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9th Nelson action Admiral Collingwood afterwards Amen battle of Trafalgar battle ships Beatty bined fleet board the Victory brave Brest brig British fleet Bucentaure Cadiz open Cape St Captain Hardy coast combined fleets command crew dead deck despatched dismasted Egypt endeavoured enemy enemy's England escape into Cadiz exclaimed exertions expected fear feelings fell Ferrol four French admiral French fleet French ships French squadron frigates gale Gibraltar gone guns honour hope intelligence judgment knew knowing leeward line of battle Lord Barham lower-deck Martinique midshipmen minutes muzzle Nelson and Bronté northward officers ordered passed poop port Portsmouth prizes pursuit put to sea received Redoubtable replied Royal Sovereign run on board sail Santissima Trinidad Sardinia seen set fire shore shot sight signal Sir John Orde Sir Robert Calder soon Spaniards Spanish steered Straits tack tain Temeraire thought Tobago Toulon troops twenty Victory's Villeneuve West Indies wind wish wounded