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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Cut all hands back the quarters.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Afterca turn by this came a battery one broadside.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Didn't want it to please Captain Bush, mind.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Till some pocket these pop for this. I already.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
Is that thing Michael Redgrave, CS Forester's indominable Man of
the Seas a ratio hornblower.
Speaker 5 (01:56):
The feeling of success was strange and new on that
eventful boy to my younger days. Yet it was unmistakably
in the air for all of US officers and men alike.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
The new year of eighteen hundred and two dawned with.
Speaker 5 (02:09):
A brighter promise even there than the West Indies. Far
from home, we'd taken two Spanish fortresses, destroyed a nest
of privateers, and gained security for future convoys.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Making use of the mon their passage.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
Now, wonder my new friend Bush, now second in command
of the renowned stood grinning to himself there on the
quarterdeck because he applied his ire to the ship's telescope.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
Boy, miss wus a happy New Year. Surely I'm right,
this is New Year's Day despite the temperature. Hondler, Happy
New Years, you two, I hope we burst deserve it.
You look happy enough what you've trained on here.
Speaker 5 (02:45):
I want to see the second fourth year of the Harbormat.
Our party is leaving there, but's putting off from the
landing right now.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Yes, there'll be some fireworks any moment, then, Oh not
till I've got a little farther after me, Because Captain
Buckham's im all related deal.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
Bush particularly no well to me. It's strange, isn't it.
Speaker 5 (03:06):
Three prize ships lying off our sterm that go with
us to Jamaica. Five hundred pounds prize money for our
good captain. Everyonon who knows the hands are pleased enough
with the five shillings to it.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
She's only thinking of the fourth private yer. We're interesting.
Speaker 3 (03:19):
I don't suppose I'll ever understand that man through Spanish
fortresses taken, one of them already destroyed, and.
Speaker 5 (03:35):
The second level our bird party is safely away. No
more do Spanish guns rule the entrance to Samana Bay
or the cheons of smoke and flying me. I haven't
two tons of gun padd or quite sufficient worth it.
We should be losing sale as.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Soon as he's a new word from his cabin.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
With four ships, three prices, and we are so scammed
full of prisoners and their women.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
At least our voyage to Jamaica won't be boring.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
It's the women must be watched, right, So coming aboard,
I thought the men.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
Seemed tractable enough, even resigned, But God probably had enough
of that weird island tropic heat with bellious natives yellow fever.
Speaker 5 (04:19):
Well, some of them have been stationed there in garrison
for years so that their sullen wives and daughters.
Speaker 1 (04:25):
If baleful looks.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Could kill, they'd have withered every man of us. They
don't mind showing they can hate, do they well? Separating
them the way we have or to take care of that.
Speaker 5 (04:34):
Only about fifty women and their children batten down in
our midshipmen's berth and marine centuries, always on guard, remember
playing it's fixed and muskets loaded.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Yeah, hand.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
All four hundred of their men stold on our lower
gun deck, every hatchway guarded by since the prisoners aboard
each of the three prizes.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
To remembers, but not as many.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
And we've got good men of our own aboard those prices.
Look the inference now in Captain Buckman's gig, he's.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
Borting the one they.
Speaker 5 (05:03):
Call La Gaditana. Yes, you sound as if I still
haven't convinced you. I'll be convinced once we're safely in
Kingston Harbor, and that's.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
A full week away. You'll have to let them up.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
You know, for exercise and air conditions down there, and
no better than a slave ship.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Or I'll grant your ass and look here on blur.
Try being a bit more cheerful, will you? You offer
give me nightmares? Well? Well, isn't sending word? This time?
Our captain comes himself?
Speaker 5 (05:36):
Captain, it looks as if the damage ashore is completing,
He doesn't.
Speaker 3 (05:41):
He Yes, we'll get under way just as soon as
the shore boats. I sit in if you please, or else,
everybody get on the web or my own way.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
How's that shorebird? Lining on?
Speaker 1 (05:53):
End?
Speaker 5 (05:54):
Here Bush was entitled to feel satisfied. I suppose as
one day followed another without event.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
There we were a.
Speaker 5 (06:18):
Small ARMATR one British ship shepherding three Spanish prizes four
specks alone and tiny in a vast sunn should see
on the renown. We were left shorthanded both us two
officers and men.
Speaker 3 (06:33):
Although each of the prize crews was small enough. In
all conscience, this fact produced no crisis. Watch succeeded watch
and all was calm.
Speaker 5 (06:41):
A tight and proper routine seemed to have been established.
Yet I still couldn't avoid a slight uneasiness.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
Exercise period beginning yes the regular after no doubt, Bush, Look,
am I seeing things again?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Or am I right?
Speaker 5 (06:59):
That woman over the by the handscrape beside the centry.
