sentences:  When war was once again declared, Laforey was instructed to command , one of Nelson's spoils from the battle of the Nile.In 1804 he joined this admiral's hunt across the Atlantic for the French fleet under Admiral Villeneuve when it arrived in the West Indies, and accompanied it back to the blockade off Cadiz, where he was embroiled in the battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805.The "Spartiate" was frustratingly trapped at the rear of Nelson's division, and was unable to reach the battle until several hours had passed.