Captain Nightmoss.
I have been instructed to inform you that The First Sea Lord has given his approval to your submission, and you may therefore go ahead with your projected proposal.
Your most obdt servant.
Wm:Bligh. Secretary to the Navy Board.
Captain Nightmoss.
I have been instructed to inform you that The First Sea Lord has given his approval to your submission, and you may therefore go ahead with your projected proposal.
Your most obdt servant.
Wm:Bligh. Secretary to the Navy Board.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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