http://www.lisforlondon.com An A to Z of London Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:56:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=164 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=164#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:08:25 +0000 http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/lisforlondon/?p=164 Naval ships used flags to ‘telegraph’ messages to each other. Nelson ignored orders he didn’t like by putting his telescope to his blind eye.

]]> http://www.lisforlondon.com/?feed=rss2&p=164 0 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=135 http://www.lisforlondon.com/?p=135#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:59:11 +0000 http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/lisforlondon/?p=135 Lord Nelson joined the Royal Navy as a boy and lost an eye and an arm in battle. He led Britain to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar but died in the fight.

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