Castlereagh, Lord, British Minister, Nelson’s
shrewd
prediction to him of the results of the
Orders in Council affecting
neutral flags, and of the License System,
ii. 330.
Clarence, Duke of. See William Henry.
Codrington, Edward, British captain, expressions quoted:
about Nelson’s seamanship, i. 15;
his family ties and love of glory, 72,
ii. 175;
appearance of Nelson’s ships, 288;
graciousness of Nelson’s bearing,
340.
Collingwood, Cuthbert, British admiral, close connection
between his
career and that of Nelson, i. 21, 22;
strong expression of regard for Nelson,
24;
association with Nelson in the West Indies,
54 and note, 55, 63;
at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, 269,
273, 276, 281, 282;
strong expression upon the credit due
to Nelson, 272;
his account of Nelson’s cold reception
at Court, in 1800, ii. 49;
sent from England to West Indies in 1805,
310;
hearing that Nelson is gone thither, takes
position off
Cadiz instead, 311;
correspondence with Nelson on his return,
311-313;
left by Nelson in charge off Cadiz, 316,
317;
force collected under, when allies enter
Cadiz, 334;
characteristics, 340;
part assigned to, by Nelson, for Trafalgar,
350-352;
his part at Trafalgar, 370-372, 377, 380,
383, 384;
Nelson’s praise of, 384;
his sympathy with Nelson, 384;
notified of Nelson’s fatal wound,
394.
Convoys, Nelson’s comments on the behavior of,
i. 33;
gives one to American merchant ships against
French privateers, 289;
difficulty of providing in the Mediterranean,
ii. 241-244.
Copenhagen, defences of, in 1801, ii. 72, 80, 81,
84, 85;
Battle of, Nelson’s plans for, 84-87;
the battle, 87-97;
importance and difficulty of the achievement,
98, 99;
failure of the British Government to reward,
99, 162;
silence of the city of London, 161;
Nelson’s action, 161-167.
Corfu, transferred, with the other Ionian Islands,
from Venice to France, i. 318;
Nelson’s concern for, after the
Battle of the Nile, 368, 405, 406;
taken by Russo-Turkish forces, 405;
British precautions against re-occupation
by French, ii. 184;
concern of Nelson for, while commander-in-chief
in the
Mediterranean, 1803-1805, 187, 190, 195,
266;
resort of privateers, 241;
Napoleon’s estimate of, 206.
Cornwallis, William, British admiral, kindness to
Nelson in
early life, i. 30 and note, 45;
Nelson directed to communicate with, off
Brest in 1803, ii. 188, 189;
orders seizure of Spanish treasure-ships,
251;
Nelson directs that the order be disobeyed,
251;
services of, off Brest, 269;
Nelson joins, off Brest, on return from
West Indies, 314, 317;
authorizes Nelson to return to England,
317.
Correspondence, Nelson’s extensive, while in
the Mediterranean, ii. 190;
his manner of conducting, 232-236.