Chapter I: Front Matter

BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE

MR. HENTY’S HISTORICAL TALES.

THE CAT OF BUBASTES: A Story of Ancient Egypt. 5_s._
THE YOUNG CARTHAGINIAN: A Story of the Times of Hannibal. 6_s._
FOR THE TEMPLE: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem. 6_s._
BERIC THE BRITON: A Story of the Roman Invasion. 6_s._
THE DRAGON AND THE RAVEN: or, The Days of King Alfred. 5_s._
WULF THE SAXON: A Story of the Norman Conquest. 6_s._
A KNIGHT OF THE WHITE CROSS: The Siege of Rhodes. 6_s._
IN FREEDOM’S CAUSE: A Story of Wallace and Bruce. 6_s._
THE LION OF ST. MARK: A Story of Venice in the 14th Century. 6_s._
ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND: A Tale of Cressy and Poitiers. 5_s._
A MARCH ON LONDON: A Story of Wat Tyler. 5_s._
BOTH SIDES THE BORDER: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower. 6_s._
AT AGINCOURT: A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris. 6_s._
BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST: or, With Cortez in Mexico. 6_s._
ST. BARTHOLOMEW’S EVE: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars. 6_s._
BY PIKE AND DYKE: A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic. 6_s._
BY ENGLAND’S AID: or, The Freeing of the Netherlands. 6_s._
UNDER DRAKE’S FLAG: A Tale of the Spanish Main. 6_s._
THE LION OF THE NORTH: A Tale of Gustavus Adolphus. 6_s._
WON BY THE SWORD: A Tale of the Thirty Years’ War. 6_s._
WHEN LONDON BURNED: A Story of the Great Fire. 6_s._
ORANGE AND GREEN: A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick. 5_s._
A JACOBITE EXILE: In the Service of Charles XII. 5_s._
IN THE IRISH BRIGADE: A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain. 6_s._
THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE: or, With Peterborough in Spain. 5_s._
BONNIE PRINCE CHARLIE: A Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden. 6_s._
WITH CLIVE IN INDIA: or, The Beginnings of an Empire. 6_s._
WITH FREDERICK THE GREAT: The Seven Years’ War. 6_s._
WITH WOLFE IN CANADA: or, The Winning of a Continent. 6_s._
TRUE TO THE OLD FLAG: The American War of Independence. 6_s._
HELD FAST FOR ENGLAND: A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar. 5_s._
IN THE REIGN OF TERROR: The French Revolution. 5_s._
NO SURRENDER! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendée. 5_s._
A ROVING COMMISSION: A Story of the Hayti Insurrection. 6_s._
THE TIGER OF MYSORE: The War with Tippoo Saib. 6_s._
AT ABOUKIR AND ACRE: Napoleon’s Invasion of Egypt. 5_s._
WITH MOORE AT CORUNNA: A Tale of the Peninsular War. 6_s._
UNDER WELLINGTON’S COMMAND: The Peninsular War. 6_s._
WITH COCHRANE THE DAUNTLESS: A Tale of his Exploits. 6_s._
THROUGH THE FRAY: A Story of the Luddite Riots. 6_s._
THROUGH RUSSIAN SNOWS: The Retreat from Moscow. 5_s._
ONE OF THE 28TH: A Story of Waterloo. 5_s._
IN GREEK WATERS: A Story of the Grecian War (1821). 6_s._
ON THE IRRAWADDY: A Story of the First Burmese War. 5_s._
THROUGH THE SIKH WAR: A Tale of the Punjaub. 6_s._
MAORI AND SETTLER: A Story of the New Zealand War. 5_s._
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIA: A Story of the American Civil War. 6_s._
BY SHEER PLUCK: A Tale of the Ashanti War. 5_s._
OUT WITH GARIBALDI: A Story of the Liberation of Italy. 5_s._
FOR NAME AND FAME: or, To Cabul with Roberts. 5_s._
THE DASH FOR KHARTOUM: A Tale of the Nile Expedition. 6_s._
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILIST: A Story of Escape from Siberia. 5_s._
WITH BULLER IN NATAL: or, A Born Leader. 6_s._

BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE

A STORY OF THE DAYS OF NELSON

BY

G. A. HENTY

Author of “With Roberts to Pretoria” “With Buller in Natal”
“With Kitchener in the Soudan” &c.

_ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM RAINEY, R.I._

BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW DUBLIN BOMBAY 1905

PUBLISHERS’ NOTE

Mr. George A. Henty, who died in November, 1902, had completed three new stories, _With the Allies to Pekin_, _Through Three Campaigns_, and _By Conduct and Courage_. Of these, _Through Three Campaigns_ and _With the Allies to Pekin_ were published in the autumn of 1903; the present story is therefore the last of Mr. Henty’s great series of historical stories for boys.

The proofs have been revised by Mr. G. A. Henty’s son, Captain C. G. Henty.

CONTENTS

CHAP. Page
I. AN ORPHAN 11
II. IN THE KING’S SERVICE 32
III. A SEA-FIGHT 53
IV. PROMOTED 75
V. A PIRATE HOLD 96
VI. A NARROW ESCAPE 119
VII. AN INDEPENDENT COMMAND 137
VIII. A SPLENDID HAUL 157
IX. A SPELL ASHORE 178
X. BACK AT SCARCOMBE 197
XI. CAPTIVES AMONG THE MOORS 212
XII. BACK ON THE “TARTAR” 234
XIII. WITH NELSON 250
XIV. THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE 264
XV. ESCAPED 284
XVI. A DARING EXPLOIT 300
XVII. ON BOARD THE “JASON” 321
XVIII. ST. VINCENT AND CAMPERDOWN 342
XIX. CONCLUSION 362

ILLUSTRATIONS

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“AS THEY CLIMBED UP THEY WERE CONFRONTED BY _Frontis._ 213
FULLY A HUNDRED ARMED MOORS”
AFTER HIS FIRST FIGHT 65
WILL LEADS A PARTY TO TAKE THE ENEMY IN THE REAR 109
THE RESCUE 155
“TOM AND DIMCHURCH MADE A DESPERATE DEFENCE” 191
“HE ORDERED THE MAN AT THE HELM TO STEER FOR THE 286
FRIGATE”
“HE WAS JUST IN TIME TO SEE LUCIEN ALIGHT” 312
“AT LAST HER CAPTAIN WAS COMPELLED TO STRIKE” 355

BY CONDUCT AND COURAGE