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| Tango01 | 27 Aug 2018 10:32 p.m. PST |
…Cape Ortegal
"4 November 1805, The Trafalgar Campaign finally ended with the Battle of Cape Ortegal and Commodore Richard Strachan's capture of the four French ships of the line that had escaped Nelson on 21 October.
"… one of those in our service whom I estimate the highest. I do not believe he has his fellow among the Admirals, unless it be Pellew, for ability, and it is not possible to have more zeal and gallantry … It is my wish to serve with Strachan, as I know him to be extremely brave and full of zeal and ardour, at the same time that he is an excellent seaman, and, tho' an irregular, impetuous fellow, possessing very quick parts and an uncommon share of sagacity and strong sense." (Captain Graham Moore in a letter to his brother General Sir John Moore of Corunna, 1808)…."
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