In the original they occur on various pages without numbers.

In the text above they have merely been numbered consecutively for convenience of reference.

Hood was made a viscount September 12, 1782, and began to issue these orders on March 11, 1783, when he had a squadron placed under his command.
[2] Ascribed also to Pigot.
[3] Also ascribed to Pigot.
[4] The MS.

has also an additional signal ascribed to Pigot for a particular ship to cut through the enemy's line of battle, and for the other ships to follow her in close order to support each other..