Realizzatori della storia del mondo e le loro conquiste grand . L'ammiraglio Hotham al di fuori di Tolone. In entrambi i Francesi erano defeatedwith qualche perdita, ma sono stati ammessi alla fuga e Nelson nel suo privateletters espresso un parere arrabbiato che più potrebbe e dovrebbe havebeen fatto. 128 Admiral Lord Nelson. lu l autunno del 1795 Hotham fu succeduto da Sir John Jervis,e durante tutto il 1796 il più rigoroso blocco di Tolone wasenforced, Nelson essendo per la maggior parte, come negli anni precedenti, con lo squadrone asmall nel Golfo di Genova dove ha messo fine a tutti coastingtraffic, e comandò l

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Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . Admiral Hotham outside Toulon. In both, the French were defeatedwith some loss, but they were allowed to escape, and Nelson in his privateletters expressed an angry opinion that more might and ought to havebeen done. 128 ADMIRAL LORD NELSON. lu the autumn of 1795 Hotham was succeeded by Sir John Jervis, and during the whole of 1796 the strictest blockade of Toulon wasenforced, Nelson being for the most part, as in preceding years, with asmall squadron in the Gulf of Genoa, where he put a stop to all coastingtraffic, and commanded the road along the shore so completely as towarrant his assertion that, had he had an adequate force, the invasion of. 1LV ijK IHL CII V or LISIJON. Italy would have been impossible. Towards the close of the year Spainconcluded a treat} of alliance with France, and sent her fleet into theMediterranean to co-operate with the French. Jervis thus found himselfopposed by verj^ superior forces ; and, with Spain and Italy both inhostile hands, his position was no longer tenable. He withdrew thetroops from Corsica, and retired to Gibraltar, and afterwards to Lisbon.He was, however, determined that the Spanish fleet, which had been ADMIRAL LORD NELSON. 129 instructed to join the French at Brest, should not pass ; and, on itsendeavoring to do so, met it off Cape St. Vincent on February 14th 1797, and inflicted on it a signal defeat. This was rendered more decisive by the action of Nelson, who, having been appointed commodore, with his broad pennant on board the

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