Villeneuve Sortie — 19 October 1805

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Combined Fleet at anchor. Not a blockade plan and not a likeness.

Overview

The sortie is already on the Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview. On 19 October 1805 Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral sortied from Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port under pressure from Napoleon.¹

The Sortie

This note covers that 19 October 1805 sortie only. A fleet list, a ship-by-ship station, and a later fight stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Cadiz Blockade — Nelson 1805 already used the late-August command and left this sortie on the battle note. Madrid — Rosily 18 October 1805 is the 18 October relief-order place, not this sailing. Rosily-Mesros François-Étienne — French Admiral stays a stub. Do not invent a fleet list from this page.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• @white2005nelson
• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview
• Trafalgar Campaign 1805
• Cadiz Blockade — Nelson 1805

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Same Subject

• Cadiz Blockade — Nelson 1805
• Trafalgar Campaign 1805
• Madrid — Rosily 18 October 1805
• Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
• Cadiz — Spanish Naval Port

Cross-Domain

• Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview
• Decrès Denis — French Naval Minister
• Age of Sail — Era Overview
• Age of Sail — Chronological Timeline

Footnotes

1. On 19 October 1805 Villeneuve sortied under pressure from Napoleon: Battle of Trafalgar 1805 — Overview. The campaign note dates the same sailing 18–19 October. ↩

2. Late-August command stays on Cadiz Blockade — Nelson 1805. 18 October relief-order place stays on Madrid — Rosily 18 October 1805. Do not invent a fleet list. Rosily stays a stub. ↩