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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
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I doubt is a
finch flying near the area of the battle of Trafalgar could have survived all the cannon, grape and musket shot.
Ditto for those animals with the gift of flight especially the humans in this melee. There was much to
menace living things near this havoc-- enough to make even the bravest
wheeze.
John Keegan's
The Price of Admiralty: the Evolution of Naval Warfare is a very good book with a section on Trafalgar and its history.