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    NELSON’S ‘ORDERS’

    Oct 28, 2021 2 minutes

    hen Vice-Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was killed during his greatest triumph at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 he was wearing a splendid uniform coat. Made of colourful and high-quality material, the coat still bears the bullet hole that pierced Nelson’s left shoulder, fatally wounding him. It has been suggested that the admiral

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