THE BOYS' NELSON

Foreword

Contents

Illustrations

Chapter I Boyhood and First Years at Sea (1758 - 1773)

CHAPTER II A Hero in the Making (1773 - 1783)

CHAPTER III Pleasure in France and Work in the West Indies (1783 - 1793)

CHAPTER IV The Beginning of the Great War (1793 - 1794)

CHAPTER V "I wish to be an Admiral" (1795 - 96)

CHAPTER VI Nelson's First Great Fight: The Battle of Cape St Vincent -1797

CHAPTER VII From Triumph to Failure: The Attempt on Santa Cruz -1797

CHAPTER VIII In Chase of the French Fleet -1798

CHAPTER IX The Battle of the Nile 1798

CHAPTER X The Neapolitan Court and Lady Hamilton

CHAPTER XI The Neapolitan Rebels and their French Allies -1799

CHAPTER XII Nelson in Temporary Command (1799 - 1800)

CHAPTER XIII Disobedience to Orders

CHAPTER XIV The Campaign of the Baltic (1800 - 1)

CHAPTER XV The Battle of Copenhagen -1801

CHAPTER XVI The Threatened Invasion of England -1801

CHAPTER XVII The Vigil off Toulon -1803

CHAPTER XVIII Twelve weary Months in the Mediterranean -1804

CHAPTER XIX The Crisis -1805

CHAPTER XX Nelson's Last Command -1805

CHAPTER XXI The Rout in Trafalgar Bay -1805

Index of Proper Names

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Notes

Uniform with this Volume

THE STORY OF NAPOLEON

By Harold F. B. Wheeler, F.R.Hist.S. With 16 full-page Illustrations.

FAMOUS VOYAGES OF THE
GREAT DISCOVERERS

By Eric Wood. With 16 full-page Illustrations.

THE STORY OF THE CRUSADES

By E. M. Wilmot-Buxton, F.R.Hist.S. With 16 full-page Illustrations by M. Meredith Williams.

STORIES OF THE
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By Mr and Mrs William Platt. With 16 full-page Illustrations by M. Meredith Williams.