Bickerton to Nelson, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, at sea, 25 January 1804, hope for success in pursuit of the French before they can return to Toulon, Naples or Sicily a more likely destination for them than Europe.
Rear Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton (1759-1832), later Admiral, second in command to Nelson in the Mediterranean, 1803-5. Bickerton to Nelson, HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN, at sea, 25 January 1804, hope for success in pursuit of the French before they can return to Toulon, Naples or Sicily a more likely destination for them than Europe