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| | ipedia.com: Cádiz Article |
 | | Cádiz (population 140,000) is a coastal city in south-west Spain, in the region of Andalusia. | | | For other cities and meanings see Cadiz (disambiguation). | | | In the Anglo-Spanish War Admiral Robert Blake blockaded Cádiz, during which one of his captains, Richard Stayner destroyed most of the Spanish treasure fleet. |
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| | Lord Horatio Nelson @ Nelson.y2u.co.uk |
| | However, he had already decided that his navy was not adequate to secure the Channel for the invasion barges and had started moving his troops away for a campaign elsewhere in Europe. | | | On the 19th, the French and Spanish fleet left Cádiz, probably because Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, the French commander, had heard that he was to be replaced by another admiral. | | | On September 13, 1805, he was called upon to oppose the French and Spanish fleets, which had managed to join up and take refuge in the harbour of Cádiz, Spain. |
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| | Articles: Cortés, Hernando - Historical Text Archive |
| | At the age of 14, he left home to study law at the University at Salamanca and returned home two years later. | | | He wandered the seaports of Cádiz, Palos, Sanlucai, and Seville. |
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