...the fleet, but also to every individual in it : and when I came to explain to them the Nelson touch, it was like an electric shock : some shed tears— all approved. "It was newit was singular — it was simple;" and from admirals downwards it was repeated. " It must succeed...

...Supper with his apostles than with a council of war. "When I came to explain to them the 'Nelson Touch,' it was like an electric shock. Some shed tears, all...was singular — it was simple!' And from Admirals downward, it was repeated — 'It must succeed, if ever they will allow us to get at them! You are,...

...Nelson announced his battle plan to his adoring captains. As Nelson wrote his lover, Lady Hamilton, "Some shed tears, all approved — it was new — it was singular — it was simple!" On the eve of the last and largest naval battle in history, Kurita's captains reacted less enthusiastically....