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Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816

PART VI
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The rear of the fleet to tack first.[9] 25.

To fall into the order of battle.[10] 26.

To make sail.[10] JAMES.
By command of his royal highness.
M.WREN.
FOOTNOTES: [1] This set of orders has marginal rubrics indicating the contents of each article, and where the article does not differ from the orders of 1665 I have given the rubric only in the text.
[2] Identical with corresponding article of April 10, 1665.
[3] Same as corresponding article of April 10, 1665.

Article 10 of those instructions relating to 'not staying to take possession of disabled ships' is here omitted.
[4] These four articles are identical with 11, 12, 13 and 14 of April 10, 1665.
[5] Same as Article 16 of April 10, 1665.
[6] Same as Article 15 of April 10, 1665.
[7] These three articles are the same as 1, 2, and 3, of 'Additional Instructions' of April 18, 1665.

The complete set used by Monck and Rupert in 1666 must have been numbered as above.
[8] Same as 4 and 5 of 'Additional Instructions,' April 18,1665.
[9] These five articles are the same as 6 to 10 of the 'Additional Instructions,' April 18, 1665.
[10] These two articles are the same as the two 'Additional Instructions' of April 27, 1665.
_THE DUKE OF YORK'S SUPPLEMENTARY ORDERS_, 1672.
[+Spragge's Second Sea Book.


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