Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-12-23

malEeG dlrectiY7oH CaOlz Win his Hsr,, n
wlrhin sight of the for.. His grea. obi,
was 70 induce them to come cut. Ell
them come out" he wsuld often say. 6 n
( object is not to induce them by the dis,,I
Sof all nay force to remain in port, but,
do every thing in nay power to temp, ta.,
to GENE out" In pursuance ofthis dcs,
ne never kepr all his feet before cadia
This was the manner in which he station,
his feet. The Euryslus frigate was will
in half mis of the mouth of the barb
to watck the eneHy's movements, and er
him the earliest intelligence Off the h,
Dor, burat greater distance, he had ab,a
n or sail Of the line. He remain,
himself off Cape St. Mary's with the i,
maindrr of his aeet, aud line of frigata
extended and communicated between hin
and the seven or eight sal! off Cadis.,
The advaatage of this plan was that b.
sould receive supplies and reinforcemeus
off Cape St. Mary's, without the ensmyi
being informed of-it, and thus they i,
NAMED constantly ignorant ofthe real feru
underh his command. BIT being acqusip.
ed as we have already said, with the en- (
cumstancs of Admiral Louis having be-,
dispatched with seven sail of the line, As
conceived his force rot to amour, to mon
than 90 sail of the line. Great praise isdu
to the admiralty for the active and vigsroa
exertions they had made 60 place Lord
Nelson's force in the best possible STATE;
the coaab;ncd aeets at Cadiz, had ia NOR
particular manner dxed thei. attention.
they had strong reason 60 suspect wha f.
their intentions were. Just before the !
came out Of port, hi, Lordship had bes
reinforced by three or four sail of the Ind
from home; Of this, by Lord Nelson's ie|
dicious conduct in atat;oning his feet h'
enemy were uniformed.
His lord ship had received from the adj
miral,y on the 1st and Cd of October, sud
information as induced him to believe thai !
the enemy would soon put to sea. He hal
arranged, before he lief, London to ASSUME
the command of the aeet, plan by whd
he would fight the enemy upon new priaP 4
ciple it was, We understand, extremsIk
simple, bur it was no sooner made know
than it carried conviction to every navl
Officer; it afforded a complete remedy hE
that announcement system which require,
vast variety and frequent changes of sig
nails. !" SHALL never distract nv heel
said he, {" in the dav Of battle with super
abundance of signals" On the 4th of0sA
tober he ordered all captains on board ths
Victory, and laid before them his new plan
1t was one of the peculiar features Of lord
Nelson's character to be able, by the clear
ness and precision of his plan and orders y
make every man understand him IN an ID /
slant: the new plan carried immediate con{
viction to them; they all exclaimed, thai
it could net bu. be successful. The lasf
order given before the action. was snotE
but comprehensive enc $" England expeaF
every man to do his duty" He desermlE
ed himself to SIGHT the Spanish admirari
ship, the Sautissma Trinidada. ltisworS
thy of remark, that he had before gained
the highest honor in graphing with the San
aissima Trinidada, in the action of tho !
18th of February 1877, of Cape St. Vd- 4
cent. She was the largest ship in the world,g
carried 1856 guns, and had four decks.-A
Lord Nelson ordered his own ship to bel
carried alongside Of his old acquaiutaace
as he called her, ans she was dashed to hs'
How well the action was fought, how g
we're the conflict, admiral ColingwoodI
excellent letter informs US. The enem1
were engggra at the maszlc oftheir guns
one knows how fun their shlP1
always are OF men, every seventy foa|
gun ship has abou. nine hundred men ; til
Santissima Trinidada had sixteen hundrs
including corps Of troops, amongst who's
were some sharp shooters. Captain HarqE|
who saw from the manner in which thes
sharp shooters fired from the main top
the Santissima Trinidada into the Victor
their object was 70 pick out the Officers
and more particularly of course, that grs'
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