...Lady Hamilton : " When I came to explain to them the ' Nelson touch ' it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears ; all approved. ' It was new — it was singular — it was simple 1' and from admirals downwards it was repeated, 'It must succeed, if ever they allow us to get at them...

...individual in it ; when I came to explain to them the " Nelson touch " it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved. " It was new — it was singular — it was simple l " and from Admirals downwards it was repeated, " It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get...

...explain to them the 'Nelson Touch', it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved... and from Admirals downwards, it was repeated - 'It...surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence.' Nelson could rely on his captains' abilities, and those of British tars in the rigging and at the guns,...

...without them and their contributions there would have been no book, and, possibly, no Nelson. shock. Some shed tears, all approved — "It was new —...must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them'.8 The drama that surrounded Nelson's approach to battle and leadership and his unparalleled success...

...1805, it caused great excitement: '. . . it was like an electric shock,' Nelson wrote to Emma Hamilton, 'Some shed tears, all approved - It was new, it was singular, it was simple.' (See transcript on p271.) The plan's simplicity was its main strength. Nelson's aim was annihilation:...

...new fleet, he explained his tactics to his captains. 'The Nelson touch' was 'like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved — It was new — it was singular — it was simple!' A few days later he put his thoughts on paper and distributed them to his captains. He expected to...

...them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock : some shed tears— all approved. "It was newit was singular — it was simple;" and from admirals...surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence.' ' Oct. 2 1 st. (Diary.) May the great God, whom I worship, grant to my country, and for the benefit...

...them . . .; and, when I came to explain to them the 'Nelson touch,' it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved — 'It was new —...downwards, it was repeated - 'It must succeed, if ever they allow us to get at them! You are, my Lord, surrounded by friends whom you inspire with confidence.'...

...council of war. "When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch,' it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all approved — 'It was new —...was singular — it was simple!' And from Admirals downward, it was repeated — 'It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are,...

...Nelson announced his battle plan to his adoring captains. As Nelson wrote his lover, Lady Hamilton, "Some shed tears, all approved — it was new — it was singular — it was simple!" On the eve of the last and largest naval battle in history, Kurita's captains reacted less enthusiastically....