Lord Viscount Nelson Pillar

[north side/côté nord]

IN MEMORY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE WHO TERMINATED HIS CAREER OF NAVAL GLORY IN THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ON THE 21ST OF OCT. 1805 AFTER INCULCATING BY SIGNAL A MAXIM THAT CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY HIS COUNTRY ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY HIS MONUMENTAL PILLAR WAS ERECTED BY A SUBSCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF MONTREAL IN THE YEAR 1808.

[west side]

ON THE 21ST OCT. 1805 THE BRITISH FLEET OF 27 SAIL OF THE LINE COMMANDED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE ATTACKED OFF TRAFALGAR THE COMBINED FLEET OF FRANCE AND SPAIN OF 33 SAIL OF THE LINE COMMANDED BY THE ADMIRALS VILLENEUVE AND CRAVINA WHEN THE LATTER WERE DEFEATED WITH THE LOSS OF 19 SAIL OF THE LINE CAPTURED AND DESTROYED IN THIS MEMORABLE ACTION HIS COUNTRY HAS TO LAMENT THE LOSS OF HER GREATEST NAVAL HERO BUT NOT A SINGLE SHIP.

[south side]

ON THE 2ND APRIL 1801 A BRITISH FLEET OF 10 SAIL OF THE LINE AND 2 SHIPS OF 50 GUNS UNDER THE IMMEDIATE COMMAND OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE VICE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE ATTACKED THE DANISH LINE MOORED FOR THE DEFENCE OF COPENHAGEN CONSISTING OF 6 SAIL OF THE LINE AND 11 LARGE SHIP BATTERIES BESIDES BOMB AND GUN VESSELS SUPPORTED BY THE GROUND AND LAND BATTERIES WHEN AFTER A SEVERE CONTEST OF 4 HOURS THE WHOLE LINE OF DEFENCE WAS SUNK TAKEN OR DESTROYED WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A BRITISH SHIP.

[east side]

ON THE 1ST AND 2ND OF AUGUST 1798 REAR ADMIRAL SIR HORATIO NELSON K.B. WITH A BRITISH FLEET OF 12 SAIL OF THE LINE AND A SHIP OF 50 GUNS DEFEATED IN ABOUKIR BAY A FRENCH FLEET OF 13 SAIL OF THE LINE AND 4 FRIGATES UNDER ADMIRAL BRUYERE TAKING AND DESTROYING THE WHOLE EXCEPT 2 SAIL OF THE LINE AND 2 FRIGATES WITHOUT THE LOSS OF A BRITISH SHIP.