TAILIEUCHUNG - Title: The Death of Lord Nelson

Lord NELSON sailed from St. Helen's in the Victory, with the Euryalus frigate, on the morning of the 15th of September 1805, to take the command of the British Fleet cruizing before Cadiz. On the 18th he appeared off Plymouth; where he was joined by his Majesty's ships Thunderer and Ajax, with which he proceeded for his destined station. On the 20th he communicated by private signal with the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral STIRLING, which passed within a few miles of the Victory; and the same day at noon, spoke his Majesty's ship Le Decade, having on board Rear-Admiral Sir RICHARD BICKERTON, who,. | The Death of Lord Nelson 1 The Death of Lord Nelson The Project Gutenberg eBook The Death of Lord Nelson by William Beatty This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Death of Lord Nelson Author William Beatty Release Date March 2 2005 eBook 15233 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON E-text prepared by Steven Gibbs and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE DEATH OF LORD NELSON WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES PRECEDING ATTENDING AND SUBSEQUENT TO THAT EVENT THE PROFESSIONAL REPORT ON HIS LORDSHIP S WOUND AND SEVERAL INTERESTING ANECDOTES. BY WILLIAM BEATTY . Surgeon to the Victory in the Battle of Trafalgar and now Physician to the Fleet under the Command of the Earl of St. Vincent . c. c. c. London Printed By T. Davison White-Friars For T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand. 1807. TO THE PUBLIC. The Surgeon of the late illustrious Lord NELSON feels himself called upon from the responsible situation which he held on the eventful day of the 21st of October 1805 to lay before the British Nation the following Narrative. It contains an account of the most interesting incidents which occurred on board the Victory. Lord nelson s flag-ship from the time of her sailing from England in the month of September till the day of The Death of Lord Nelson 2 battle inclusively with a detail of the particulars of HIS LORDSHIP S Death the mode adopted for preserving his revered Remains during the subsequent long passage of the Victory to England and the condition of the Body when it was deposited in Greenwich Hospital. This short statement of facts is deemed a small but necessary tribute of respect to the memory of the departed Hero as well as a .

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• William Beatty
• Narrative
• Lord Nelson
• unteresting anecdotes
• circumstances preceding