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Nelson's 'band of brothers'
'Band of brothers'
was a phrase used by
Rear-Admiral
Horatio Nelson
to refer to the
captains
under his command just prior to and at the
Battle of the Nile
in 1798. The phrase, taken from
Shakespeare's
St Crispin's Day Speech
of
Henry V
, later came to be more generally applied to his relationship with the captains and men under his command, such as at the
Battle of Trafalgar
.
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