Napoleon ordered General Jerot to march French troops over the Pyrenees. On November 30, French troops entered the Portuguese capital of Lisbon and closed the country's ports to English ships.

As 1805 began, Napoleon was planning to cross the English Channel and invade Great Britain with 2000 ships and 200,000 soldiers. The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable ...

"Even when Victory made her name, Napoleon instructed even more planting of trees," he continued. “The French have been very ... "For the Royal Navy to support ships like Victory, and their ...