Excerpt from The Marine Officer, or Sketches of Service, Vol. 2 of 2<br><br>But these are venial inaccuracies, and are for gotten in our admiration of the modesty with which Collingwood speaks of his own ship, the Royal Sovereign. The commander-ia-chief in the Victory led the weather column, and the Royal Sovereign, which bore my flag, the lee. This is all he says, although the Royal Sovereign was not only engaged alone for a considerable time, but her example was the admiration and imitation of the whole fleet, and her loss in killed and wounded very heavy. (copy.) Admiral collingwood's Despatch.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.