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Pierre de Villeneuve

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Pierre de Villeneuve , 1763-1806, French admiral. He commanded the rear guard of the fleet in the disastrous battle of Abu Qir (1798). His defeat at the battle of Trafalgar (1805) was partly due to the unpreparedness of his fleet and to his initial refusal to leave Cádiz when ordered to by Napoleon I. Taken prisoner by the English, he was released and committed suicide after returning to France. Author not available, VILLENEUVE, PIERRE DE. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

Villeneuve, Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste Silvestre, Comte de
Villeneuve, Pierre Charles Jean Baptiste...annihilated. However, Villeneuve's rear division was only...only French survivors. Villeneuve was later promoted and...down when Nelson pursued Villeneuve across the Atlantic, forcing... Read more

Battle of Trafalgar
...Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships under Pierre de Villeneuve (1763–1806) and a British...ships under Horatio Nelson . As Villeneuve tried to slip out of the besieged...the pell-mell battle captured Villeneuve and 20 ships. Near the end of... Read more

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	The Battle That Changed The World.(Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805)(Biography) ; ...closing on the 33 ships of Adm. Pierre-Charles Villeneuve's combined French and Spanish...one remaining eye to sight Villeneuve's flagship. The British admiral...and now that he had caught Villeneuve heading toward the Strait of... Read more
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