Nelson, Horatio Lord.

writing during the siege of Bastia on French military outposts ("...some of them are strong but not incapable in my humble opinion of being taken by Englishmen...") and the strength of the Corsicans ("...1500 Corsicans without a single piece of Cannon keep the French from advancing into the Country..."), 2 pages, quarto, integral blank, HMS Agamemnon off Bastia, 12 March 1794

Apparently unpublished: not in Dispatches and Letters or New Letters.

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In this letter of typically aggressive impetuosity to the British consul at Livorno (Leghorn), Nelson exudes confidence and impatience in his desire for an attack on the French. Nelson had a critical role in the successful siege of the Corsican town of Bastia, which surrendered some two months later, although without the frontal assault that he had desired.