 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
 | Frank Reginald Harris - Admirals - 1912 - 402 pages
...but the 1 Sandwich MSS. Journal, vol. i., f. 337. Cf. Nelson's memorandum on the eve of Trafalgar : " No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." a JS Corbett, Fighting Instructions (1530-1816), contains the first set. 3 The council minutes are... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Anglo-French War, 1778-1783 - 1913 - 382 pages
...It is like marching towards the sound of guns, or, to use Nelson's words, "In case signals cannot be understood, no captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." The "In Case," however, needs also to be kept in mind; and that it was Nelson who said it. Utterances... | |
 | Charles Walker Robinson - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1914 - 290 pages
...beyond all others " ; and he left his captains free from all hampering -r,MleJ by telling them that " No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy." In short the execution was to be as circumstances should dictate, subject to the guiding... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Naval art and science - 1918 - 416 pages
...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, Wind.1... | |
 | Alfred Thayer Mahan - Naval art and science - 1918 - 418 pages
...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, Wind.1... | |
 | Arthur Corbett-Smith - World War, 1914-1918 - 1919 - 306 pages
...Masts and Yards of friends as well as foes .... Bui in case Signals can neither be seen nor perfectly understood, no Captain can do very wrong if he places...his Ship alongside that of an Enemy." — NELSON. (The Trafalgar Memorandum.) " SEEK out and destroy the enemy fleet " is an admirable maxim if it be... | |
 | Julian Stafford Corbett - Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805 - 1919 - 362 pages
...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. 1 Of the intended attack from to windward. The enemy in the line of battle ready to receive an attack.... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...be that of a close and decisive action, would supply any deficiency of signals, and act accordingly. itering. Though the sedge is wrong, if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." One of the last orders of this admirable... | |
 | James Richard Thursfield - Great Britain - 1920 - 440 pages
...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." It has indeed been said that the day HOW TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM 71 would have been equally well won,... | |
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