[13] The Dutch were believed to have sixteen of the line—one seventy-four, seven sixty-eights, and the rest under sixty guns. In Ross's squadron were one three-decker and two eighties.
[15] Nelson to Barham, 29 August 1805.
[16] Captain Philip Patton to Sir Charles Middleton, 27 June 1794. Barham Papers, ii, 393. Patton had probably wider war experience than any officer then living. He was regarded as possessing a very special knowledge of personnel, and as vice admiral became second sea lord under Barham in 1804.
[17] Barham Papers, i, 302.
[18] To Evan Nepean, 4 September 1801. Nicolas, Nelson Despatches, iv, 484.
[19] For Barham's final views, 1805, see Barham Papers, iii, 90-93.
[20] Delarbre, Tourville et la marine de son temps, p. 339.
[21] Barham Papers, i, 292.
[22] Admiralty Secretary's In-Letters, 537, 8 August 1803.