and lodged in the muscles of the back, towards the right side, and a little below the shoulder-blade. A very considerable portion of the gold-lace, pad, and lining of the epaulette, with a piece of the coat, was found attached to the ball: the lace of the epaulette was as firmly so, as if it had been inserted into the metal while in a state of fusion.[1]
The following is the professional Report on His Lordship's wound and death, made by the Surgeon on this occasion;
"His Majesty's Ship Victory, at Sea,
11th December, 1805.
"About the middle of the action with the Combined Fleets on the 21st of October last, the late illustrious Commander in Chief Lord Nelson was mortally wounded in the left breast by a musket-ball, supposed to be fired from the mizen-top of La
- ↑ The ball was not fired from a rifle piece.
