...'smasher' worked to best advantage when commanding officers followed Nelson's celebrated tactical advice: 'No captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy." 5 Indeed, captains may have taken Nelson's counsel too much to heart. Neglecting the subtler arts of...

...Love is a fever which marriage puts to bed and 8133 In case signals can neither be seen nor perfectly , Lucifer! I'll bu the enemy. 8134 Close with a Frenchman, but out-manoeuvre a Russian. 8135 You must consider every man...

...their particular Line as their rallying point. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. Of the intended attack from to Windward, the Enemy in Line of Battle ready to receive an attack: The...

...this from his instructions prior to the battle: "But, in case Signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy." The British suffered 1,500 men killed or wounded and lost no ships. The Spanish and French suffered...

...was admired by contemporaries and noted as an essential quality. His famous phrase before Trafalgar, 'No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy', became common in the service within years. Vice-Admiral Codrington, who was at Trafalgar, incorporated...

...On the eve of the battle, he concluded his remarks to his officers with the encouraging observation, "No Captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." In a move that might well have failed under any other commander. Nelson divided his fleet into two...

...key lesson drawn in particular from copious references to Trafalgar: 'engage the enemy more closely'; 'no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy'.55 These two books, along with Clowes's seven volumes of 1907 and Callender's three, constituted...

...line. Also, he deliberately encouraged initiative in his officers . . . the right kind of initiative. "In case signals cannot be seen, or clearly understood,...very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy."6 Preparations aboard each warship left little to the imagination. Below, benches and tables...

...action, is not at his post', a striking echo of a phrase Nelson used in his own famous memorandum, 'No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of any enemy.' In the event, there was little that Villeneuve could do to prevent the disaster that overtook...

...their particular line as their rallying point. But in case Signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong, if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. . . . Some Ships may not get through their exact place, but they will always be at hand to assist their...