[73]. See “Naval Chronicle,” Vol. X, pp. 508, 510; Vol. XI, p. 81; Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. V, p. 438.

[74]. Pellew’s “Life of Lord Sidmouth,” Vol. II, p. 237.

[75]. Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. IV, p. 452.

[76]. “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire,” Vol. II, pp. 184–197, 199–202, 356–357.

[77]. “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire”, Vol. II, p. 181.

[78]. Napoleon to St. Cyr, Sept. 2, 1805.

[79]. Napoleon to Decrès, Sept. 15.

[80]. Ibid., Sept. 4.

[81]. Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. VII, p. 80.

[82]. The following account of Nelson’s arrival and his plan of battle is taken from the fuller narrative in “The Life of Nelson,” Vol. II, pp. 339–351.—Editor.