Art. XXXI.—When the admiral would have the fleet draw into a line of battle one astern of the other with a large wind, and if he would have those lead who are to lead with their starboard tacks aboard by a wind, he will hoist a red and white flag at the mizen peak and fire a gun; and if he would have those lead who are to lead with their larboard tacks aboard by a wind, he will hoist a Genoese flag at the same place and fire a gun; which is to be answered by the flagships of the fleet.
Art. XXXII.—When the fleet is in the line of battle, the signals that are made by the admiral for any squadron or particular division are to be repeated by all the flags that are between the admiral and that squadron or division to whom the signal is made.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] The modifications consist mainly in adding a gun to several of the flag signals, and enjoining the flagships to repeat them.
[2] The undated admiralty copy (post 1744) has 'flagstaves.'
[3] This manoeuvre was finely executed by Sir Clowdisley Shovell with the van squadron at the battle of Malaga.
[4] Burchett, the secretary of the navy, in his Naval History censures Benbow for not having acted on this instruction in 1702 or rather on No. 28 of 1691.
PART VIII
ADDITIONAL FIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
I. ADMIRAL VERNON, circa 1740