184
Ibid., April 20 and 23.
185
Corr. de Nap., vol. x. p. 394.
186
Ibid., p. 490.
187
Ibid., p. 571.
188
Ibid., p. 616.
189
Ibid., p. 624.
190
Corr. de Nap., vol. x. p. 708.
191
For example, Thiers, Cons. et Emp., liv. xx. p. 178; Jurien de la Gravière, Guerres Maritimes, vol. ii. p. 224 (first edition).
192
Corr. de Nap., vol. xi. p. 162.
193
Nels. Disp., vol. vi. p. 401. In a former work ("The Influence of Sea Power upon History," p. 23), the author casually spoke of this as a false step, into which Nelson had been misled. A closer study has convinced him that the British admiral did quite right.
194
Corr. de Nap., vol. x. p. 624. Compare this with Nelson's remark, just quoted.
195
Corr. de Nap., vol. x. p. 624.
196
Ibid., June 22, 1805, p. 686.
197
Nap. to Decrès, May 10, 1805.
198
Corr. de Nap., June 9, p. 624.
199
Annual Register, 1805, p. 225; Naval Chronicle, vol. xiii. p. 399.
200
Naval Chronicle, vol. xiii. p. 484. The expression "balayer la Manche"—sweep the Channel—is far stronger than the Chronicle's translation, which is preserved in the quotation.
201
Apparently a prize. (Nels. Disp., vol. vi. p. 410.)
202
Nels. Disp., vol. vi. p. 411.
203
Ibid., Sept. 6, 1804.
204
Corr. de Nap., June 28, 1805, vol. x. p. 708.
205
Ibid., p. 705.
206
Nels. Disp., vol. vi. p. 457.
207
Ibid., p. 45.
208
Nels. Disp., vol. vi. p. 459.