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This man, while talking with Hood's secretary, expressed his fears for the result to his relatives, if the town were carried by assault. The secretary replied that Hood could not prevent those evils, if the garrison awaited the attack, and gave the Corsican to understand that it was imminent, troops being expected from San Fiorenzo.
It was during this period of comparative inactivity in port, followed by monotonous though arduous winter cruising off Toulon, which was broken only by equally dreary stays at San Fiorenzo, that Nelson found time to brood over the neglect of which he thought himself the victim, in the omission of Lord Hood to notice more markedly his services in Corsica.
Roger Riddle continues his story Goes to sea as a man-o'-war's-man His voyages The Mediterranean Toulon Chasing the enemy Caught in a trap A hard fight for it Escape of the frigate Corsica Martello Bay The tower and its gallant defenders Its capture Origin of its name San Fiorenzo Convention redoubt What British tars can do Capture of the "Minerve" The taking of Bastia Nelson loses an eye "Jackass" frigates Toulon again More fighting The advantage of being small Prepare to repel boarders The colours nailed to the mast The chase Never despise your enemy Teneriffe Attack on Santa Cruz Nelson loses his arm Abandonment of the enterprise What people call glory The Hellespont The captain steers his own ship The island of Cerigotto Breakers ahead The ship strikes The value of discipline Their condition on the rock The ship goes to pieces Their chances of escape The gale A brave captain A false hope The effects of drinking sea-water Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink Reduced to extremities They lose their brave captain and first lieutenant They construct a raft Cowardice of the Greek fishermen The rescue of the survivors Fresh adventures The Dardanelles Fire!
Fiorenzo not giving us one of the five regiments he has there lying idle." These men were landed on the 4th of April, under Lieutenant-Colonel Villettes and Nelson, who had now acquired from the army the title of brigadier.
The convention upon this denounced him as a rebel, and set a price upon his head. It was not the first time that France had proscribed Paoli. Paoli now opened a correspondence with Lord Hood, promising, if the English would make an attack upon St. Fiorenzo from the sea, he would at the same time attack it by land.
Just, however, as we were preparing to move the next morning, a body of the delegates came on board, and, abusing our men for allowing the Clyde to escape without firing into her, ordered them to bring the Saint Fiorenzo in and place her between the Inflexible and Director, to unbend our sails, and to send our gunpowder on board the Sandwich, the flag-ship of the so-called Admiral Parker.
The two men they were quartermasters moreover, stated that they had themselves been chosen delegates to represent the ship's company of the San Fiorenzo, by the rest of the fleet, but that they could assure him that all the men would prove true and loyal, and would obey their officers as far as was consistent with prudence.
Finding that we were as yet out of range, the lateener once more kept away upon her former course, evidently recognising the possibility that, if she did not, we might still slip past her. Another quarter of an hour brought us abreast of the Cape, and in about ten minutes more we had opened the town of San Fiorenzo.
The two men they were quartermasters moreover, stated that they had themselves been chosen delegates to represent the ship's company of the San Fiorenzo, by the rest of the fleet, but that they could assure him that all the men would prove true and loyal, and would obey their officers as far as was consistent with prudence.
Hood on the 25th of February came round from San Fiorenzo to Bastia; but he purposely brought with him no captain senior to Nelson, in order that the latter might remain in charge of the operations he had begun so well.
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