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Otago Witness, Issue 2692, 18 October 1905, Page 34

> - THE - Centenary of Trafalgar OCTOBER 21, 1905. !♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE OTAGO WITNESS. JUST OUT. PRICE SIXPENCE. v. - - _ Thirty-two pages, exclusive, of advertisements, containing over 120 Illustrations and, appropriate descriptive njatter. < :? -■■ Portraits of NelsbWfrom birth in Burnham Thorpe Rectory to his death in : the cockpit^ of the Victory. , ' . , i '•" ?'„ Napoleon at St. Helena. , ;\ >: V l - " Admirals^ Jervis, Hood, Parker, Keith, Collingwtod, and Hotham. -f Vignettes of the Captains of St.' Vincent, the Nile, and Trafalgar, Prince (afterwards William IV), Suckling, Pitt the Elder (Lord Chatham), -Pitt, the Yoiinger, Troubridge, Hardy, Lord Hamilton, Lady Hamilton, > /Buonaparte, &c, &c. ' Views of Portsmouth," Yarmouth,- Naples, Toulon, Amiens, Malta, Cadiz, Dalvi, Bastia, Teneriffe,. Gibraltar, Tetuan, Greenwich Hospital, Trafalgar .Square, St. Paul's, Nelson's Monument, the Funeral Procession, Nelsons ioinb, Plan of Atlantic, &c, &c.< Battle Plans of St. Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar, illus1 frating Nelson's tactics. -, Charts of the Mediterranean, illustrating Nelsons pursuit of Villeneuye, and of the Atlantic, showing the long chase before . Trafalgar. V ■ Reproductions from photographs of the Victory— her upper, mainland '-gun' decks y of the spot where Nelson fell, and of the cockpit in which he died ; of other ships associated with Nelson, &c., &c. Process engravings of famous pictures by West and others, depicting -Nelson's fall and death; of fleet actions, &c, &c. ''- Nelson's , Flagship^. Tae Funeral Service of Lord Nelson at Trafalgar Lighthouse. St. Pauls. ' The Death of -Nelson. _ Interior of St. Paul's at Lord Nelsons V Thank God I Have Done My Duty." Funeral. , Where Nelson Fell on Board the Victory. Nelson's Monument St Paul's Cathedral. -.-Nelson's Coffin and Hearse., , Velsor.'s Ti'iiib, St. f aul's Cathedral. January -10, . Napolpnn > s Meda!, Struck to Commemorate ;* . -;1806, Containing Farfciculars of the . i nvas i on . o f England. "--* 1 - D « abi L,' of N f s^' - . * " Stern View of the Victory. ■•- Nelson s Funeral Procession. , . , " ? ... ,„ „ .-',.. , (T ,, -Nelson's Monument, Trafalgar^ Square. ". „ Lord: Nelson, KB., Vwe^dnural of The V-ffraMgar" Java v Me'daV "i •, ' " '""-' " .^VI. -\\- -'.- y'' { --- The literary pprtipA-of the number"is .divided into two parts., . The -first part *"&ft connected" histdry of the T Royal Navy, f?Qni, the 'time of -Alfred ftp the -achievements of; Nelson; -and in- sketching, the 'rise, and fair in succession of rs<3resiter Spain v and Portugal'andGreater Holland arid-.the:loss of the American J "Colonies, the writer shows -now the coloniarexp^rision /of these* nations and of. .greater Britain-depended. upon sea power. / 'The secVnd/paift, follows Nelson's - career, and shows how, in the v Titanic struggle, the sea .power of Great Britain with her fifteen millions -finally overwhelmed the *;land, power of prance witjh. / her forty millions. " Fif tee'n.million§, must give-way to "forty millions," said Fapoleon, and laid the foundations of Greater Britain. 1 - In the compilation of the literary matter the works of Mahan, Clowes, ' Wilson, James, and other specialists in naval history have been largely drawn upon, so that the. number in its .wealth of illustration and its accuracy as .history, is probably unequalled outside of Great Britain. - 1 As the edition is limited, . order early to prevent disappointment. The 'Christmas number was out of print in a week, and it is anticipated that this Ipeeial number will be even more quickly taken- up. - _ Order immediately from nearest bookseller or direct from the office. PRICE,- Od ; Posted, e^d. r