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On 1 August 1798 NELSON 34) won the Battle of the Nile in Aboukir BAY (40) near ALEXANDRIA (19). In the poem Casabianca (White House), `THE BOY STOOD (1A) ON THE BURN- ING (14) DECK (8)' of L'ORIENT (22), the French flagship, which BLEW UP (25).

First prize: J.B. Williams, Shrews- bury. Runners-up: David Edelsten, Sherborne; Mrs M. Nash, Cheltenham.