Duties of Subordinate.] The Second in Command will in
all possible things direct the movements of his Line, by keeping
them as compact as the nature of the 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, no Captain can do very wrong if he places his Ship
alongside that of an Enemy.

Of the intended attack from to windward, the Enemy in Line of
Battle ready to receive an attack,

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[Sidenote: The Attack from to Windward.] The divisions of the
British Fleet will be brought nearly within gun shot of the
Enemy's Centre. The signal will most probably then be made for
the Lee Line to bear up together, to set all their sails, even
steering sails, in order to get as quickly as possible to the
Enemy's Line, and to cut through, beginning from the 12 Ship
from the Enemy's Rear. Some Ships may not get through their
exact place, but they will always be at hand to assist their
friends; and if any are thrown round the Rear of the Enemy, they
will effectually complete the business of twelve Sail of the
Enemy.

Should the Enemy wear together, or bear up and sail large, still
the twelve Ships composing, in the first position, the Enemy's
Rear, are to be the object of attack of the Lee Line, unless
otherwise directed from the Commander-in-Chief, which is
scarcely to be expected, as the entire management of the Lee
Line, after the intentions of the Commander-in-Chief, is
signified, is intended to be left to the judgment of the Admiral
commanding that Line.

[Sidenote: Special Charge of the Commander-in-Chief.] The
remainder of the Enemy's Fleet, 34 Sail, are to be left to the
management of the Commander-in-Chief, who will endeavour to take
care that the movements of the Second in Command are as little
interrupted as is possible.

NELSON AND BRONTE.

It will be borne in mind that the first of these instructions was
issued for the handling of a small body of ships--ten--expecting to
meet fifteen to eighteen enemies; whereas the second contemplated the
wielding of a great mass of vessels, as many as forty British,
directed against a possible combination of forty-six French and
Spanish. In the former case, however, although the aggregate numbers
were smaller, the dis