A selection of articles in the British Press related to the opening of the New Gallery at the Royal Maritime Museum in Greenwich, London, on Trafalgar Day, 21 October, 2013.
– in The Telegraph, by Jasper Copping:
“Frenchmen and landlubbers: the battlers of Trafalgar –
Research by the National Maritime Museum and the National Archives shows how Lord Nelson relied on Frenchmen and landlubbers to win the Battle of Trafalgar”
– in The Guardian, by Maeve Kennedy:
“Nelson put in his place by new Maritime Museum exhibition –
Admiral positioned as essential cog in wheel of a superior navy rather than heroic maverick he is often portrayed as”
– in The Irish Times, by Ronan McGreevy:
“England expects, with a little help from Nelson's Irish –
Enormous contribution of Irish to Battle of Trafalgar reflected in exhibition”
– in The Daily Mail, by Chris Pleasance:
“England expects every foreign man to do his duty:
How Nelson relied on more than 1,000 overseas-born sailors at the Battle of Trafalgar”