| Chapter XIV.
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| Nelson Temporarily Commander-In-Chief In The Mediterranean. -- Relieved By Lord Keith. -- Applies To Return To England On Account Of Ill Health.
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| AUGUST, 1799 -- JUNE, 1800.
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| Nelson left in temporary command | 1
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| His disposition of the squadron | 1
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| Made Duke of Bronté in Sicily | 2
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| His hopes of remaining in command disappointed | 3
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| His discontent | 3
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| Energy and tact in exercising command | 4
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| Affairs in Rome and Naples | 5
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| Nelson visits Minorca | 6
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| His anxiety about Malta | 7
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| Portuguese squadron recalled to Lisbon. -- Nelson's action | 8
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| Characteristics of his intercourse with foreign officials | 10
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| Urgency with army to support blockade of La Valetta | 12
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| Partial success in this | 13
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| Successes on the Continent of the Coalition against France | 14
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| Subsequent blunders and disasters | 15
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| Nelson's mortification at Bonaparte's escape to France | 16
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| The French defeat the Turks at Abukir | 17
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| Nelson peremptorily forbids Sidney Smith to allow any French to leave Egypt | 18
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| Smith nevertheless countenances the Convention of El Arish | 19
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| His action disallowed by Keith and Nelson | 20
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| Nelson's vivid expressions of disapproval | 21
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| Nelson joins Keith at Leghorn | 22
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| They visit Palermo and Malta together | 22
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| Capture of "Le Généreux," 74, by Nelson's division | 24
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| Nelson's relations with Keith, and bearing towards him | 27
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| Keith orders Nelson to take personal charge off Malta | 28
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