AAR And now for something completely similar.
My last mission included a brace of Frigates per side.
This time I was the Double Shotted British,but this time so were the French.
Vive la France.
To Glory we steer.
The french go for the divide and conquer ploy.
The Brits start to form line of battle in the good old traditional way.
The French plan continue.
The Brits get the line sorted.
Splitting the French, HMS Meleager opens with double shot on Unite, but both French Frigates reply with similar, and the Brits get the worst of it.
Terpsichore now comes into action and things look up for the Brits. Raking Unite and setting her on fire.she also Broadsides the reloading Courageuse.
Meanwhile Meleager with what she has left in firepower hammers Courageuse with her first double shotted Starboard broadside and rakes her stern.
Terpsichore and Unite also exchange fire from the Fighting tops.
This latter proves too much for Unite who promptly strikes.
Both Brits now set off in hot pursuit of the Courageuse.
She and Terpsichore exchange unequal broadsides doing almost equivalent damage.
Meleager and Courageuse collide but without entanglement.
However, the Brits do take some casualties from the Tops.
The remaining few guns also exchange a desultory volley without much real effect.
The battered Courageuse now makes a run for safety pursued by the faster Terpsichore.
Almost safe, but the pursuing Terpsichore comes about and her forrard guns deliver the Coup de grace to the Frenchman in the nick of time.
Two prizes in one afternoon!
Bligh.
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