This was accompanied by a rather desultory fusillade from the tops of both ships again.
This was accompanied by a rather desultory fusillade from the tops of both ships again.
Last edited by Bligh; 10-31-2021 at 05:05.
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.
However it was to be Cornwallis who had the last say in the affair, as she fired one more stuttering volley, and took the fight out of the few Frenchmen still standing on her deck.
Last edited by Bligh; 10-31-2021 at 05:05.
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.
With that a junior officer, the only man who was left standing on the quarterdeck, stepped forward and with his dirk cut the flag halliards thus signifying her surrender.
Last edited by Bligh; 10-31-2021 at 05:05.
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.
Expecting to now have a fight on with the larger ship repairing in the inner bay, the two HEIC ships now discovered what the Marines had known since opening the cells in the fort and releasing the ship's crew who it turned out were from the HEIC merchantman Ganges sitting in the harbour and taken by the Proserpine some days before the storm savaged both ships.
After a further week spent in repairing all the ships to at least some semblance of seaworthiness, it was a rather relieved Captain Hardie who led his little flotilla of ships out of the anchorage and back to Bombay, knowing that at least the first part of his mission had been a success, if a somewhat bloody one.
Last edited by Bligh; 10-31-2021 at 05:04.
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.
Butcher’s Bill.
French and prize.
British.
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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