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Memoirs of Lord Nelfon. 



fDec. 1, 



wounded Danfs may be taken on /hore ; and brigs, ?nd lugger-rigged flats, wi'h fvich 

 Lord Nelfop will take his priioners out of the efFc6t, that in the c iif-- of a tew hoiirs 



■veflels, and burn or carry off his pri/.es, as 

 he ftiall think fit. Lor-^ Nelfon, with humble 

 duty to His Royal ■ ighnefs the f'rince of 

 Denmark, will confider this the greatcft vic- 

 tory he ever seined, if it be ihe caufe of a 

 happy reconciljjtiun and union between his 

 own molt gracifius "^overei^n and His ^Ujefty 

 the Kinf of Deom'.ik 



(Signsd) " Nelson and BiiONTK." 



Soon after this his Loidfhii) went on 

 fliore, and a conference haii g taken 

 place, and nn anniltice liaving been agreed 

 t>> anJ n'ified, on the p^it of the Crown 

 Prince on the one hand, and Sir Hyde Par- 

 ker, Commander-in-Chief, on the other, 

 he re;\irned on board. 



The ire manapemmt of the nego- 

 tiation "i ihuo devolved on Adiiir 1 

 Lord ;! on, lie ntxr addrefT^ri hmnfeU to 

 the > v-airti Government, and ob amed 

 the enibirgo to be taken »fl:' all ihc En 

 gli/h fliips in the Baltic. Tbefe two grs.~d 

 poiius having been gained, his Lordfn p, 

 \viio was obliged, on accunnt of the ftate 

 of his health, t. return "ome, left inftruc- 

 tions 10 hii IbccetTor, Vice- Admiral Pole, 

 to comtil'te what was ftiU wanting on the 

 p-i.rt of Great Briiain. The critical death 

 of Paul Emperor of RufTia, the cont'nu- 

 anceof :ifoirr,i>i4b'eflcv t in theB.fltic, and, 

 above all, t'le me r.ory of the battle ot Co- 

 penhagen, A'lich in poini of fiercenels Inr- 

 paflel, and of I'.iccefs nearly equalled, that 

 of the Nile, all ci ntrihuied to the joyful 

 event thiit I'licedily eniiied, — a treaty of 

 peace and amity with the Northr'rn Pnwers. 

 An cip|jortunity 'ow once more occurred 

 of his retiring to the bolim of his fam ly, 

 scconipaniei. by nonouv, renown, and afflu- 

 ence. B"t this wss never once dre-med 

 of by our sjallant Connmander, wh.de his 

 country lema'ned at wa^ ; for " ViiSto, y, 

 or Welfmin^ler Ahhey," vveie always up- 

 peimiltin his thoughts, words, and ac- 



ihree of them were fu k and (ix drove on 

 (hore. An attempt was mad o boats to 

 efFe61 more, and more would .n all proba- 

 b'.hty have been efFrfftcd. had not a titaty 

 fuddcnly taken place and been concluded 

 oi terms in ro wife c- mmcnfiuaie with 

 either tie hopes entertained or the achieve- 

 m nts perf'^rmed. 



He vuas now enabl d to retire fo 'he 

 eftaie lately ourchafcd by himfelf, IVIerton, 

 ard ciijoy he loticty of hii friends ; but 

 no :o'>ner was this flioit and ill-Haried 

 peace diiTolved, th^n his Lordfhip was 

 called upjn to '-ike the command o' the 

 Ih'ps in li'e Mediterranean. He accird- 

 ingly rf paired thither, -^ board the Vic- 

 tory, M^'/ 20, i3o3, and tormcd he block- 

 ade o Toulon with a power'ul liqu.\di'on. 

 Not-vithiiarding all the vigiiiiice employ- 

 ed, a fit -t e leaped out ',f this pori on tlie 

 30th of Maicii, 1X05, and fhnrtly after 

 formed ;» junflion with the Cadiz fqua- 

 dron, Sir John Orde being obliged tore- 

 tire before fuch a fiiperiaiity in point of 

 nunbcr.s. 



The gallant Nelfon no fooner received 

 intelligence of this event, than he followed 

 the enemy to he Weft-Indies j and fuch 

 was the terr T of his name, that they re- 

 turned without efFeflingany thing woi thy 

 of menM-^n, md got in"o port after run- 

 nuig the gauntlet through Sir Robert 

 Calder's qindion. The enemy having 

 thus aga.n eluded his pur uit, he re- 

 turned aliDoli: inconlblable to England ; 

 butdepattid loon after to affime the com- 

 mand of the fleet off Cadiz, wheie. impa- 

 tient of further delay, he h;id recourle (o 

 every ait to induce them to put once 

 more to ii;a. In this he st length proved 

 liiccefsful ; and, while he con*"!! •'mated 

 his glory, loft hi." life, as he had predicted, 

 in battle. 



As few or no private acoints have 



^ " , .. J L „ 1 I- been as yet receive 1, th fallowing extraiSf 



As the enemy at this period boal'.ed of - . , r ^ •_ / n i • 1 / t . -x 



, . . ' . \ 1 r u- from the difpatch ot Admiral (now Loro) 



their imenrions to mvade and lubjugH.e ^ ,,. 1 _ ,, _rf_ j -^ _. .1 '• 



the kingdom, he detern-.incd if pcffiiile to 

 render all their vain-glorious threais abor- 

 tive, by dettroying hci;- flotilla in the port 

 that protefled it by means of numcrouiiba'- 

 teiKsancl a confiderable army. Fort'is 

 purjoivhe-iioifted nisfiag, as Vice-Adiuir-jl 

 of the Blue, on board heMednfi, then ly.ng 

 St Sheer: el*, and at the fame time alfumid 

 the coii^m.'.nd ot t*o fail of ;he li e, filtecn 

 frigucs, and a variety of I'^n^ll cra't. In 

 tile nicnth {'f Auguif, iSoi, he bonibiid- 

 cd the esemy's flstt of gun-baats, armed 



Co'lingwood w 11 afford, if n Jt the com- 

 pletelt, yet the molt authentic, detaiU i.i- 

 th^rti) in our nower to obtain : 



" The a tion began at twelve o'clock, by 

 the leading (hips of the columns breaking 

 through the enemy's line, the Commander- 

 in-Chief about the tenth fhip fro n the van, 

 the fecond in command about the twelttb 

 from tne tear, leaving the van of the enemy 

 unoccupied ; the fucccecir,g ihips breaiii g 

 through in alt parts .iftern of their leaders, 

 3ni:i engaging the enemy at the muzzles ot 

 their ^uns. The conilift v/as fevere : the 

 enerov"; 



