✦ History

Trafalgar campaign

March 1805 – November 1805

Result British victory

French and Spanish fleets maneuvered to clear the Channel for an invasion of Britain, while the Royal Navy shadowed them; it ended at Trafalgar.

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Battles 1

July 22, 1805
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) Inconclusive Cape Finisterre Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Federico Gravina

Key commanders

First French Empire 2

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve military commander Federico Gravina military commander

United Kingdom 3

Horatio Nelson military commander Cuthbert Collingwood military commander Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet military commander

France 3

Pierre-Charles Villeneuve military commander Federico Gravina military commander Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume military commander