Note 12 — THE BATTLE OF THE NILE (OR ABOUKIR BAY) (1798). Source.—Annual Register. Vol. xl., pp. 142 et seq. of History of Europe.
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The difference of force between L’Orient and Bellerophon, or any other of the squadron, by estimating the weight of ball fired from one broadside of each, was above seven to three, and the weight of ball from L’Orient’s lower deck alone exceeded that from the whole broadside of the Bellerophon.