[59] The letter will be found in full in footnote 1, p. 175.
[60] See “Napoleon and the Invasion of England,” by H. F. B. Wheeler and A. M. Broadley, especially vol. i. pp. 159–194.
[61] A volunteer corps enrolled for the purpose of defending the coast.
[62] See “Annual Register,” for 1801, p. 269.
[63] The Aigle had taken refuge in Cadiz harbour.
[64] The despatch is quoted in French by Professor Sir W. Knox Laughton in his edition of Sir N. Harris Nicolas’s great work (pp. 354–5).
[65] See Mahan’s “Nelson,” p. 661, and Laughton, p. 202.
[66] These were crippled ships detached by Villeneuve.
[67] Mahan accepts this, but Laughton discredits it.
[68] The total British broadside was 1000 lbs. less.