The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to.
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At two I made the signal to engage I found it was the surest method of ordering every ship to close down on the one that fell to their lot.
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I do not send their Lordships the particulars of our losses and damages by this, as it would take me much time; and I am willing none should be lost in letting them know an event of such consequence.
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By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line.
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