Hope you have a good time, I shall be in Spain when Hammerhead takes place so will miss it this year
Hope you have a good time, I shall be in Spain when Hammerhead takes place so will miss it this year
Let the games begin.
More pics follow tomorrow.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
Game one.
The fleets close for action.
Last edited by Bligh; 03-06-2022 at 09:54.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
My ship Orient gets between a rock and a hard place.
Last edited by Bligh; 03-06-2022 at 09:54.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
British firepower from Captain Patch prevails over the French flagship as both the Fleet Captain and Amiral de Brueys are wounded.
Last edited by Bligh; 03-06-2022 at 09:53.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
As in the battle of the Nile the next round of fire sets Orient on fire as both de Brueys and his Captain perish heroically on the quaterdeck. This shakes the morale of the French fleet.
Last edited by Bligh; 03-06-2022 at 09:53.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
British spirits are however raised by this early success as they show here.
Last edited by Bligh; 03-06-2022 at 09:53.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
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