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ADAM DUNCAN Admiral Admiralty Ajaccio anchor army attack boats Brest Cadiz Capt Captain Channel circumstances coast command convoy Corsica cruise cruisers cutter dear Lord Dear Sir defence detached DUNDAS TO SPENCER Dutch embarked enemy enemy's expedition faithful and obedient favour force French frigates Gibraltar give harbour HENRY DUNDAS honour hope Horatio Nelson intended Ireland island JERVIS TO SPENCER join land letter Lieutenant Lisbon Lord Bridport Lord Spencer lordship lordship's most obedient lordship's very faithful Majesty's Mediterranean mutiny naval navy necessary Nelson Nore obedient humble servant obedient servant object occasion officers Popham ports Portugal present PRIVATE probably Rear-Admiral received respect sail sail-of-the-line San Fiorenzo seamen sent ship's company ships Sir Charles Sir Charles Knowles Spanish fleet Spithead squadron station suppose Tagus Texel tion Toulon transports troops vessels Vice-Admiral Victory VINCENT TO SPENCER wind Windsor Castle wish
Populaire passages
Pagina 478 - I have the honour to be Your lordship's Most obedient, humble servant, HOR.
Pagina 425 - I do assure your Lordship that the arrival of Admiral Nelson has given me new life: you could not have gratified me more than in sending him; his presence in the Mediterranean is so very essential, that I mean to put the Orion and Alexander under his command, with the addition of three or four Frigates, and to send him away the moment the Vanguard has delivered her water to the in-shore squadron, to endeavour to ascertain the real object of the preparations making by the French.
Pagina 56 - Gibraltar on the 10th of October, the day he received my orders, and fulfilled them, I have every reason to believe the Spanish fleet would have been cut to pieces. The extreme disorder and confusion they were observed to be in, by the judicious officers who fell in with them, leave no doubt upon my mind that a fleet so trained and generally well commanded as this is would have made its way through them in every direction.
Pagina 422 - ... that the appearance of a British squadron in the Mediterranean is a condition on which the fate of Europe may at this moment be stated to depend, you will not be surprised that we are disposed to strain every nerve, and incur considerable hazard in effecting it.
Pagina 134 - You are hereby authorised and ordered to wait upon the King, wherever he may be, with the resolutions of the Committee of Delegates, and are directed to return back with an answer within fifty-four hours from the date hereof. (Signed)
Pagina 26 - Cadiz, without the limits of the port, and received his water and refreshments at will; but when the Blue Devils prevail, there is an end of resource and energy. You see, my Lord, how very few men are fit to command. Looking over the list of admirals with an impartial eye, I cannot find many men on it qualified to command ten line-of-battle ships on critical service.
Pagina 423 - I think it almost unnecessary to suggest to you the propriety of putting it under the command of Sir H. Nelson, whose acquaintance with that part of the world, as well as his activity and disposition, seem to qualify him in a peculiar manner for that service.
Pagina 21 - I beg I may have no more admirals [sent me], unless they are firm men. Your lordship will readily comprehend that persons holding high situations in a fleet who see everything with a jaundiced eye are a perfect nuisance. Fortunately for me, Commodore Nelson and several of the captains of line-of-battle ships and frigates under my command . . . will work to anything.'90 XXII FROM FLAG CAPTAIN TO SHIP-BOY 'And, Sir, the secret of his victories?
Pagina 196 - Improvements in Dock-yards. — To be set about with vigour, and carried on with perseverance, much reform necessary in the Civil Department. If all the clerks in the dock-yards were dismissed, with annuities, payable on one condition only, " that they reside fifty miles from any Dock-yard," the public would benefit exceedingly.