The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-03

Dunkerque In safety. To return 10 Grnvelines:
the neht according 70 the report OF participant,
continued from in the morning until at night,
the immediate result being that sixteen Spanish
ships we're rendered helpless and four TO five thou
sand soldiers were killed II is we'll known that
the rest Of the Armada, steering to the north
ward. undertook TO circumnavigate the British
islands bu, not more than half of the ships which
had entered the Channel returned TO Spain. The
Spanish fugitivcs had the assurance 10 claim
victory. and II was only gradually that the truth
leaked out at Madrid We should here note
that. in one Of his references TO tho Elizabethnn
period. Prof Rawson speaks Of Lord Bacon. !"
No such person ever existed, any moro than there
was ever a Lord Coploy or Lord Disraoi When
Francis Bacon was cnnobled he was made Baron
Of Verulam and Viscount ST Adams
The clnim Of the Battle Of the Nile to be do
scribod decisive rests Of course, upon the fact
that. by cutting of Bonaparto from any hope
OF rc-enforcements from France. II rendered unat-
hinabc the permanent conquest Of Egypt and
Syria, and the overland march to India which
hs might otherwise have carried out We
are reminded that, in Aboukir bay. such
disparity Of naval strength existed wns
in favor Of the French. Their feet under Ad
mirnl Bruoys. consisted Of one 1905 gun ship. three
ships Of so guns nine Of "a, two cf 40 two Of so.
two briggs Of Is. and IL guns. respectively, and
two bomb vessels Of guns each. 1wcnty-onc
In oil. although only seventeen were OF much ac-
count II the two bomb vessels be left out. tho
French fleet carried II $50 men and 100 guns.
Nelson's force consisted Of thirteen ships, S.O5S
men and 10l2 guns. One Of the English
ships. the Cullodcn. ran aground and took no
part IN the fight The action may be said TO
have begun at $50 4. NJ. on Aug l. 1908. and to
have continued oil night OF the French fleet.
only two ehps Of the line and two rigatcs escaped
the French loss in killed wounded and priGoners
was 5,235 while, on the English SIDE only 2lS
wero killed and 6S7 wounded Prof Dawson
points out thu, the eight in Aboukr Bay was. in
one respect the most remarkable naval battle
which had occurred up 10 that time. because 1t
rcauted In the almost total humiliation Of tho
enemy. He should have qualified this assertion
by adding modern times" From this point Of
view. moreover, " has been surpassed by the vic
tories at Cavite and of Santiago. although Of
course. the forces engaged on both sides
in the two actions last named were much
smaller. The battle Of the Nile was like the b.:.
tie OF Santiago IN this particular, that although
Nelson has received from history oil! the credit
Of u. every cnptHin, with the exception 81 Trou.
bridge Of the Cuoden, did. ms a matter Of fact.
distinguish himself II was when this battle was
imminent that Nelson IL reported TO have said.
a pcetsgo or Westminster Abbey" Prof Raw.
son says: Nelson and his friends felt agsrieved
at the Bsronrtcy as not adequate recognition
for the valuable services h. had rendered the
nat on" II was no Batone;ry which Nelson re.
ce'ved for his victory in Aboukir Bay. ON the
contrary. he was made peer. under the title Of
Baron Nelson Of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe,
an annuity Of $4,000 GouS With the peerage.
Whether Nnrol-on's contemplated invasion
Of ENGLAND would have succeeded II villeneuye
had beaten Nelson al Trafalgar. or hnI succr".lct
IN evnding him and in dominating the British
Channel for a short time is of course. npcp 1,
dispute. what - certain is that the diras'rnuu
rout 81 the combined French md Spanish fleets
wns recognized by Napoleon himself - II dratn
fact, however Nilleneuvr los, his chaucr IT further
ing nus masters plan more than two wor'hs b.
i&,~ h,s Grlcs' a, IFnialEsr ,.ha is - say On
nine ships he mrde fur C1di7 ,nstCad ot Ilrr,i
In hisnccount Of height oil Iar- trafalgar. POI
Raw~nn r.r ''ns thr, Tho French "nt Spnrih
unttcI had ihirty.thrce sli'S md TINT N.Ispu
had twcu'y.'rrcn. Int h. "niits 10 snv how many
men and guns were carried on each side i he
IN ihr-Encycnrni IA Britrrnicr bu; the autho.
81 ne nt'c,e On N"s1' record III" important i.ct
neuvc wonlL rot venture To fight on equal terms
actually scn' away portion If his hrrt in order
gives NJ loss Of the Brush in Killed and wnunli
Ss ,nr a,n,sar a., as ios and i"lIoTnS Theirs
nc '"lpu'cS 'nt TOSS oi The "lll"' nrci ut SIN ~
sven thousand rlcn. OF The 'hirty-'hr"e Franco.
spanish Nh'ns, on" was blown Up md seventeen
were captured, but only four Of the priyrs wct,
brought safely 10 GihrHl'0r Our nt;'hur -.
presses the "n'n,on that the risks t"Arn by NclS ~
At IrnialSr' were ~ great that the battle cannot
b. held up ns an example.
We piss over the chapters az the second volume
which deal with the engagement between he
Mor,tr and the Mcrrirac and the hr,tlcs ui
CnY'e ana Santiago The topics are too familiar
" require more than an nll,i'ion. We observe
that chapter is devoted 10 the B.,tlr 81 LISA
~ FNaW Ia,
even " the Italians had managed 10 bat ne kus,
Trans AT SEA. they would still have srcru,Fh... 10
thr'r enemies, N lnmbH -dy. lis well known that
IN spite of the Austrnn victories ~ Ii - ami
Cus'ozZh; N"nctin and Austria .Lnmb.r,ly were
ceded TO Napoleon Ill. who, in return transferred
them to the Italian monarchy.