Triumph to Failure: The Attempt on Santa Cruz (1797)11. CHAPTER VIII In Chase of the French Fleet (1798)12. CHAPTER IX The Battle of the Nile 179813. CHAPTER X The Neapolitan Court and Lady Hamilton14. CHAPTER XI The Neapolitan Rebels and their French Allies (1799)15. CHAPTER XII Nelson in Temporary Command (1799–1800)16. CHAPTER XIII Disobedience to Orders17. CHAPTER XIV The Campaign of the Baltic (1800–1)18. CHAPTER XV The Battle of Copenhagen (1801)19. CHAPTER XVI The Threatened Invasion of England (1801)20. CHAPTER XVII The Vigil off Toulon (1803)21. CHAPTER XVIII Twelve weary Months in the Mediterranean (1804)22. CHAPTER XIX The Crisis (1805)23. CHAPTER XX Nelson’s Last Command (1805)24. CHAPTER XXI The Rout in Trafalgar Bay (1805)25. Index of Proper Names