S Hobart glides past Mount Fuji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background
Halfway down the hill Williams knights turned and charged the Saxon infantry
With the D-Day landings just 48 hours old
Image size 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm)
Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. (GL) UNT65 S Hobart glides past MountDHM6920GL. Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. Upon hearing the news that Admiral Villeneuve and his squadron had headed across the Atlantic to the West Indies, Nelson, in HMS Victory, set off in pursuit early in June, 1805, in the hope of engaging the French there, thus preventing them from combining with the Spanish fleet that were blockaded in Cadiz. Nelsons squadron comprised the 74 gun Amazon, Swiftsure, Belleisle, Canopus, Conqueror, Donegal,