Friday, October 21, 2005

200 years ago...

...today this famous flag signal was sent off the southwestern coast of Spain:

E N G L A N D
E X P E C T S
T H A T
E V E R Y
M A N
W I L L
D O
H I S
D U T Y
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This is not quite true because it was coded and looked actually more like this:

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have learned something new! Have a great day. Gatín

Ms Mac said...

3 cheers for Admiral Lord Nelson!

Hurrah!
Hurrah!
Hurrah!