Villeneuve, French admiral, commands the rear at the Battle of the
  Nile, i. 357;
  escapes with two ships-of-the-line and two frigates, 357;
  indecision of, 358, ii. 349;
  commands the Toulon squadron, after the death of Latouche Treville,
  ii. 257, 271;
  Napoleon’s orders to, 271, 272;
  first sailing of, and disasters encountered by, 272, 275, 276, 277;
  second sailing of, from Toulon, 284;
  arrival at Cadiz and in the West Indies, 285;
  Nelson learns of his passing the Straits, 287,
    and of his destination to the West Indies, 292-295;
  leaves West Indies for Europe, on learning Nelson’s arrival, 301;
  followed by Nelson, 302;
  engagement of, with Calder’s fleet, 313;
  arrives at Ferrol, 314;
  sails from Ferrol, 323;
  arrival in Cadiz, 328;
  dispositions for battle, before Trafalgar, 349, 369, 370, 379, 380;
  commander-in-chief of the entire combined fleet, 363;
  encounter of his flagship and Nelson’s, 384-387;
  surrender of, 391.

Villettes, British general, at the siege of Bastia, i. 130;
  Nelson’s criticism on, when commander of the troops at Malta, 1803,
  ii. 193;
  characteristic letters of Nelson to, 200, 250.

Wellington, Nelson’s one meeting with, ii. 321.

West Indies, Nelson’s early service in, i. 17-30;
  called by Nelson “the station for honour,” i. 37;
  Nelson enforces Navigation Act in, 53-65;
  wishes to return to, in search of more active service, 108, 115;
  conjectures destination of French Toulon fleet to, in 1804,
  ii. 249, 270;
  importance of, to Great Britain, 270;
  rendezvous fixed by Napoleon, for the concentration of his fleets,
  in 1805, 271, 283;
  Toulon squadron goes to, 284, 285;
  Nelson pursues to, 296, 297;
  Nelson’s week in, in June, 1805, 298-303;
  his estimate of his services rendered by going there, 301, 305;
  Nelson returns to Europe from, 302-310.

William Henry, Prince, son of George III., and captain in the British
  navy, first meeting of Nelson with, i. 38, 39;
  description of Nelson at twenty-four, by, 39;
  accompanied by Nelson in visit to Havana, 41;
  Nelson’s association with, in 1786-87, 74, 75;
  gives away the bride at Nelson’s wedding, 75;
  intimacy of Nelson with, 86-88;
  returns with his ship from America, contrary to orders, 88;
  at variance with the King, 88, 89;
  made Duke of Clarence, 89;
  effect of intimacy with, upon Nelson, 89;
  subsequent correspondence between Nelson and, 239, 244, 256,
  284, 451;
  continues his friendship to Lady Nelson, after her husband’s
  alienation, ii. 55.

Woolward, Frances Herbert, maiden name of Lady Nelson, i. 65.

Wurmser, Austrian marshal, succeeds Beaulieu, after the latter’s
  defeat by Bonaparte, in 1796, i. 238;
  raises the siege of Mantua, 238;
  Nelson’s enterprise against Leghorn dependent on the success of, 240;
  defeated by Bonaparte, at Castiglione and Lonato, 241.