“At 11.30 the enemy opened upon the _Royal Sovereign_. At 11.40 the _Royal Sovereign_ commenced firing on the enemy. At 11.50, the enemy began firing on us and the _Téméraire_. “At noon, standing for the enemy’s tenth ship, with all possible (sail) set. Light airs and cloudy. Standing towards the enemy’s van with all sail set. At 4 minutes past 12, opened our fire on the enemy’s van in keeping down their line. At 20 minutes past 12, in attempting to pass through the enemy’s line, we fell on board of the 10th and 11th ships, when the action became general. About 1.15, the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., and Commander-in-Chief was wounded in the shoulder. “At 1.30 the _Redoutable_ having struck her colours we ceased firing our starboard guns, but continued engaging the _Santisima Trinidad_ and some of the enemy’s ships on the larboard side. Observed the _Téméraire_ between the _Redoutable_ and another French ship of the Line, both of which had struck. Observed the _Royal Sovereign_ with the loss of her main and mizen-masts, and some of the enemy’s ships around her dismasted. At 3.10 observed four sail of the enemy’s van tack and stand along our line to windward. Fired our larboard guns at those which could reach them. At 3.40 made the signal for our ships to keep their wind and engage the enemy’s van coming along our weather line. At 4.15 the Spanish Rear-Admiral to windward struck to some of our ships which had tacked after them. Observed one of the enemy’s ships blow up, and 14 sail of the enemy standing towards Cadiz, and 3 sail of the enemy standing to the southward. Partial firing continued until 4.30, when a victory having been reported to the Right Honourable Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., and Commander-in-Chief, he then died of his wound.” Then we have this personal narrative from one of the men on deck, as told in a quaint letter which James Bagley, a marine of the _Victory_, wrote home to his sister, while the ship was lying at Spithead with Nelson’s body on board, awaiting orders to proceed round to the Nore:— “_Victory_, SPITHEAD, _Dec. 5, 1805_. “DEAR SISTER,