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NELSON (HORATIO) Order signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), the text in the hand of Nelson's secretary, John Scott, to Captain Lord Mark Kerr of the Fisgard, ordering him to gather intelligence: Victory at sea, 28 September 1804
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NELSON (HORATIO)
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ʻOF GREAT IMPORTANCE I SHOULD BE ACQUAINTED WITH THE POLITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES PASSING FRANCE AND SPAIN': as well as supplying Nelson's fleet, Edward Gayner of Rosas proved himself a vital source of intelligence, becoming, from June 1803, ʻa conduit for information about Spain, France, and all that appertained to available resources and facilities... Gayner also entertained calling naval officers, helped apprehend deserters and used his private family correspondence to Bristol to hide some of the admiral's letters. Close to the French border, he became an important source of intelligence' (Sugden, op. cit., p.704).
Richard Ford, Agent-Victualler to the Fleet, like Gayner, played an important part in the difficult task of keeping Nelson's fleet healthy: ʻThis significant but little-told story of Nelson's command was peopled by a different, and almost forgotten, cast of characters, in which some, such as Richard Ford, John Snipe [Physician to the Fleet] and Edward Gayner deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Murray, Keats and Gore. It was a strength of Nelson that he recognised the worth of such men and what they contributed to his achievement' (p.688). Not in Nicolas.





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