November 1, 2025 • 21 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Hold our hands back the quarters.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'm not good. Stand by this table battery one broadside
in it to please Captain Bush winds us some pocket
it stops ready, eyes are already.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Fire, presenting Michael Redgrave at CS Forester's Indomino, Man of
the Sea, Oratio Hornblower.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Nothing slows. I truly believe that of all human emotions,
(02:03):
the one which depresses the man most is that of helplessness.
And nothing gives that feeling more than defeat. When I
was still in my twenties, a lieutenant on board his
Manister ship renowned there was a particular night when we
were standing off the island of Haiti. He tried to
(02:23):
force our way past the Spanish fort which guarded the
entrance to Somana Bay, and we'd run aground. We'd been
forced to turn tail and run like a frightened hare.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Misma.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yes, yes, Captain's orders, Sir, will you report to the
cabin at once? Report to the captain ay isa at once.
Captain's cabin What have I done wrong? Lieutenant Honbla reporting, sir,
(02:59):
come in, come in, horn Blow, and please be good
enough to close the door.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Lieutenant Bush and I.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Having a devil of a time keeping these charts from
blowing away as it is.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I'm sorry, sir, that's quite a draft.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Well, horn Blower, what's this you've been up to up to, sir,
I've been asleep, sir. What's that to do with it?
I mean, this foolish, impractical scheme of yours. Allow me
to explain it, mister womblower. I took the liberty of
telling Captain Buckland, telling.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Him what bush you are, sleepy?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
What we talked about on deck, Hornbler, your idea of
a landing party storming the fort from the rear?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh yes, Captain Buckland, Yes, sir, maybe yes, maybe no
Rmbler pens.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I think it's possible, sir.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Possible depends on many things. For example, how many men
we send ashore? One hundred, sir, one hundred plus the Marines.
That's a total of one hundred and eighty. Spaniards might
have a good deal more, sir, I think not. You
must have noticed us during the actually they were finding
only six guns from the fort. Don't say only six,
horn Blower. They were big guns, extremely base. But that's
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not what I mean.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Side.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
I'm sure that none of us will ever forget how
big they were. What I mean is gun crews can't
be more than ten. Well, that's ten to each gun.
That's sixty, I'd say the same number to look after
ammunition detail and garrison. Oh well, that can't be more
than one hundred and twenty one hundred and twenty behind
solid stone wall.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
They weren't reguarding the rear of the fort.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
And how do you judge that?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Pray? Tell men they're.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Expecting an attack from the water, sir, especially after our
attempt of yesterday. I'd be obliged if you stop mentioning that. Yes, sir,
but it's true. Here's the island of Haiti, sir. Here's
the Spanish fort overlooking Samana Bay. Here's Scotchman's Bay behind
it to the left. That's your suggested landing pleasure, yes,
Lieutenant Bush, although it's not really my place to suggest
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we go on with it. Horn Blower, what about the natives?
But they hold this half of the island, say the
right half war against them? No, sir, but the dons
are We might as well take it into our considerations.
They're afraid of the native, sir. That's why they'll be
watching the front of the fort right here. Scotsman's Bay,
and then this way through the marsh and up the
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ridge of land, and there's the fort. With the fort
in our hands, we'll control all of Samana Bay. The
bay is a rat's nest of Spanish privateers. They can
never use it as an anchorage against her.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
If horn blower, there's always if.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I said it's getting late, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Will think about it. Think about it, sir.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Now what well, sir? I mean you you'd put it
off or blow. You're not suggesting we can be done
now tonight. When there's time enough, sir, Time enough to
morrow night, Yes, sir, only only what good hives and
my crew tired enough already.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
But the dons are also tired, sir.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
And the longer we wait, the longer they have to
consider the whole situation and prepare. What do you say,
Lieutenant Bush, Oh, Sarah, I'm inclined to agree with the tenant.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Warmblo.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Soon it's done, Biggs, surprised.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I say, oh, very well.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Then a landing part it is Scotman's Bay, Lieutenant Bush.
You'll be in charge a hundred men and our marine guard.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Maya. I suppose you'll need a second in command.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I will let many men good, will take whom you choose,
Lieutenant Bush, if you please, eh, oh, will you look
at him now, Captain, he can I understand and attention
he's so anxious to get of course, Hornblower, who else
would I take his second in command? Wasn't this your
scheme in the first place? Agreed Bush? Agreed, hornblows your second.
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Although I'll be left rather short handed, it will go
badly with all of us if this venture fails. You'll
have the renowns tanning off Samana Bear Torsa. I will,
and I'll have my glass trained on the fort. Mister
Ranger signal. If we're successful, Sir, we'll fly our flag
above the Spaniards. It's good enough our ends and above
the dots.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Good. Now, let's see.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Well, horned Blower, you're tapping your legs like a regular cricket.
