Horatio Nelson and the naval supremacy of England . not view such heroism in one so young withoutadmiration. At the banquet at the palace, he isrecorded to have spoken in raptures of the braveryof the Danes, and particularly requested the Princeto introduce him to young Welmoes. This wasdone ; he embraced the lad, and turning to thePrince said that the young fellow deserved to bemade an admiral of. If, my Lord, was theanswer, I were to make all my brave officersadmirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants inmy service. On the 12th of April, Admiral Parker sailed fromCopenhagen road, leav
Horatio Nelson and the naval supremacy of England . not view such heroism in one so young withoutadmiration. At the banquet at the palace, he isrecorded to have spoken in raptures of the braveryof the Danes, and particularly requested the Princeto introduce him to young Welmoes. This wasdone ; he embraced the lad, and turning to thePrince said that the young fellow deserved to bemade an admiral of. If, my Lord, was theanswer, I were to make all my brave officersadmirals, I should have no captains or lieutenants inmy service. On the 12th of April, Admiral Parker sailed fromCopenhagen road, leaving behind him the St. Georgeand one or two frigates. The difficult channel X 98 The Life of Horatio Nelson. iKx. 42 of the Grounds had to be passed through, and tomanage this most of the men-of-war transshippedtheir guns into merchant vessels. Many of themwent ashore, but all eventually contrived to go clear,and to the amazement of Danes, Swedes, Russians,and Prussians, the fleet entered the Baltic by achannel that had been thought
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