xpress how much I feel indebted to every captain,
officer, and man, for their zeal and distinguished bravery on this
occasion. Colonel Stewart did me the favour to be on board the
Elephant; and himself, with every officer and soldier under his
orders, shared with pleasure the toils and dangers of the day.

"The loss, in such a battle, has naturally been very heavy. Amongst
many other brave officers and men who were killed, I have, with
sorrow, to place the name of Captain Moss, of the Monarch, who has
left a wife and six children to lament his loss; and, among the
wounded, that of Captain Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, of the
Bellona.

"I have the honour to be, with the greatest respect, Sir, your most
obedient humble servant,

"Nelson and Bronte."

The above letter being transmitted to England by Sir Hyde Parker,
inclosed in his dispatches to government, was afterwards published in
the London Gazette, preceded by the following public letter from the
commander in chief.

"Copenhagen Roads, 6th April 1801.

"Sir,

"You will be pleased to acquaint the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty, that since my letter of the 23d of March, no
opportunity of wind offered for going up the Sound, until the 25th;
when the wind shifted, in a most violent squall, from the
south-west to the north-west and north, and blew with such
violence, and so great a sea, as to render it impossible for any
ship to have weighed her anchor. The wind and sea were even so
violent, as to oblige many ships to let go a second anchor to
prevent them from driving, notwithstanding they were riding with
two cables an end; and, by the morning, the wind veered again to
the southward of the west. On the 30th of last month, the wind
having come to the northward, we passed into the Sound with the
fleet; but not before I had assured myself of the hostile intention
of the Danes to oppose our passage. After anchoring about five or
six miles from the Island of Huen, I reconnoitred, with
Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson and Rear-Admiral Graves, the formidable
line of ships, radeaus, pontoons, galleys, fireships, and
gun-boats, flanked and supported by extensive batteries on the two
islands called the Crown; the largest of which was mounted with
from fifty to seventy pieces of cannon. These were a