Ignoring Parkers order to retreat at Copenhagen   In the Admiralty section Nelson is described as ignoring the signal of Parker to retreat at the Battle of Copenhagen The article goes on to add that his action was approved in retrospect However the Battle of Copenhagen article depicts the events differently It asserts with reference to Pocock that Parker made the signal in the knowledge that Nelson might disregard it It adds that it was given to allow Nelson to have the option of retreating if he so wished since for Nelson to do so without an order appears to have been a breach of military law  Although these alternatives are not necessarily contradictory each gives a different slant on Parkers competence It looks to me as if the description in the Battle of Copenhagen article might be closer to the truth would anyone agree that an alteration of this article would be fitting