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The Battle of Cape St. Vincent:
Sir John Jervis's Official Account of the Battle against the Spanish Fleet ...Victory in Lagos Bay, Feb 16, 1797...I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system; and passing through their fleet, in a line formed with the utmost celerity, tackled and thereby separated one-third from the main body... Among the Killed and Wounded: Commodore Nelson, bruised, but not obliged to quit the deck -- 26½in. (68cm.) col space on the front page of a complete copy of The Times, 4 March 1797.
Sir John Jervis's Official Account of the Battle against the Spanish Fleet ...Victory in Lagos Bay, Feb 16, 1797...I felt myself justified in departing from the regular system; and passing through their fleet, in a line formed with the utmost celerity, tackled and thereby separated one-third from the main body... Among the Killed and Wounded: Commodore Nelson, bruised, but not obliged to quit the deck -- 26½in. (68cm.) col space on the front page of a complete copy of The Times, 4 March 1797.