 | John Knox Laughton - 1919 - 260 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them. NELSON AND BRONTE, Vice-Admiral, under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker. Dated on board his Britannic... | |
 | William Oliver Stevens, Allan Ferguson Westcott - 1920 - 472 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set fire to the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them." A truce followed, during which Nelson removed his ships. Next day he went ashore to open negotiations,... | |
 | Duncan Campbell Scott - 1926 - 668 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them. (Signed) Nelson and Bronte." 'When the signal came from Admiral Parker, Nelson said to his captain,... | |
 | William Lawson Grant - 1926 - 622 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the floating batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them. (Signed) Nelson and Bronte." 'When the signal came from Admiral Parker, Nelson said to his captain,... | |
 | Hildor Arnold Barton - 1986 - 465 pages
...the event of further resistance he would be compelled to set fire to the ships now in British hands, "without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them."50 The threat produced the desired effect. Denmark had done more than honor required in defending... | |
 | David Davies - 1997 - 218 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the Floating-batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them. Dated on board His Britannick Majesty's ship Elephant, Copenhagen Roads, April 2nd, 1801. This was... | |
 | Geoffrey Best - 1998 - 340 pages
...regretting that unless they ceased firing, he would be 'obliged to set on fire all the Floating-Batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them'. At a court banquet during the armistice, he distinguished a young Danish lieutenant by telling the... | |
 | Edgar Vincent - 2003 - 654 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the Floatingbatteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them.' He was inviting the Danes to end the contest. He demanded that the letter be sealed properly and as... | |
 | Brian Lavery - 2003 - 160 pages
...continued on the part of Denmark, Lord Nelson will be obliged to set on fire all the Floating-batteries he has taken, without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them.' It was a highly ambiguous document, offering humanity but threatening the most painful of deaths to... | |
 | Terry Coleman - 2004 - 480 pages
...was ruthless, and so was his threat to set fire to the floating batteries he had taken at Copenhagen, 'without having the power of saving the brave Danes who have defended them', burning the men with the batteries. He thereby procured a truce, and stated that his motive in asking... | |
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Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson has been commanded to spare Denmark, when she no longer resists. The line of defence which covered her shores has struck to the British flag: but if the firing is continued on the part of Denmark, he must... 
