[Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 by Julian S. Corbett]@TWC D-Link bookFighting Instructions, 1530-1816 PART VIII 41/47
of the Additional Fighting Instructions in use in 1780, to which Rodney referred in his report on the action of April 17 in that year. [9] _Cf._ Boscawen's No.
3. [10] _Cf._ Boscawen's No.
2. [11] _Cf._ Boscawen's No.
17. [12] In connection with these three articles the following dictum attributed to Rodney should be recalled: 'During all the commands Lord Rodney has been entrusted with he made it a rule to bring his whole force against a part of the enemy's, and never was so absurd as to bring ship to ship when the enemy gave him an opportunity of acting otherwise.' And _cf.
supra_, p.
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