The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
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He frequently stood into the Scheldt in a cutter, that he might reconnoitre the enemy's fleet in person. ; A gale from the eastward having blown the fleet ofl^ the coast, it was at anchor in the Downs, when a gun-brig arrived with intelli- gence that the enemy had dropped down to the Western Scheldt, apparently ready to sail. He ordered the fleet to sea immediately; but many of them having made signal of inability, for the pilots refused to get them under weigh, he sent for the chief pilot of t...he flag-ship, and questioned him if it were practicable to take out a ship in such weather. The pilot having reported that it was quite safe, even for the Christian VII. which from her great length was the least manageable ship in the flieet; much more so for the others, some of which worked like a cutter, the Admiral made signal for all captains and pilots to come on board. He then repeated his order to sail, and enforced obedience. . The fleet sailed, and beat Digitized by LjOOQ IC 252 COMMAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
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He frequently stood into the Scheldt in a cutter, that he might reconnoitre the enemy's fleet in person. ; A gale from the eastward having blown the fleet ofl^ the coast, it was at anchor in the Downs, when a gun-brig arrived with intelli- gence that the enemy had dropped down to the Western Scheldt, apparently ready to sail. He ordered the fleet to sea immediately; but many of them having made signal of inability, for the pilots refused to get them under weigh, he sent for the chief pilot of t...he flag-ship, and questioned him if it were practicable to take out a ship in such weather. The pilot having reported that it was quite safe, even for the Christian VII. which from her great length was the least manageable ship in the flieet; much more so for the others, some of which worked like a cutter, the Admiral made signal for all captains and pilots to come on board. He then repeated his order to sail, and enforced obedience. . The fleet sailed, and beat Digitized by LjOOQ IC 252 COMMAND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
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