I-Trafalgar Battle

I-Battle of Trafalgar isenzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando esiqeda ukulwa okukhulu phakathi kweNgilandi neFrance, impikiswano ebizwa ngokuthi "impi yeminyaka engamakhulu amabili".

Ngo-1805, amandla amakhulu okubusa eYurophu kwakuyibutho loMbuso WaseFrance , oholwa uNapoleon. Futhi olwandle amandla amakhulu kwakuyiBrithani Royal Navy, eyasungula ukuvinjelwa kwamanqamu eFrance, okwenzakala ukuhweba kwayo kanye nokugqugquzela amabutho empi. Naphezu kwemikhankaso eminingi ephumelelayo, amaFulents ahluleka ukuphulukana nokuvinjelwa. Futhi-ke iNapoleon ishintshela kumgomo ofanayo ngokusungula ukuvinjelwa kwezwekazi, okuvimbela amazwe onke asethembekile ekuhwebeni ne-UK. Lokhu futhi, kwaphazamisa uxhumano lweBritish Isles neYurophu.

Lokhu kwakuyisimo sezempi-sezombusazwe kule ngxenye yomhlaba, kwakungenxa yezimo ezinjalo ukuthi iMpi yeTrafalgar yenzeke.

UNapoleon wayazi kahle ukuthi iNgilandi yayiyisithiyo esikhulu ekuhleleni kwakhe. Ngokufanayo, waqala ukuthunjwa kweMalta, eCorsica, eCorfu - eziqhingini ezazingabamelene naye futhi kwakuyisisekelo esiyisisekelo esisekelwe phansi.

I-Battle of Trafalgar impi yemlando phakathi kwamabutho empi aseFrance-iSpanishi nesiNgisi. Kwaqala ngo-Okthoba 1805 ogwini lwase-Atlantic yaseSpain ngaseCape Trafalgar, ogama lakhe labizwa ngegama lakhe.

Akunqunyelwe amapulani akhe okuthatha amaKoloni angamaNgisi, uNapoleon wayehlose ukufika endaweni enkulu eFoggy Albion, futhi wabiza amalungiselelo kulo msebenzi "i-Boulogne".

Eqinisweni, yilokho i-Battle of Trafalgar yaqala khona, iSiteshi seNgisi sasigcwele impi yempi yaseFrance, eyayiphazamisa ukunqotshwa kwemikhumbi yaseBrithani.

Kule mpi yolwandle, eyaba yinto emangalisayo empini yeminyaka engamakhulu amabili, iFrance ne-ally yayo yaseSpain yalahlekelwa amafriji angaphezu kwengu-20, kanti kwakungabikho ukulahlekelwa kwemishini yempi kusukela ohlangothini lwaseBrithani nhlobo. Kodwa-ke, kwakuyi-Battle of Trafalgar eqeda impilo yobuqhawe yaseBritain iVice Admiral Nelson. Ngemva kwalokhu impi, igama lakhe eliyingqayizivele laba uphawu lwamandla amabutho aseBrithani.

Umkhumbi ohlangene waseSpain naseFrance wawunikwa umFulentshi ngobuzwe, u-Admiral Pierre Villeneuve.

I-squadron yesiNgisi yavimbela iqembu lesiFulentshi laseSpain. U-Admiral Villeneuve wathola kusuka eNapoleon umyalo wokudabula phakathi kwezingxenyana futhi uphume emanzini aseMedithera ukuze ahlangane nenhlangano yaseSpain lapho. Kodwa-ke, ngokuphambene noMkhandlu we-Admiral, uVilleneuve wabambelela emaceleni ama-one-liner. Wakha amabutho aseFrance naseSpain emgqeni owodwa.

I-Trafalgar empini yayihambisana nomoya oqinile owawusekela iBrithani: i-current force yenza kube nzima ukuthi izitsha zokuhlangana zihambe. UNelson, ngaphandle kokungabaza, wasebenzisa leli thuba elinikeziwe futhi wabhidliza uketshezi lwemikhumbi, wathumela ngokushesha kunawo wonke phambili. Amafrigati aseFrance naseSpain ahlakazekile.

I-Legend ithi i-Battle of Trafalgar yaqala ngomzuzu lapho i-Vice Admiral Nelson imemezele khona uphawu lwefulege endaweni yakhe ethi "Victoria", okusho ukuthi: "INgilandi ilindele ukuthi wonke amasosha azofeza umsebenzi wakhe." Leli gama liye lahlala njalo engqondweni yeBrithani, eminyakeni emva kokuphela kwempi, livame ukushiwo futhi lichazwe.

I-Battle of Trafalgar yaba yingxenye ebalulekile yeMpi Yesibili Yobumbano futhi enye yezingxabano eziphawulekayo zasolwandle zangekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalolunye. Futhi ukunqoba kweNgilandi kwaqinisekisa kuphela ukuphakama kwamanzi kulelizwe, elisungulwe ngekhulu le-XVIII. Ngemva kokunqotshwa kwakhe, uNapoleon washiya uhlelo lokuhlasela oluseningizimu yeNgilandi, ukuze aqale ukulwa namanye amabutho amakhulu eYurophu: e-Austria naseRussia.