It was in the July of 1794 that Horatio Nelson lost the sight in his right eye at the Siege of Calvi, it was on the 22nd of July of 1797 that he was quite literary in the wars again.
Nelson was shot in the arm at the Battle of Santa Cruz.
According to the ships surgeon, Nelson sustained a
"Compound fracture of the right arm by a musket ball passing through a little above the elbow; an artery divided; the arm was immediately amputated."
Eight years later Nelson received a injury that would prove fatal. At the Battle of Trafalgar, a bullet entered his left shoulder, passed through his spine and lodged two inches below his right shoulder blade.
When Nelson was close to death, he famously asked Vice Admiral Hardy to kiss him. Hardy kissed him on the cheek and Nelson asked who it was
"It is Hardy" he said.
"God bless you Hardy" was Nelson's last response.
According to the ships surgeon, Nelson sustained a
"Compound fracture of the right arm by a musket ball passing through a little above the elbow; an artery divided; the arm was immediately amputated."
Eight years later Nelson received a injury that would prove fatal. At the Battle of Trafalgar, a bullet entered his left shoulder, passed through his spine and lodged two inches below his right shoulder blade.
When Nelson was close to death, he famously asked Vice Admiral Hardy to kiss him. Hardy kissed him on the cheek and Nelson asked who it was
"It is Hardy" he said.
"God bless you Hardy" was Nelson's last response.
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