...sports with bitterness, he exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal !' Presently he exclaimed, ' Damn the signal! Keep mine for closer battle flying ! That's...way I answer such signals ! Nail mine to the mast !' " Nelson embraced a favourable opportunity during the action to open a negotiation, and, retiring...

...with bitterness, he exclaimed, " I " really do not see the signal !" Presently he exclaimed, " Damn the signal ! Keep " mine for closer battle flying...way I answer such signals. Nail mine to " the mast !" Admiral Graves, who was so situated that he could not discern what was done on board the Elephant,...

...exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal !' Presently he exclaimed, ' Damn the signal! Keep mine lor closer battle flying ! That's the way I answer such signals ! Nail mine to the mast!'" Nelson embraced a favourable opportunity during the action te open a negotiation, and, retiring into...

...sports with bitternoss, he exclaimed, " I really do not see the signal !" Presently he exclaimed, " Damn the signal ! Keep mine for closer battle flying !...way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast." ' Vol. ii. p. 121 — 124. After the battle, as he left his ship, he said, in bitter sportiveness :...

...be acknowledged ; but exclaimed, " Leave off action now ! d — me if 1 do! I have only one eve, — I have a right to be blind sometimes." Then, putting...ships were forced to strike. Nelson, seeing that his boaU were fired upon when they went to take possession ot the prizes, wrote a note to the crown prince,...

...really do not see the signal." Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal ! — keep minefor closer battle flying! — That's the way I answer...several of their ships were forced to strike. Nelson, seemg that his boats were fired upon when they went to take possession of the prizes, wrote a note...

...to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle still flying. That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast." Admiral Graves and the other ships, looking only to Nelson, continued the combat with unabated vigour...

...to his blind eye, he exclaimed, " I really don't see the signal. Keep mine for closer battle still flying. That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast." Admiral Graves O and the other ships, looking only to Nelson, con* " The fire," he said, " is too hot...

...to his blind eye, he exclaimed, ' I really do not see the signal ; keep mine for closer battle still flying. That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast.' Admiral Graves and the other ships, looking only to Nelson, continued the combat with unabated vigour...

...signal." Shortly afterwards, he vociferated, " D — the signal I — keep mine for closer battle flying I That's the way I answer such signals. Nail mine to the mast I" In half an hour from this time the Danes began to slacken their fire, and several of their ships...