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; given equal command with Troubridge, 402; his attack upon French fleet before Toulon, 402; as a letter writer, 402; his record of pursuit of French fleet, 402; favors seeking enemy off coast of Egypt, 404; reaches Alexandria, 404; returns westward, 404; again sights Alexandria, 404; despondency of, 405; learns of proximity of enemy in Aboukir Bay, 405; share of, in battle of the Nile, 405; wounded, 407, 409; unfortunate remark of, to Nelson, 407, 408; losses of, at battle of Nile, 409; convoys prizes to Gibraltar, 409; ordered to home station, 409; impatient at delays, 410; reaches England, 410; appointed to command the _Caesar_, 410; at blockade of Brest, 411; St. Vincent's flattering note to, 411, 412; importance of situation of, off Brest, 412; St. Vincent's praise of, 412, 413; Napoleon threatens flank of, 414; given command of a squadron, 414; now a rear-admiral, 414; ordered to blockade Cadiz, 414; sails on his mission, 415; arrives off Cadiz, 415; learns of French vessels at Algeciras, 415; starts for Algeciras, 415; finds French fleet moored at, 415; steers to engage French, 415; failure of wind interferes with plans of, 415; disaster to two ships of, 416; withdraws to Gibraltar, 416; failure of, 416; confident despatch of, to Admiralty, 417; fresh opportunity of, 417; learns of approach of Spanish fleet, 417, 418; sails in pursuit of Spaniards, 418; gives battle off Algeciras, 420; St. Vincent's praise of, 421; St. Vincent eulogizes, in House of Lords, 421; eulogized by Nelson, in House of Lords, 421; never again engaged in serious encounter with enemy, 421; commander-in-chief at Channel Islands, 421; insures Swedish neutrality, 422; maintains importance of Baltic, 421; disturbs commerce between nations on the Baltic, controlled by Napoleon, 422; succeeds to diplomatic situation, 424; success of, 425; praise of, by Swedish statesman, 425; follows Russian fleet in Gulf of Finland, 426; retires from service, 427; later life at Guernsey, 427; receives peerage from William IV., 427; death of, 427; 476; 477. SAUMAREZ, Lord de, 427. SAUMAREZ, Philip, 385. SAUNDERS, Captain, his conduct in battle off La Rochelle, 92. SAUNDERS, Sir Charles, associated with Jervis, 325; 328. SCHANK, Admiral, 435. SCHUYLER, General, 442. Scilly, Howe encounters allied fleet off,
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