admiralty confidential report to the commissioners after action : cape trafalgar reporting officer : vice admiral c , collingwood 2ic naval task force the ever to be lamented death of vice admiral lord viscount nelson , who , in the late conflict with the enemy , fell in the hour of victory , leaves to me the duty of informing you that on the 19th instant , it was communicated to the c-in-c from the ships watching the motions of the enemy at cadiz , that the combined fleet had put to sea .