She doesn't look exactly sullen.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
No, she's by sure, she's flattering with one of our marines.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
Sagan, please come here east, Sit.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
Down, gentlemen, sit down, Thank you for coming. Oh, shut
the door. Please look in a bush it again. Tomorrow
afternoon we should reach Kingston. I haven't tightened up too
much on sailing orders during the voyage, so long as
we can keep the three prize ships under surveillance. But
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now that we will be entering a British harbor, some
changes are called for her. I think our changes, sir, Yes,
mister Bush. Can't have those Spanish vessels straggling along in
any fashion, simply won't do. Must keep at least a
trim formation understood, gentlemen, Yes, of course, But may I
respectfully suggest so that in this instance, well, appearances aren't
(08:03):
really as impulsion as mister Ormler, you may not and
listen if you please to my instruction, Yes, mitchem and
Brown will replace mister Hornbler temporarily a second lieutenant of
the Renowned, under Lieutenant Bush. Mister Hormler, this afternoon, well
before nightfall, you will transfer to the first of the privateers,
La Gaditana. From there, in consultation with the other prize crews,
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you will please organize a more efficient disposition bring all
three into port in an orderly manner. Sir, now be
permitted to point out that, well, we're already shorthanded about Renowned.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (08:40):
Why it is that certain officers feel called upon to
offer me advice when I don't ask it.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Very well, gentlemen, that will be all I think for
the moment.
Speaker 5 (09:12):
That statement I almost believed myself. Once aboard Gadetana, I
set about hoisting signals for other two prize crews, pursuing
Bucklin's instructions.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
As best I could.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
As Bush told me his story later, I was able
to piece together pretty clearly much of what had happened
aboard the Renown in my absence. It was a dark
and lovely Caribbean night under bright stars when Bush completed.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
His last evening runs. He was dog tired and soon asleep.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Woh whow.
Speaker 5 (09:58):
The usual ship signs did disturbed him in the least,
But sometime after midnight, Bush became suddenly awake.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
His ears told him that something was amiss. To a
loud cries. There was a rock of peat on deck.
Speaker 5 (10:14):
A woman screamed, Then there was another Russian feet and
Bush had leapt from his cot, snatched his sword and
pistols from their blackets against the cabin bulkhead, kill, kill me,
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But they were upon him in an instant. Hands grabbed
his sword blader. He forked to tear it from their
zipp struck wildly at the.
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Pressing marbles, kicked out of his blare of feet at
the attackers.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
M r Arms whose way his way? Come on, we'll
make us say, I'm arm with yourself and all that
was so fast, none of us enough.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
To rally down this way.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
We can stop him over year, Come on, come on,
so look that's a good citizen. He turns. Some are
of our crew. Now he would try and tet together,
bit together, we'll been cut to pieces off a goats.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Brush struggled around them.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
A few more of the crews that arenoun fought to
his side and suddenly found himself strolled on the deck.
Speaker 1 (11:28):
We've been stuck down.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
He was bathed in bloody he's own no matter others.
Speaker 1 (11:33):
His head swam.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
He was weak beyond belief, and then the two mouths
seemed to die away.
Speaker 5 (11:39):
If mister Bushman they've come from that, their Spanish pride
who's come too, believes Smiths lone plaster with his prize crew.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Let's say, all your alliance, you can still walk this way.
Now we can drive them back.
Speaker 1 (12:02):
This is mister bush What he is now you might
never know him at the moment that blood he's fear
trampled too. Yes, Bush Bush, are you conscious? Oh? Well,
speak to me Bush one? Blood? Did they did?
Speaker 5 (12:23):
They take the shut I'm glad to say thank god
that you and a few others held him after we
got there.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
They never reached the quarter deck. Where where's captain backed?
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Well, they took him prisoner while he's two lay a bed.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Oh he's all right.
Speaker 5 (12:38):
We released him as soon as we got the Spaniards
under control, and he Bush Bush, come.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Man, he's unconscious again.
Speaker 5 (12:44):
Now lift him gently, now gently have him in his
captain in no time.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
Hello, Bush, some fresh.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Food juice Thursday. Lemonade that's resoughtful of your home. Bler.
You'll know that there's a very great dealer. I'd like
to say to you in ingratitude, lemon aid?
Speaker 5 (13:12):
What is lemonade? Bamberg from Shore has already been alongside
bought some lemons for you.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
That was all. I didn't mean lemonade you know last night, though,
this is.
Speaker 5 (13:22):
No time for you to talk. Are you feeling anyhow?
Movement not very easy, I should think no. Crive tells
me how to close a lot of gashes in your body?
Speaker 3 (13:31):
O fifty threes itches home, b I'm setting up like
a crazy quilt. Oh that I mean some mending up
in base hospital Ashore and.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
Not bad I hear. I feed you quite well up there.
Speaker 5 (13:45):
I rather envy you at the moment.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
Things are going to be slightly difficult aboard. It was
I dreaming last night?
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Or did you tell me that they'd taken Captain Buckland
in his bed? Oh it's true enough. They abounded him
with his bedding and he later I helped us throughout
battle for the.
