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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: Victory at sea, 14 March 1805

24 June 2015, 11:00 BST
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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: stating that "Whereas the Service of His Majesty's Ships Fisgard and Amazon are particularly wanted at this important Moment", Kerr is ordered to have repairs made to the Fisgard with all possible dispatch so that she is "in a State for immediate Service" and that the Amazon is supplied with food and water, and that he then "take charge of the Victuallers and Coal Ships intended for the Fleet under My Command" and convoy them in safety to Rendezvous 97 [south of Cape San Sebastian]; adding in a postscript that "The Ships that bring up the Victuallers and Coal Ships abovementioned must be of sufficient force to protect the against two french frigates which I understand are at Carthagena"; counter-signed "By Command of the Vice Admiral/ John Scott", headed by one of Scott's clerks: "By the Right Honourable Lord Viscount K.B. Duke of Bronte in Sicily, Knight of the Great Cross of St Ferdinand and of Merit, Knight of the Order of the Crescent and of the Illustrious Order of St Joachim, Vice Admiral of the White and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels employed and to be employed on the Mediterranean Station"; recipient's docket, 2 pages, paper watermarked ʻFellows/ 1804', integral blank absent, very light dust-staining where folded for filing, folio, Victory at sea, 14 March 1805

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After the French break-out from Toulon and their return on 21 January, Nelson had eventually returned to blockade station off Toulon on 13 March, having made a voyage in hunting for the French of nearly two thousand miles. Not in Nicolas.

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