upon looking personally to their being saved.  At last the “Seahorse” was reached; but here again he would not go on board, saying that he would not have Mrs. Freemantle alarmed by seeing him in such a condition and without any news of her husband, who had accompanied the landing.  When he got to the “Theseus,” he declined assistance to climb to the deck.  “At two in the morning,” wrote Hoste, one of her midshipmen, who had been with him continuously since the “Agamemnon” left England, “Admiral Nelson returned on board, being dreadfully wounded in the right arm.  I leave you to judge of my situation, when I beheld our boat approach with him, who I may say has been a second father to me, his right arm dangling by his side, while with the other he helped himself to jump up the ship’s side, and with a spirit that astonished every one, told the surgeon to get his instruments ready, for he knew he must lose his arm, and that the sooner it was off the better.”

At daylight Troubridge, who had collected some ammunition from Spanish prisoners, started from the square to try what could be done without ladders against the citadel; but, finding every approach blocked by overwhelming force, he had to retreat.  Having neither powder nor provisions, and no boats with which to return to the ship, he sent a flag of truce to the governor to say that he was prepared to burn the place down with means at his disposal, but, being most reluctant to do so, was willing to treat, upon condition of the whole party being permitted to return to the ships, free and with their arms.  One scarcely knows which most to admire, Troubridge’s cool audacity in making such a demand, or the chivalrous readiness with which these honorable terms were at once granted to a man whose gallant bearing compelled the esteem of his enemies.  Don Juan Gutierrez had repulsed the various attempts with such steadiness and watchfulness, had managed his business so well, that he could afford to be liberal.  He agreed that Troubridge’s men should withdraw, carrying off with them all British equipments, even to such boats as had been taken by the Spaniards, but could still swim.  On the other hand, it was stipulated that no further attempt upon the town should be made by Nelson’s squadron.  Prisoners on both sides were to be given up.  This arrangement having been concluded, the governor directed that the British wounded should be at once received into the hospitals, while the rest of the party, with their colors flying, marched to the mole, and there embarked.

Troubridge dwelt with evident pride upon his part in this night’s work,—­a pride that was shared then by his superiors, and will be justified in the eyes of military men now.  “The Spanish officers assure me they expected us, and were perfectly prepared with all the batteries, and the number of men I have before mentioned [8,000], under arms:  with the great disadvantage of a rocky coast, high surf, and in the face of forty pieces of cannon, though