CAPE TRAFALGAR • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Cape Trafalgar

... of the 21st of October, 1805—you'll not forget that day, it was a glorious one for England, let me tell you—we sighted the French and Spanish fleet from the deck of the 'Victory' off Cape Trafalgar. They were formed in a double line in a curve, one ship in the further line filling up the space left between the ships of the nearest line. They also were trying to keep the port of Cadiz under their lee, that they might escape to it. Lord Nelson determined to break the ...

— The Grateful Indian - And other Stories • W.H.G. Kingston