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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:31, 5 December 2022 (UTC)
... that when Captain Arthur Forrest suggested that the squadron of French ships were looking for a battle, Maurice Suckling replied "I think it would be a pity to disappoint them"? Source: Syrett, David (February 2002). "Nelson's Uncle: Captain Maurice Suckling". The Mariner's Mirror. 88 (1). Page 36 , Mackay, Ruddock (2008). "Suckling, Maurice". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press , Allen, Joseph (1852). Battles of the British Navy. Vol. 1. London: Henry G. Bohn. OCLC 557527139. Page 178