by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Inglis… (1823)
“ You will now get your promotion, in the pleasantest of all ways, by the gallant exertions of yourself and those brave friends who surrounded you on that glorious night. What a triumph for you what a pleasure to me! ”
by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Inglis… (1823)
“ Charles Inglis, whom I beg leave to recommend in the strongest manner for his bravery, skill, and great exertions [1] .” We next find Lieutenant Inglis serving in the Penelope frigate, under the command of Captain (now Sir Henry) Blackwood, at the capture of le Guillaume Tell, a French 80-gun ship, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Decrès [2] , on which occasion he received the following letter from his friend Lord Nelson: “My dear Sir, How fortunate I did not permit you to quit the Penelope, to be a junior Lieutenant in the Foudroyant. ”
