Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-05-30
THE BATTLE OF THE NILE.
EXTRACT FROM M. WINsLOW FARMAN's
LECTURE, 1.-THE oNE-ARMED ADJ
MIRAL.'l

| EXTRACT FROM M. WINSLOW FARMAN's
LECTURE, 1.-THE oNE-ARMED ADJ
| MIRAL.11
DEATH OF ADMIRAL NELSON.
1t was terrible fight, this battle of
Trafalgar. The reality of it is forced
upon us when we think of the rifle
men in the enemy's tops firing down
on the English decks, the midship-
men on the English decks firing back
into the enemy's tops, the captains
believing their orders through their
trumpets, the men working the guns,
their bodies stripped to the waist,
their skins blackened with smoke and
stained with blood. Yes, it was ire
mendous conflict, and the roar of the
guns, the crackle of breaking timbers,
the crash of falling masts, the streams
of blood, the cries of the wounded,
the groans of the dying and tbs alb
rupt burial of the dead, all combined
to produce an effect which once felt,
was stamped on the mind for eter-
nifty.
We are told that Nelson wore his
admiraPs coat as usual, and on his
left breast four stars denoting the
honors with which he was invested.
This was especially dangerous, be-
cause of the riflemen in the enemy's
tops. But on a former occasion he
said: SIN honor I gained them, in
honor will die with them.'
A little past O'Clock he was hit by
ball from rifle in the Redoubtable's
top, and fell on his face in his dead
secretary's blood. AS they raised
him he said to his captain, "They have
done for me at last, Hardy" st hope
not" replied the captain. eyes," he
answered, ssmy backbone is shot
through"
They carried him below to the cock
pit which was filled with men wound
ed and dying, and laid him in mid
shipman's berth. After the surgeons
examination, he desired that person
to go and attend to others, saying,
ssYou can do nothing for me-" 1t is
said that when an enemy's ship
struck the Victory's crew hurrahed,
and at each hurrah, a CLEAN of joy
lighted Nelson's eye and marked his
countenance.
When asked how great was his pain,
he replied so great that he wished he
was dead. "Yet," he added, "one
would like to live a little longer too"
Two hours after he was shot, Cap
tain Hardy came, and shaking him by
the hand congratulated him on VIC
tory saying that at least fourteen or
fifteen of the enemy had struck.
''That's WE'LL" replied Nelson, "but I
for twenty" Before the
close of the action the number had
been raised to twenty.
Then Nelson said: "Anchor, Hardy,
anchor" The captain intimated that |
Collingwood would now take |
command of the fleet. mot while I |
live," replied the one-armed Admiral |
trying vainly to raise himself, edo |
you anchor" Calling back the cap
tain Nelson said to him in a low |
voice, "Don't throw me overlooked
And then after speaking of his burial
place and dear friend he said, "Kiss |
me Hardy" And the captain kneel-
ing amid all the gloom and horrors of |
4 cockpit in action, kissed him. 'Now"
said the dying man, 81 am satisfied"
His last words were, "Thank God I
have done my duty" And in that
berth there lay shat
tered corpse, but the soul of the great
commander had passed through the
door that opens in, but never opens
put, the door that leads from Time to
Eternity.