Note 13 — CHAP. XXV. A NAVAL STUDY—continued.
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The following extract from my evidence, and the singular remark from Admiral Young, are extracted from the minutes of the court-martial.
“The Commander-in-chief had the same charts as I was in possession of, and from these I formed my conclusion with respect to the anchorage. In reconnoitring the enemy’s fleet, so near as to induce him to open a fire from almost his whole line, I reported to the Commander-in-chief the ruinous state of Ile d’Aix, the inner fortifications being completely blown up and destroyed. There were only 13 guns mounted.”
Admiral Young.—“Will you consider, my Lord Cochrane, before you go on, HOW FAR THIS IS RELEVANT”!!!—Minutes, p. 58.
My assertion of the fact that the Commander-in-chief’s charts were identical with my own, as having come from the Admiralty, was considered irrelevant, because, had they been put in, or mine not rejected, there could have been no doubt of the result of the court-martial.