 Captains are to look to 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.  Fleet Tactics Under Steam - Page 5by Foxhall Alexander Parker - 1870 - 250 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Jepson, Charles White - 2006 - 69 pages
...generational span, I think; the technology of the various campaigns is probably secondary. Nelson said, "No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy," and he was right. Maybe the values expressed in the books as well, which are universal. You have enjoyed... | |
 | Richard Howard Gimblett, Peter Trevor Haydon, Michael Jeffrey Whitby - History - 2006 - 414 pages
...descriptive phrase that summarizes the navy's role, such as John Paul Jones's "Go in harm's way" or Nelson's "No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." The most famous phrase in Canadian naval history — and perhaps the only famous one — is John Stubbs's... | |
 | William Tuohy - Admirals - 2007 - 428 pages
...1805 against the French and Spanish fleets. His naval philosophy could be summed up in his dictum: "No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." The "Nelson" touch became a template for a successful admiral. Nelson treated every problem with a... | |
 | T. C. W. Blanning - History - 2007 - 764 pages
...summed up by Nelson's instruction before Trafalgar: 'In case signals can neither be seen nor perfectly understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.' At Trafalgar, the battle was over in just five hours, by which time Nelson's fleet had... | |
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