Minor punctuation errors have been repaired. Hyphenation and accent
usage have been made consistent. Archaic and variant spelling, grammar
and punctuation usage is preserved as printed.
Ditto marks within tables have been replaced with words.
Page 18 references Admiral St. Julien, "who was thorough republican."
It's possible that the word 'a' may have been omitted following 'was,'
but as it may be correct as printed, no change has been made.
The following printer errors have been fixed:
Page 10--apopletic amended to apoplectic--... Sir C. Hardy
was seized with an apoplectic fit, ...
Page 14--Island amended to Islands--... having sent the
merchant ships to the Zaffarin Islands, ...
Page 24--countrymen amended to countryman--... and the deeds
of their countryman, Buonaparte, ...
Page 34--Eary amended to Early--Early on the morning of the
7th June, ...
Page 37--go amended to got--... however, Villeneuve got into
Ferrol ...
Page 40--Admiral amended to Admirals--... on which the British
Admirals hoisted their flags, ...
Page 40--amonst amended to amongst--... which killed in a
short time amongst many others, Mr. Scott, ...
Page 48--dipatched amended to dispatched--... as a private
ship in the squadron which was dispatched ...
The illustration caption in {braces} has been provided by the
transcriber for the convenience of the reader.
The frontispiece illustration has been moved to follow the title page.
Other illustrations have been moved where necessary so that they do
not fall in the middle of a paragraph.