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Description: | 370 Danes were killed and 665 wounded at the Battle of Copenhagen. 253 of the British fleet were killed and 658 wounded; these figures rose in the period after the battle. Nelson used his previously unnoticed diplomatic skills to secure a 14-week truce, during which the Armed Neutrality he had been sent to break up did so, thanks to his victory and the assassination of the pact?s main architect, Tsar Paul I of Russia. In fact the Tsar had been murdered just before the battle and, had this been known, it might have been avoided.
Box Title: P23 Groups.
caption: Mindeblad om Danmarks Haedersdag d.2.April 1801 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Copenhagen Nelson Danish Commanders Nelson's great battles prints | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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