Ensuite il a rassemble ses forces sur son centre, et a abandonne le sort de la bataille a l'intelligence de ses capitaines.' Mathieu-Dumas, _Precis des Evenements Militaires_, xiv.

408.
[34] The only trace of notice having been taken by anyone of a signal from Nelson at the time stated was Collingwood's impatient remark when Nelson began to telegraph 'England expects,' &c.

'I wish Nelson would stop signalling,' he is reported to have said.

'We all know well enough what we have to do,' as though Nelson had been signalling something just before.
[35] _Monuments des Victoires et Conguetes des Francais_ from Nicolas, vii.271.It was also adopted by Mathieu-Dumas (_op.

cit._ xiii.p.