Dossier
execution order
Coverage of execution order in the Nexus archive.
- 'Hang em by the neck, Hardy': Rare notebook of 40 unfiltered Horatio Nelson commands in 1799 - including ordering the execution of a mutinous British sailor
A rare 1799 notebook containing 40 unfiltered commands by Horatio Nelson has been discovered, including an order to execute a mutinous British sailor. The document provides direct insight into Nelson's military directives.