The Battle of the Nile, 1798 - The Burning of L Orient by Ivan Berryman. (GL) REG284

The Battle of the Nile, 1798 - The Burning of L Orient by Ivan Berryman. (GL) REG284DHM1329GL. The Battle of the Nile, 1798 The Burning of L Orient by Ivan Berryman. Nelsons annihilation of the French Fleet at Aboukir Bay was complete, but for the escape of Admiral Villeneuve who would again confront his nemesis just seven years later at Trafalgar. Doubled by the British ships and ravaged by their relentless gunnery, the French faced utter defeat as the battle raged into the night. At the centre of the French line lay the massive

and fighting raged at hand-to-hand along the mealie-bag wall

Although not the final battle of the War of the Roses

flying Spitfire Mk IX MJ354 (FN-W)

French Cuirassiers Questioning a peasant outside a country farmhouse by Eduard Detaille

In the painting

Tribute to the 617 Sqn Dambusters Crew of Lancaster AJ-N by David Pentland

201 Squadrons and a fierce aerial battle ensued

the England number 10

Afghanistan to the UK

Waiting for Dawn by Gilbert Gaul

Battle of Klissura

where he besieged their camp