Footnote 114:[ (return) ]
Ante, p. [164].
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Seven hundred and twenty feet. For ships of the line of that day this would make the interval between each two about four ships' length. At five knots speed this distance would be covered in something over a minute.
Footnote 116:[ (return) ]
Probably not over one or two hundred yards from the enemy.
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The position, in the French order, of the ships taken in the battle, is shown by the crosses in Positions 4, 5, 6.
Footnote 118:[ (return) ]
Canada's log, 8.15; reduced to Hood's times, which are generally followed.
Footnote 119:[ (return) ]
Ante, p. [200] (note).
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This mishap occurred to three French vessels.
Footnote 121:[ (return) ]
Ross, "Life of Saumarez," i. 71.
Footnote 122:[ (return) ]
Circular pieces of wood which cap the top of the masts.
Footnote 123:[ (return) ]
Letters of Lord Hood, p. 103. Navy Records Society.