St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 28 August 1801, that he considers it wise to abandon attack on Flushing and use fire ships against Boulogne, intelligence on Dutch forces intended for North coast at Newcastle, [peace] negotiations soon to be decided

Admiral Sir John JERVIS, later Lord St Vincent, 1735-1823, St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 28 August 1801, that he considers it wise to abandon attack on Flushing and use fire ships against Boulogne, intelligence on Dutch forces intended for North coast at Newcastle, [peace] negotiations soon to be decided

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Item reference:	CRK/11/118
Catalogue Section:	Artificial collections previously assembled
Level:	ITEM
Extent:	1 item
Date made:	1801-08-28
Creator:	Phillipps-Croker
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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Collection of naval manuscripts gathered by Sir Thomas Phillipps. (Manuscript) (PLA)
- Phillipps-Croker (Manuscript) (CRK)
  - Correspondence to Nelson arranged alphabetically by the name of the writers surname beginning with 'S' mostly from John Jervis. (Manuscript) (CRK/11)

St Vincent to Nelson, Admiralty, 28 August 1801, that he considers it wise to abandon attack on Flushing and use fire ships against Boulogne, intelligence on Dutch forces intended for North coast at Newcastle, [peace] negotiations soon to be decided

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