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40. Keith to all Flag Officers
Monarch,
November 8. 1803.
Sir, I enclose for circulation to the officers under your orders a copy of a General Memorandum directing the Captains and Commanders of H.M. ships and vessels not to suffer themselves to be drawn under the enemy’s batteries on the coast, unless with a fair’ prospect of deriving some advantage correspondent to the risk. I have &c.
KEITH.
LLoyd, C . (eds.) (1955) The Keith Papers, vol III, 1803-1815. Navy Records Society, pp. 53-54
Web Page: Rickard, J (24 July 2006), Keith to Secretary of Admiralty, http://www.historyofwar.org/sources/acw/napoleonic/nrs1955/1_1_040.html