English: The painting combines events from several times during the battle. Nelson's famous signal "England expects..." flies from the Victory (11:50); the top-mizzenmast falls (13:00); the Achille is on fire in the background (late afternoon) and the Redoutable sinks in the foreground (following day).
Turner shows the Victory flying her signal flags from the main-mast, although in actuality they would have been flown from the mizzen-mast and were replaced with the signal for "engage the enemy more closely" once the battle commenced.
العربية: تدمُج لوحة معركة الطرف الأغر التي رسمها جيه إم دبليو تيرنر (زيت على قماش، 1822-1824) أحداثاً لعدة مواقف جرت خلال معركة الطرف الأغر ضمن الحروب النابليونية وهي انتصار بحري بريطاني كبير تأثر بالهوية البريطانية.
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