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NELSON (HORATIO) Order signed ("Nelson & Bronte"), the text in the hand of Nelson's secretary, John Scott, to Lord Mark Kerr of the Fisgard, announcing that the Admiralty has "judged it proper to confine the limits of the Mediterranean Station to the East of Gibraltar", Victory at sea, 26 January 1805
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NELSON (HORATIO)
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Nelson had received official notification of Orde's posting to the Cadiz station on Christmas Day, and gave instructions to his subordinates that they should have no dealings with Orde's ships, ʻalmost as if they were enemy ships' (Sugden, p. 724). On 2 January he learnt that the French had escaped from Toulon, but was uncertain of their objective: their course suggesting to him that they were heading south to threaten Sardinia, Sicily or Egypt, whereas in fact Napoleon had ordered them to make a diversionary voyage to the West Indies before doubling back and escorting his invasion force across the Channel. But the French fared badly in atrocious weather, and by the 21st most of the fleet had retreated back to Toulon. Nelson had meanwhile kept at sea, the weather notwithstanding beating about the area between Sardinia, Sicily and Italy, to make sure they did not escape. Not in Nicolas.





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