IN MEMORY OF
THE RIGHT HONORABLE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE WHO TERMINATED HIS CAREER OF NAVAL GLORY +:
IN THE MEMORABLE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ON THE 21ST OF OCTE 1805 AFTER INCULCATING BY SIGNAL A MAXIM THAT CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN BY HIS COUNTRY ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY THIS MONUMENT AL PILLAR WAS ERECTED BY A SUBSCRIPTION OF THE INHABITANTS OF MONTREAL IN THE YEAR 1808
Sur la façade ouest, sur une plaque représentant la bataille de Trafalgar, on lit :
ON THE 21ST OCTE 1805 THE BRITISH FLEET OF 27 SAIL OF THE LINE COMMANDED BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE 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 VILLENEU VE 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
Sur la façade donnant sur le fleuve, on lit :
ON THE 2ND OF APRIL 1801 A BRITISH FLEET OF 10 SAIL OF THE LINE AND 2 SHIPS OF 50 GUNS UNDER THE IMMEDIATE COMMAND OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE VICE ADMIRAL LORD VISCOUNT NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE ATTCAKED 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.
Sur la façade de l’est on lit :
