half past eleven o'clock
The flag-ship now hoisted the signal , -- `` THIS DAY OUR COUNTRY EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY . '' From ship to ship , from man to man , from heart to heart , thrilled the electric message . It was greeted by cheers and the thunder of guns . This was at half past eleven o'clock . The spars of the transports were beginning to be thronged . Corporal Gray brought up a glass to Frank . `` O , good ! ''