The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-21
TODAY TN HISTORY
The Battle Of TrafaIaar.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 81. 1910.

poleonic wnrs. was Ought the fnmou
| battle of Trafalgar between the British
nfGSI Of twenty-seyen sail OF the line antt
| lour fTlgatcs. under Lord Nelson, aud
IN" combined French and Spanish fleets,
numbering thIrty-threc sail OF the inc
ana nein seven frIEaies. under Villeneuye;
| INC hd'nlraIs and captains Knowing m.
| precise obJoc, 10 be tina, Of close ant
decisive action, will supply amy deficiency
"l signals and act accordingly In case
| signals cannot be seen or clearly under
| STOOD. no captain can do wrong II he
plnccG his ship alongsde that OF al
=, The batLe of Trafalgar was ono OF
INC most hcrccly contested sea engage
mcnts in the history OF naval warfare I,
British, but Il was dearly bought 70,
,heir great admiral fell mortally wounded
IN tho action. AS he was walking on the
quarter deck he was pierced by shot
from one Of the French marksmen, not
moro than fifteen yards away. They
ha ha'o go9s hone Tor mn me at last +, aardy said
through"
lie was Immediately carried below, but
even thcn. such was his presence Of
mind, that he directed tho tlIcr rope.
which had been shot away, be replaced
nnai; orsi tta;king out hts handkerchief. Gov
orcd MS race and scars lest his crew
snould be discouraged at the sight The
cockpit was crowded with wounded and
d5Ins men; yet he insisted that the sur
geon should leave him and attend To
nose 70 whom he might be useful For
Al that could be done was TO fan
TO assuaSe bis burning thirst As the
action continued. however, several ships
pessn TO strike. and AZ the crew Of the
Victory. Neslons ship cheerod as each
flag was lowered, at every cheer a glea m
OF Joy. Illuminated tho countenance OF
the the dying hero, Hardy. taking Nelson by
arms of death, on his glorious Victory.
adding that fourteen or fifteen OF the
enemy were taken.
barFhjned TS SSl rsPleq NasQP Mel ,S. but
stronger voice added Anchor Hardy.
anch9r Do YOU make the signal? Kiss
and and Es5eG his saq sheeH e HSrGy S0Sy knG dGwn
fed said Nelson. Thank God. I have
done my duty
Hif articulation now became difficult.
pnt he was repeatedly heard to say.
nank Cod. ] have done my duty" and
expired at $50 o'clock without a groar.
s lSayns 2 name unrivalcd even In the
glorious annals OF the English navy
., When the final prcparat tIon for the bat
tic had been made. Nelson ordered that a
lsSt signal should be displayed from his
As the admiral proposed the signal II
read: Nelson conhdes that every man
VIII do his duty" Somebody in the
Nelson 10 which the great commander
instantly assented, with The words. Ger
tslnly, certainly"
The signal officer found that there was
no number for the word 'confidcs' In the
signal book. and he suggested that "cx-
poets be used instead. The signal then
was displayed and read England expects
every man 10 do his duty"
me method OF telcErapninc at sea
which Nelson used at Trafalgar had been
;Stdapted by Sir Home Popbam, an Eng
!sn naval officer, and put In use two
On October Fl. 1890. Magellan entered
me Ihe strait that bears his name: the
.Ilgdte Constitution was launched in
! 90 and The battle OF Balls Bluff was
toueht in 1851 Today is the birthday of
George Coleman, dramatist and humorous
writer LlL52): Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
PoeI ora; Alphonse Marie Lamartine.
= :, Ig'lgh ~ poet and statesman 1790): SAM
ucI +. smith. author OF My Country 'Tis
OF Thee. 1soS; A1bc List. composer
,sill: sarah Bernhardt French actress !
iSa2); WIN Carleton American poet
1850, and the date Of the death Of Ed