Note 136 — Chapter X · ToC
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The line BC shows the final direction of the French line-of-battle; the lee ship (o) having tacked and standing to o’, while the other ships took position in her wake. Though not expressly stated, Byron doubtless formed in the same way on a parallel line. Into this new line the disabled ships (c’), which could scarcely have made good the course they were heading, would be easily received.