I am afraid The Argus, together with all sections of the media, including television and the national Press, is wrong in stating that the battle of Trafalgar saved Britain from invasion.
The murder of the Duke of d'Enghien by agents of Bonaparte sent shock waves through the royal courts of Europe, and Austria began to mobilise with the intention of invading Bavaria.
By late September, the invasion camp on the French coast had broken up and the army had started to march to Germany.
On October 17, five days before Trafalgar, Napoleon defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Ulm.
Russia had also declared war and, on December 2, Napoleon won one of his greatest victories over the joint Russian and Austrian armies at Austerlitz.
-RW Carden, Brighton
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