Show pin pr ck cause of a victory nelson gained his great victory of the nile through a pin prick it came about in this way sir john acton then commander n chief of the land and sea forces of naples happened to be in his wife s dressing room at the moment she was 1 re paring for dinner lady acton s french maid was also in the room and was so startled at re ceiling a letter from her brother a sai lorin the french navy whom she believed to be dead that she ran a pin into her mistress flesh apologize Apolo giz ng tor her carelessness the maid stated the ccase of her sur prise with carefully suppressed aag erness sir john offered to read the letter while the maid continued her duties the maid gladly consented having read the letter the comman der in chief left the house la search of lord nelson who had I 1 vain been seeking the french fleet he found him and imparted to him the contents of the letter it gave all the intimation into mation the ad had so long endeavored to obtain setting sat immediately nelon came up with the fr and the victory of the nile was the result stray stories |