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 in shore, watching the motions of the Enemy.

the 29th, prompt and decisive measures were adopted to prevent the Enemy from receiving any supplies of provisions by sea, which was informed they were very much distressed for: cruizers were stationed off the Capes St. Vincent, St. Mary's, and Trafalgar; and the frigates Euryalus and Hydra were ordered to keep off the entrance of Cadiz. now retired with the Fleet to the vicinity of Cape St. Mary's, about fifty or sixty miles westward of Cadiz; keeping up a constant communication with the frigates in shore, by means of three or four ships of the line placed at convenient intervals for distinguishing the signals of each other. This distance from the Enemy's port was preserved by, to prevent them from being speedily acquainted with the force of the Fleet under his command; and that he might avoid the necessity of