Commodore de Rions, a member of the nobility, who was imprisoned at Toulon and afterward fled from the country.—EDITOR. Footnote 66: “Types of Naval Officers,” pp. 308–317. The “Glorious First of June” is one of the most important naval actions in the wars of the French Revolution, and illustrates the work of an officer who stood in his own day conspicuously at the head of his profession. The selection is interesting also as showing that, when it suited his purpose, Admiral Mahan could write with notable ease and pictorial vigor.—EDITOR. Footnote 67: “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire,” Vol. II, pp. 42–47. The campaign is treated more fully in “The Life of Nelson,” Vol. II, p. 70 _ff._—EDITOR. Footnote 68: Nelson’s Letters and Dispatches, Vol. IV, p. 295. Footnote 69: Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. IV., p. 355. Footnote 70: Nelson’s Dispatches, April 9, 1801, Vol. IV, pp. 339, 341. Footnote 71: “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire,” Vol. II, pp. 117–120. Footnote 72: _Ibid._, p. 106. Footnote 73: See “Naval Chronicle,” Vol. X, pp. 508, 510; Vol. XI, p. 81; Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. V, p. 438. Footnote 74: Pellew’s “Life of Lord Sidmouth,” Vol. II, p. 237. Footnote 75: Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. IV, p. 452. Footnote 76: “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire,” Vol. II, pp. 184–197, 199–202, 356–357. Footnote 77: “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire”, Vol. II, p. 181. Footnote 78: Napoleon to St. Cyr, Sept. 2, 1805. Footnote 79: Napoleon to Decrès, Sept. 15. Footnote 80: _Ibid._, Sept. 4. Footnote 81: Nelson’s Dispatches, Vol. VII, p. 80. Footnote 82: The following account of Nelson’s arrival and his plan of battle is taken from the fuller narrative in “The Life of Nelson,” Vol. II, pp. 339–351.—EDITOR. Footnote 83: Inserted by author. Footnote 84: Here the narrative is resumed from “The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire.”—EDITOR. Footnote 85: Fyffe’s “History of Modern Europe,” Vol. I, p. 281. Footnote 86: To the King of Wurtemburg, April 2, 1811; “Corr.,” Vol. XXII, p. 19. Footnote 87: “Sea Power in its Relations with the War of 1812,” Vol. I, pp. 295–308; Vol. II, pp. 121–125. Footnote 88: Kingsford’s “History of Canada,” Vol. VIII, p. 111. Footnote 89: Drummond to Prevost, Oct. 20, 1814. Report on Canadian Archives, 1896, Upper Canada, p. 9. Footnote 90: _Ibid._, Oct. 15. Footnote 91: Prevost to Bathurst, Aug. 14, 1814. Report on Canadian Archives, 1896, Lower Canada, p. 36. Footnote 92: “Travels,” J. M. Duncan, Vol. II, p. 27. Footnote 93: “Life of Brock,” p. 193. Footnote 94: Smyth, “Précis of the Wars in Canada,” p. 167. Footnote 95: The United States Secretary of War.—EDITOR. Footnote 96: December 17, 1813. Captain’s Letters, Navy Department.