Quote#Self
The business of the English Commander-in-Chief being first to bring…
Quote byHoratio Nelson · 1758–1805
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805), "Plan of Attack" (1805), drawn up during pursuit of the French fleet to the West Indies, as published in The Dispatches and Letters of Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson with Notes (1866) edited by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas, Vol. VI: May 1804 - July 1805, .
English (original)
The business of the English Commander-in-Chief being first to bring an Enemy's Fleet to Battle, on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his Ships close on board the Enemy, as expeditiously as possible;) and secondly, to continue them there, without separating, until the business is decided.
— Horatio Nelson
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