 After the "Hotspur" was wrecked off Brest, Bush served as a junior lieutenant aboard , a ninety-eight gun ship of the line during the Battle of Trafalgar.Forester does not give details of Bush's experiences during this time (although he does depict Bush, later, being coaxed to tell the tale).In 1808 Bush rejoined Hornblower as First Lieutenant of HMS "Lydia" sailing to the south Pacific to deliver arms and ammunition to Don Julian Alvarado, a rebel against Spanish rule.