“Captain Collingwood, in the _Excellent_, in obedience to the admiral’s orders, passed between the two rearmost ships of the enemy’s line; giving to the one most to windward, a 74, so effectual a broadside, in addition to what had been done before, that her captain was induced to submit. The _Excellent_ afterwards bore down on the ship to leeward, a three-decker: but, observing the _Orion_ engaged with her, and the _Victory_ approaching her, he threw into her only a few discharges of musquetry, and passed on to the support of the _Captain_, at that time warmly engaged with a three-decker, carrying a flag. His interference here was opportune, as the continual and long fire of the _Captain_ had almost expended the ammunition she had at hand, and the loss of her fore-topmast, and other injuries she had received in her rigging, had rendered her nearly ungovernable. “The Spanish three-decker had lost her mizen-mast; and, before the _Excellent_ arrived in her proper station to open on this ship, the three-decker dropped astern aboard of, and became entangled with, a Spanish two-decker, that was her second. Thus doubled on each other, the _Excellent_ gave the two ships her fire; and then moved forwards to assist the headmost ships in their attack on the Spanish admiral, and the other ships of the enemy’s centre. “Meanwhile, Sir John Jervis, disappointed in his plan of raking the enemy’s rear ships, and having directed, as before observed, the _Excellent_ to bear up, ordered the _Victory_ to be placed on the lee-quarter of the rearmost ship of the enemy, a three-decker; and having, by signal, ordered the _Irresistible_ and _Diadem_ to suspend their firing, threw into the three-decker so powerful a discharge, that her commander, seeing the _Barfleur_ ... ready to second the _Victory_, thought proper to strike to the British Commander-in-chief. Two of the enemy’s ships had now surrendered; and the _Lively_ frigate, and _Diadem_, had orders to secure the prizes. The next that fell were the two with which Commodore Nelson was engaged. “While Captain Collingwood so nobly stepped in to his assistance, as already mentioned, Captain R. W. Miller, the Commodore’s captain, was enabled to replenish his lockers with shot, and prepare for a renewal of the fight. No sooner, therefore, had the _Excellent_ passed on, than the gallant Commodore renewed the battle.