Corsica, Island of, Nelson ordered to coast of, i. 115, 116;
  Nelson’s connection with operations there in 1794, 118-148;
  strategic value of, to British, 155-159;
  government as a British dependency, 159;
  dissatisfaction of natives with British rule, 231;
  tenure of, dependent on support of the natives, 234;
  abandonment of, by the British, 247, 251-254;
  threatened invasion of Sardinia from, ii. 204.

“Curieux,” British brig of war, sent by Nelson to England
  from West Indies with news of his movements, ii. 301;
  falls in with combined fleets, 313;
  Nelson’s comment on hearing the fact, 313, 315.

Davison, Alexander, intimate friend of Nelson, Nelson expresses
  despondency to, i. 412;
  tells him circumstances of surrender of castles at Naples, 431, 432;
  the “Lady of the Admiralty’s” coolness, ii. 49;
  account given by, of George III. speaking of Nelson, 49, 50;
  Nelson’s mention of Sir Hyde Parker to, 67, 68, 71, 164;
  aids Nelson pecuniarily, 144;
  charged by Nelson with a final message to Lady Nelson, 148;
  Nelson’s expressions to, about St. Vincent, 163;
  about treatment of himself by the government, 170;
  “Salt beef and the French fleet,” 296;
  about General Brereton, 318.

De Vins, Austrian general, commands on the Riviera in 1795, i. 187;
  Nelson’s association with, 187, 193-197, and opinion of, 197.

Dresden, Nelson’s visit to, in 1800, ii. 43-45.

Drinkwater, Colonel, returns from Elba in frigate
  with Nelson, 1797, i. 262;
  incidents narrated of the voyage, 266-268;
  witnesses the Battle of St. Vincent, 281;
  interview with Nelson after the battle, 283;
  characteristic anecdote of Nelson, 309.

Duckworth, Sir J.T., British admiral, association with
  Nelson during operations in the Mediterranean, 1799,
  i. 418, 419, 420, 421, 423, 442, ii. 1, 6.

Dundas, British general, commanding troops in Corsica, i. 121;
  controversy with Lord Hood, 121, 122;
  Nelson’s opinion, 121.

Egypt, Bonaparte’s expedition to, in 1798, i. 323-339;
  Nelson’s pursuit, 327-329, 331-338;
  Nelson’s constant attention to, 369, 404, 406,
  ii. 182, 185, 201, 203, 211, 212, 213, 255, 270, 277,
  280-282, 287, 302;
  his urgency that the French army be not permitted to leave, 18-22.

El Arish, Convention of, signed, ii. 19.

Elba, island of, Nelson’s opinion of importance of, i. 237;
  his seizure of, 237;
  evacuation of, 259-263, 287, 288.

“Elephant,” British ship-of-the-line, Nelson’s flagship
  at Copenhagen, ii. 78, 83, 88-97.

Elgin, Earl of, British ambassador to Turkey, opinion upon the state
  of things at Palermo during Nelson’s residence there, i. 397;
  Nelson’s divergence of opinion from, concerning the French
  quitting Egypt, ii. 19-21.