Speaker 5 (14:00):
Ship of the West. Part Bush's is his hand dog.
Look this morning I put a captured asleep in bed.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
I suppose you will never live that down. Will it
be a court of inquiry? Do you imagined? Bundy?
Speaker 3 (14:18):
You see Bushyo, you are lucky to be ill. Whatever happens,
it's going to be embarrassing porn blower. How the devil
did those prisoners escape?
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Well, oh that's you, sir. Nice of you to stop
in and see mister Bush.
Speaker 3 (14:31):
Afternoon, Captain, Good afternoon, mister Bush. Thought I just look
in on you for a moment before you'reing ashore.
Speaker 5 (14:39):
You you're going ashore to make your reports? Yes, well
it's it's a beautiful afternoon, sirsir, so far as I
can judge. And you do look most impressive, sir. Those sparkles,
white houses, and uniform coach and your sword.
Speaker 3 (14:57):
Oh yes, I've dressed through the at in the finance
so I could find. I've carefully prepared my reports, and
I wish to heaven I would get Oh, sir, I
don't say that, sir.
Speaker 1 (15:11):
I wish I were.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
Your gigs alongside three prizes are just answering.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Astern of us. Thank you. Mister Brown must be up
in a moment. Yes, remember the Spanish prizes, Captain, They
are bulk very large to the gold gray the shore.
Oh well, I.
Speaker 3 (15:32):
How in Heaven's named those Spanish maniacs escape? Well, it
must surely have been due to the well carelessness of
the marine guards.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Certainly it was well planned.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Perhaps none of the women will quite sow themselves in
exchange for a portrayal. But a seeming complacency must have
led some of our men to leave a hatchway unfastened.
Speaker 1 (15:53):
Yes, we missed. Institute an investigation at once.
Speaker 3 (15:58):
The Sergeant Buildings has already reported he seems quite certain
after much inquiry, that two marines were responsible, and both
of them died.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
In the fighting last night.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
Well, at any rate, I want you gentlemen to know
I've treated you well in these reports. For instance, mister Hornbler,
I've given you folk credit for what you did at
Haiti and for boarding the ship when the prisoners rose.
Thank you, sir, more than I deserve. Well, I'll be
(16:29):
off good fortune to you, mister Bush if you've been
taken ashore before I am back, Thank you.
Speaker 1 (16:35):
Sir, and good luck to you, sir.
Speaker 3 (16:38):
While ashore, a man on his way to the gallows
might look rather like that interesting Bush. Yes, well, get
some sleep, knife you cancer. I'll attend to my other
duties and then we'll see that you get ashore.
Speaker 5 (17:12):
After we'd piped Captain Buckland off, there was much else
to be seen to while we're for the stretcher bearers
from Kingston. Meanwhile, up on deck, I asked Surgeon Clive
about Bush.
Speaker 1 (17:24):
Hm. Yes, mister Hornbroad, his condition is rather serious. Serious.
Well you didn't tell me that this morning.
Speaker 3 (17:30):
He's grown feverish and with so many wounds, both large
and small, I fear infection. Oh well, he's not in
such a bad shape as those three seamen who stood
with him.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
Don't worry. They have a really excellent naval hospital here.
I am informed. I do believe that's the hospital lighton now,
Am I mistaken? I think you're not mistaken?
Speaker 3 (17:49):
Doctor, Do stand by to receive those stretch of men
from the volt coming alongside. There should be stretchers for
six men in all m here we are, mister Bush.
Sounds a bit blinding, isn't it, hont blur. I knew
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there was something I had to ask you once.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
They kept coming back to bother me all morning.
Speaker 3 (18:14):
When you recaptured the renowned last night, you came all
the way from the garagar.
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Well, yes, naturally, how did you know that anything was wrong?
You were so far away.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
I heard a couple of musket shots at first, and
then I saw the renown come.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Up into the wind, and that seemed aimless and peculiar.
Speaker 3 (18:31):
You collected all three prize crews together, because that is
the thing that puzzles me, stripping all three of our seamen.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Weren't you afraid of losing the prices home? Blur the
They all carried prisoner's support.
Speaker 3 (18:44):
Better to lose the prizes than the renowned bush. Besides,
besides what, well, I had every sheet and hall he
had cut in the prizes before we left them. I
took them so much time to read new ones that
we had no trouble at all retaking them.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
Oh so that was it, and you had two take them.
By the Holy you had a busy night all in
my world. Yes, brother, no men, and.
Speaker 2 (19:07):
Watch those skins I saw.
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Dyman for sure.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Good Bye and good luck, and carry.
Speaker 1 (19:23):
On the Bibles. We will be waiting for you here
in Rana.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
A ratio Hornblower starring Michael Redgrave is based on the
novels by C. S.
Speaker 1 (19:49):
Furnaster.
Speaker 3 (19:50):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torres. Produced by Harry
Alan Towers.
Speaker 1 (20:19):
It