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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1745, 9 May 1913, Page 5

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TRAFALGAR AND ITS HERO. LORD NELSON'S GREAT ANXIETY. By Telegraph—Press Association—OoprrlgM (liec. May S, S.lO p.m.) Sydney, May 8. Through the courtesy of Admiral KingHail, Commander-in-Chief of tho Australian Station, tho newspapers hero have published two hitherto unpublished letters, written in November and December, 1805, by Captain Moorsom, of tho Revenge, describing tho Battle of Trafalgar. Tho originals of the letters are in the possession of Lady Longmore, a granddaughter of Captain Moorsom, and they give a lively picture of tho conflict from tho participants' standpoint. In Captain Moorsom's version, Nelson's famous signal is: "England expects every man will do his duty." Captain Moorsom adds: "I am not surn our modo of attack was of tho best, but it succeeded. Tho action was of an irregular nature. Tho ships got down as last as they could into any space whero they found tho enemy, without attending to their placo in the line. A regular plan was laid down by Lord Nelson some time before the action, but it was not acted upon. His great anxiety seemed to bo to get to the leeward of them lest they should make oil to Cadiz before lie could get near." In conclusion, Captain Moorsom mentions that the allied enemies' fleet gave way after about three hours' fighting, and went off as fast as they could. TO LADY SPENCER. London, May 7. "The Times" publishes four lately discovered letters from Nelson to Lady Spencer, the dates being from 1797 to 1799. Ono of tho loiters belongs to the period of moral eclipse.