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Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen (page 75)
THE CHILDREN'S HEROES SERIES
THE STORY OF NELSON
BY EDMUND FRANCIS SELLAR WITH PICTURES BY MONRO S. ORR
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK, LTD., 35 and 36 Paternoster Row, E.C. AND EDINBURGH
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, LTD.
TO
Miss E. RUTH DENT
MY DEAR RUTH,
This little book tells the story of the greatest seaman that the world has ever known.
I hope it says enough to make you want one day to read for yourself the many other things about him that I have not room to tell you here.
Yours affectionately, THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS
Chapter
I. Early Boyhood—Joins his Ship
II. Nelson's Early Years at Sea—His First Command
III. Nelson in the West Indies—and in the Mediterranean
IV. Battle of St. Vincent
V. Battle of the Nile
VI. In the Mediterranean—and at Home
VII. Battle of Copenhagen
VIII. Napoleon's threatened Invasion of England
IX. Nelson in Chief Command in the Mediterranean—In Pursuit of the Enemy
X. Trafalgar—Death of Nelson
THE STORY OF NELSON