...witness Nelson's Trafalgar Memorandum of October 9, 1805 : " 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." 1 Such were also the tactics of Rodney, Howe, and Hood. But the monster gun, as also the torpedo, render...

...395; cf. pp. 423-5. PLBUS Appeal 1829, p. 88. Matthews 191 1, pp. 188-9. Cf. Lord Nelson's advice: "No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy" (Mathew 1943, p. 36). 44. Smith was not bereft of self-criticism (NSM 1833, pp. 198-9, p. 472). But...

...desire to engage the enemy, and Churchill often quoted Nelson's Trafalgar memorandum in this regard: "No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy."256 The man of action, in other words, could still play a part in modern conflict. Emotions,...

...nothing is certain in a sea-fight. Each division must look for instructions to its own commander; but in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood,...if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy. And finally, gentlemen, need I say that the battle cannot be considered to be over so long as a single...

...was an apostle of the offensive. Time and again he would quote from Nelson's Trafalgar memorandum:1 'No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy.' He made a practice of bombarding commanders with telegrams on every kind of topic, many of which might...

...circumstances will admit. Captains are to look to their particular Line as their rallying point. But in case signals can neither be seen or perfectly understood...if he places his Ship alongside that of an Enemy. . . . DUKE OF WELLINGTON (1769-1852) Arthur Wellesley, subsequently first duke of Wellington, served...

...engage the enemy; and the British leader often quoted Nelson's Trafalgar memorandum in this regard: "No Captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy."191 Nevertheless. Churchill was never so dominant. nor dared to be. as popular opinion imagined...

...up the attitudes of early-nineteenth-century war is Horatio Nelson's (qv ! order at Trafalgar (qv (: "No Captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of an enemy." In the nineteenth century, interpreters of Napoleon concluded that the moral advantage of the offensive...

...out his intentions in some detail, his memorandum said: But 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. This was sublime. One of the worst states an officer can be in is to be surrounded by the confusion...

...'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...