HM Brig of War Fearless is Patrolling down the Breton coast, meanwhile a game of cat and mouse is being played out between the Royal Navy and blockaded French fleet.
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| A Topsail cutter has lured out a French Corvette, but the enemy turn back on Sighting HMS Amazon, a 32 gun frigate. |
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| Fearless appears in the Passage du Fours, passing the Fours rocks. |
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| The French Corvette is the Bleu d'Auvergne, and yes, I'm using cheeses again... |
Bleu is a 20 gun Corvette, under Captain Henri Salers. Henri is cocksure, and runs out, but Flash Harry Farthingdale and Fearless have the weather gauge.
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| Fearless reaches down the Passage du Fours |
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| As the French Corvette runs before the wind returning to the safety of harbour. |
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| Fearless gets the first broadside even though she is armed with Carronades. Poor tactics from the Frenchman. |
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| Two hits, one critical, and those dice should be black. 6 points of damage is a hard knock. |
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| The Frenchman fires its opening broadside. Its poor. |
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| Two more from Fearless and she gets another pair of hits. The wind moves! |
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| Fearless gets initiative as she gains the weather gauge. What is the Frenchman playing at. He has been hammered for 18 points of damage. Passes the skills test. The critical is a rudder hit. |
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| Another three points. The carronades are savage. |
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| The Frenchman hits back. Two points. Flash Harry laughs it off. |
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| The ancient McTurk, my Master Gunner, hits hard, killing the French Captain |
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| But with 24 points of damage the Frenchman First Officer fail's his skills test and strikes. Very wise. Fearless has a prize it seems. |
Excellent work, but poor French tactics.
Next time mon petite Les Francais will have revenge!
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