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NELSON, HORATIO, British Admiral. Letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte") as Commander of the British warship Victory at Sea, to Captain Jonathan Chambers White, H.M.S. Kent, 16 August 1804. 1 page, folio, 300 x 195mm. (11 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.), formerly tipped at left margin to another sheet, in very good condition.
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NELSON, HORATIO, British Admiral. Letter signed ("Nelson & Bronte") as Commander of the British warship Victory at Sea, to Captain Jonathan Chambers White, H.M.S. Kent, 16 August 1804. 1 page, folio, 300 x 195mm. (11 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.), formerly tipped at left margin to another sheet, in very good condition.
CANNON FOR THE GUNNERS OF THE Victory
Admiral Nelson to the Captain of His Majesty's Ship Kent: "It is my directions that you order the gunner of His Majesty's Ship under your command to supply the gunner of His Majesty's Ship Victory with two sixty-eight pounders, shot cartridges, and furniture of every kind belonging to them, also with two twenty-four pounders, and you will direct him to receive in lieu six twelve pounders taking the necessary receipts for the same..."
Admiral Nelson and his fleet spent the better part of 1804 off the coast of Toulon, where French Rear-Admiral Latouche-Tréville was preparing his troops for an invasion of Great Britain. While Nelson kept busy supplying and maintaining his ships in other areas, he also attempted to lure the French into battle on the open seas; the fleet remained in Toulon until Latouche-Tréville's was replaced by Admiral Villeneuve. In 1805, Villeneuve slipped through Nelson's barricade, beginning the chase that led to the great British victory at Trafalgar.
CANNON FOR THE GUNNERS OF THE Victory
Admiral Nelson to the Captain of His Majesty's Ship Kent: "It is my directions that you order the gunner of His Majesty's Ship under your command to supply the gunner of His Majesty's Ship Victory with two sixty-eight pounders, shot cartridges, and furniture of every kind belonging to them, also with two twenty-four pounders, and you will direct him to receive in lieu six twelve pounders taking the necessary receipts for the same..."
Admiral Nelson and his fleet spent the better part of 1804 off the coast of Toulon, where French Rear-Admiral Latouche-Tréville was preparing his troops for an invasion of Great Britain. While Nelson kept busy supplying and maintaining his ships in other areas, he also attempted to lure the French into battle on the open seas; the fleet remained in Toulon until Latouche-Tréville's was replaced by Admiral Villeneuve. In 1805, Villeneuve slipped through Nelson's barricade, beginning the chase that led to the great British victory at Trafalgar.