Note 33 — Chapter II · THE INCEPTION

Ibid., Majority Report, par. 57; Mr. Roch’s Minute, par. 14. Admiral Jackson’s view as to the unenviable position of a fleet bottled up off Constantinople without commanding the line of retreat was probably influenced by the record of Admiral Duckworth’s risk when in a similar position (1807), and Admiral Hornby’s hesitation about entering the Straits in 1877.—See Nelson’s History of the War, by John Buchan, vol. vi. pp. 130–36.