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end, the pombiued ensigns wfcre <drn 

 from the poop, and the British 

 hoisled in tJieir places. 



Such a battle cetild not be fought 

 without sustaining a great loss of n)cn. 

 I have not only to lament, in com- 

 mon with the British navy, and the 

 British nation, in the fall of the cotn- 

 niander in chief, the loss of a hero, 

 whose name will be immortal, and 

 his memory ever dear to his country; 

 but my heart is rent with the most 

 poignant grief for the death of a 

 friend, to whom, by many years' in- 

 timacy, and a perfect knowledge of 

 the virtues of his mind, which in- 

 spired ideas superior to the com- 

 BOon race of men, I was bound by 

 the strongest ties of affection ; a 

 grief to which even the glorious oc- 

 casion in which he fell does not 

 bring that coiuolation which per- 

 haps it ought. His lordship re- 

 ceived a musket-ball in his left 

 breast, about the middle of the ac- 

 tion, and sent an oflBcer to me im- 

 mediately with his last farewell ; and 

 soon after expired. 



I have also to lament the loss of 

 those excellent officers captains DutF 

 ©f the Mars, and Cooke of the Bel- 

 lerophon ; I have yet heard of none 

 others. 



I fear the numbers that have 

 fallen will be found very great, when 

 the returns come to me ; but it hav- 

 ing blown a gale of wind ever since 

 the action, I have not yet had it in 

 my power to collect any reports 

 from the ships. 



The Royal Sovereign having lost 

 her masts, except the tottering fore- 

 mast, I called the Euryalus to me, 

 while the action continued ; which 

 ship lying within hail, made my sig- 

 nals, a service captain Blackwood 

 ptrformed with great attention. — 



After fchc action, I shifted tfty flag to 

 her, that I might more easily com- 

 municate my-orders to, and collect 

 the ships, and towed the Royal So- 

 vereign out to lee^<'ard. The whole 

 fleet were now in a perilous situa- 

 tion, many dismasted, all shattered, 

 in thirteen fathom water, off the 

 shoals of Trafalgar ; and when I made 

 signal to prepare to anchor, few of 

 the ships had an anchor to let go, 

 their cables being shot. But the 

 same good Providence which aided 

 ns through such a day preserved us 

 in the night, by the wind shifting a 

 few points, and drifting the ships off 

 the land, except four of the captur- 

 ed dismasted ships which are now at 

 anchor otf Trafalgar, and I hope 

 will ride safe until those gales are 

 over. 



Having thus detailed the proceed- 

 ings of the fleet on this occasion, I 

 beg to coi>gratulate their lordships 

 on a victory, which, I hope, will add 

 a ray to the glory of his majesty's 

 crown, and be attended with putlie 

 benefit to our country. 

 I am, &c. 



C. Collingwood. 

 The order in which the ships of 

 the British squadron attacked the 

 combined fleets, on the 21st of Oo* 

 tobcr. 



Van. — Victory, Tameraire, Nep- 

 tnne, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, 

 Orion, Agamemnon, Minotaur, 

 Spartiate, Britannia, Africa, Eurya- 

 lus, Sirius, Phojbe, Naiad, Pickle, 

 schooner, Entreprenante cutter. 



Rear. — Royal Sovereign, Mlirs, 

 Bellisle, Tonnant, Bellerophron, 

 Colossus, Achille, Polyphemus, Re- 

 venge, Swiftsure, Defence, Thun- 

 derer, Defiance, Prince, Dread- 

 nought. 



(Signed) C. Collingwood. 



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