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HORATIO, VISCOUNT NELSON (1758-1805)
Letter signed ('Nelson & Bronte') to Sir John Orde, 1st Bart, Victory in Palma Bay, Sardinia, 27 March 1805, acknowledging letters and informing Orde that 'the Toulon Fleet is perfectly ready for sea ten sail of the Line, five sail of the Line are getting forward at Carthagena', one page, folio, docketed by recipient.
Provenance: Sir John Orde, 1st Bart; and by descent.
THE FRENCH FLEET PREPARING TO BREAK OUT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. On 4 April Nelson received the news that the French fleet under Villeneuve had indeed left Toulon; Orde, who was standing off Cadiz with a much smaller force, cautiously fell back before him towards the Channel approaches to guard against any invasion threat.
Letter signed ('Nelson & Bronte') to Sir John Orde, 1st Bart, Victory in Palma Bay, Sardinia, 27 March 1805, acknowledging letters and informing Orde that 'the Toulon Fleet is perfectly ready for sea ten sail of the Line, five sail of the Line are getting forward at Carthagena', one page, folio, docketed by recipient.
Provenance: Sir John Orde, 1st Bart; and by descent.
THE FRENCH FLEET PREPARING TO BREAK OUT OF THE MEDITERRANEAN. On 4 April Nelson received the news that the French fleet under Villeneuve had indeed left Toulon; Orde, who was standing off Cadiz with a much smaller force, cautiously fell back before him towards the Channel approaches to guard against any invasion threat.
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