[19] See post p. 224.
[20] See ante, p. 90.
[21] The Earl of St Vincent appointed him a Master and Commander.
[22] Captain Richard Bowen, of H.M.S. Terpsichore, who was killed at Santa Cruz.
[23] This is in marked contrast to the generous words he wrote to the Earl of St Vincent on the 24th July.—See ante, p. 90.
[24] To bring the vessel round with her stern to the wind.
[25] i.e. the Toulon fleet.
[26] His “Authentic Narrative” of the battle was published in 1798, and is a plain, straightforward account of Nelson’s first great naval action without a superior in command. We shall have occasion to quote it freely in this chapter. Berry was Nelson’s captain.
[27] See “Deeds that Won the Empire,” p. 100.
[28] Ibid. p. 103.