[29] See Comment, ii. 341–2, also Mahan’s “Sea Power,” i. 269.
[30] Among those who perished were Commodore Casabianca and his young son, whose bravery is immortalised in the well-known poem by Mrs Hemans.
[31] Battle of the Nile.
[32] Miss Knight is referring to the Earl of St Vincent’s flagship, and not to a vessel named after him.
[33] See ante, pp. 72–3.
[34] He had held the position since 1765.
[35] In 1804.
[36] Maria Theresa (1717–1780), Archduchess of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, and Empress of Germany. She crossed swords with Frederick the Great on more than one occasion, and participated in the partition of Poland, 1772.
[37] Parthenopeia was the ancient name of Naples.
[38] Prime Minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.