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London, England, 1805-11-07 00:00:00

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TUE LONDON GAZETTE EXTRA.
ORDINARY.

Afisir. illy- r. Nor. 6, I SOS.
Dispatches, of which the following are enries.
were received at the Admiralty this day, at one
o'clock, •. m. frnm Vice-Admiral Clllingsvonsl,
Commander in Chief of His Majesty's ships and
vessels off Cadiz
SIR, Rwyallis, cie Cape Treakit, OR. t!, tans.
The ever to-be-lamented Death of Vice-Admiral
Lord Viscount Ne7son, who, in the late confliel with
the enemy, fell in the hour of viAnry, leaves to
rne the duty of informing my-Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, that on the 19th instant, it was
communicated to the Commander in Chief, from
the ships watching the motions of the enemy in
Cadiz, that the Combined Fleet had put to Sea ; as
they sailed with light winds westerly, his Lordship
concluded their destination was the Mediterranean,
end immediately made all sail for the Streight's En-
trance, with the Dritish Squadron, consisting of 27
ships, three of them sizty-fonrs, where his
Lordship was infirmei by Captain trickwood
(whose vigilance in watching, and giving notice of
the enemy's movemests, has been highly meritori-
eus), that they had not yet passed the Streights.
On Monday, the 21st inst. at day-light, when
Cape 'Trafalgar hare E. by S. about seven leagues,
the enemy was diNcnvered six or seven mile; to 'he
Eastward, the wind about West, and very light ;
the Commander-in-Chief immediately made the sig-
nal for the fleet to bear op in two columns, as they
are formed in order of sailing, a mode of attack his
Lordship had previously direeted, to avoid the in.
convenience and delay, in forming a line of battle
in the usual manner. The enemy's line consisted
of thirty-three ships fit' which eighteen were
French and Free Spanish), commanded ;a chief by
Admiral Villeneuve; the Spaniards, under the direc-
tion of Gravina, wore, with their heads to the
Northward, and formed their line of battle with
great closeness and correßness ; but as the mode of
attack was unusual, so the structure of their line
was news—it formed a crescent, ennvering to lee-
ward —in that, in leading down to their centre. I
had both their van, and rear, abaft the beam ;
before the fire opened, every alternate ship was
about a cahle's length to windward of her second
a-head, and a-stern, forming a kind of double line,
and appeared, when on their beam, to leave a very
little interval between them ; and this without
crowding their ships. Admiral Villeneuve was in
the Sucentaure in the centre, and the Prince of
Asturias bore Grissimes flag in the rear; but the
French and Spanish ships were mixed, without any
apparent regard to order of national squadron.
As the mole ref on:- attack had hen previously
determined on, and cnmmunieareJ to the !slag Of-
ficers and Cant rites, fen, s'gnals were necess tr y, and
none were made, except to dire& close et der as the
lines bore down.

The Ct)mmancter in Chief, in the Vi:,ar;•, led the
weather column, and the Royal Sovereign, which
bcre my Rag, the lee.
The afkion began at tweh•e c'clock, by the
leading ships of the columns breaking through the
enemy's line, the Commander-in-Chief, about the
tenth ship from the van, the second ii, command,
about the twelfth from the rear, leaving the van
of the enemy unoccupied ; the succeeding ships
breaking through, in all parts, astern of their lead-
ers. and engaging the enemy at the muzzle; of their
y ens ; the conflua was severe ; the enemy's ship.
were fought with a gallantry highly honourable to
their Officers, but the atta,:k on them was irresisti-
ble; and it pieased the Almighty Disposer of all
events, to grant !lit Majesty's arms a complete and
glorious vietory ; Aout three, p N. many of the ene-
my's ships having struck their cokuvs, their line
gave way ; Admiral Craving, with ten ships, join.
ing their frigates to lesv ad, stood tnwards Cadiz.
The five headmost ships in their v .1 tacked, and
standing to the Southward, to windward of the
British line, were eneaged, and the wernvnost of
them taken ; the other, went elf, leaving to His
Majesty's squadron nineteen ships of the line (of
which two are first-rates, the Sar.:is,ima Trinidad
and the Santa Anna), with thre • flag Officers, viz.
Admiral Villeneuve (the Commander-in Chief),
L)on Ignacio Maria D'Aliva, Vice-Admiral, and the
Spanish Rear-Adl. Den Baltazar Hidalgo Cisneros.
After such a viCtury, it may appear unnecessary
to enter into encomiums on the particular parts
taken by the several Commanders ; the conclusion
says more on the subjeft than I have language to
oxpress; the spirit which animated all was the
lames when all ezert themselves zealously in their
aNntry's service, all deserve that their high merits
should stand recorded ; and never was high merit
Wm conspicuous than in the battle I have described
The Achille (a French 74), after having surren-
dered; by some mismanagement or the Frenchmen,
took fire, and blew vp ; two hundred of bee mea
ware caved by the tenders.
A circumstance occurred during the altien, wOlcis