What now?
Speaker 1 (07:16):
What else is there? Well? I was wondering if we'd.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Best alter our course so we can head for Scotchman's Bay.
Now we shouldn't waste any time. The order was given
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and the ship healed over. The black bulk of the
Tropic island grew larger before our straining eyes. The land
breeze quarters, and then we heard the swell of the surf,
and then we were in the small boats heading in
towards the beach at Scotchman's Bay. Steady their helm, he
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behead it improperly or swamped a lot of us.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
I say, heat it in.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
She is steady yours there.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
The rest of the small boats behind us. Hornblow ism.
I wish there wasn't so much phosphorescence in the water, but.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You're a trail of it behind every boat. I hope
you are right about the dons looking the other way.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
So wild.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
A hundred and eighty men, let's go over the plan's hornblow,
I said. Every man has strict orders not to load
his musket. Would be climbing through a tangle of brush.
If a gun goes off by accidental rouse Ibris Spaniard
in the fort or at least their wall sentries will
rise the we'll rely on cold steel boness. At least
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two will inside the walls. Is do you think single
fil hormbler you mean from the pizzer.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Guy.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
They will most likely be a pass, but it'll be narrow,
and there's the wall of the fort to scale. So oh,
good lord, I forgot the grapples grapples to reach the
top of the wall because I ordered them put by soda.
They're in the boats. Oh good? What's wrong with your throat?
Hoorn colovers? You keep making odd noisy? My mouth's dry, sir,
keep getting thirsty?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Noh so am I? Shall I proceed as plans?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yes, you'll go ahead with the ordinary hands all black,
so the season until you come within sight of the
Spanish fault.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
You'll wake there in July arrived with the marines. Oh here, yes, sir,
quite clear? And then yes, what is it? We're at
the beach? Oh lad?
Speaker 2 (09:44):
We're driving in all ride oz on the next wave.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Now, after we left the marsh and began going upward
along a narrow path, we found on a ridge.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
The climb was back breaking? Nor was that? All? Wilton?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Pass the order to wart aye, sir, halt there ass
the order?
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Old? What is it, sir?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Your eyes accustomed to the darkness, Wolton, I think so
servile as something up ahead in that clearing can't be
the fort. We're not far enough for that. I can't
make it out, sir, nor can I the bridge is
it's moving, sir? It might be men sentry, Sir, as possible.
Can't move the column till we make certain Wilton unfastened
your burnet.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I have my saber.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
We'll go forward and find out what it is.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Loser.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Yes, alone, I find it difficult.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
To recall my thoughts on that soutry night on the
island of Haiti, when we were attempting a surprise action
against the Spanish fort one hundred and eighty men, A
good portion of the crew of His Majesty's ship renowned
Faull on shore in the darkness.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
The Spanish fort on me a few one hundred yards away.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yet all might be lost, For in the darkness I
had I had spied something moving. I felt a tremendous
weight on my conscience. But it was I who had
suggested this whole attack. As I went ahead to investigate,
with only the seaman Wolton to keep me company, my
heart was pounding sixty to the dozen, Sir, Yes, Wolton
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directly an ofs ofst be a century if you blunders
of sorcery.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Wolton, no panic.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
If you please choice her calling Miss Race her cold steel.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Remember there must be no sound cold steel.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Now old water, it's a cow. The colds choose to do.
I could have sworn you say yes, so could I know?
Wolton listen, I'll wait here. You go back to the
column and have the men come forward and pass the
word that there are clouds about. If you and I
almost took this one for the enemy, there's no telling
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what nervous troops will try to fire it. Even a
four legged beast can raise.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
An alarm, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
So our progress continued.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Bush's column came along, and we moved forward, and every
sound seemed magnified by excitement and nervousness, and every whisper
seemed to shout silence there, silence, are there?
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Are we never going to reach that blasted force?
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Warm bla.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
I think we have, mister Busher, what we have reached
it directly there before us by heaven.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
So it is there.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
All the Spanish fort horn Blair come forward with me.
I said, there's not a light shining, nothing less. The
moon's beginning to rise. It latter that it was five minutes.
Agost is close enough. The walls look of common hide
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from here, as they're not too high for grapples, and
there's nobody like sailors swarming up and over.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Isn't it?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Isn't that a sally Port yonder Sport? Well direct their
heads a bit to the right. The door must be wooden, Sir,
A good strong axe man might be able to cut
through it.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
You're referring to persons made silk.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Traps, I said, best man with an axe, I've ever
seen mm suppers.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
He fails on.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
We'll scull our eggs in one basks.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
We won't have to, sir.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
I suggest we split our forces. If you take the
sailors and deploy them to the left with grapples and cutlasses,
I can take the marines and try for the Sallyport.
Take silk with you, Yes, sir, Well, moon's rising the
dawn soon, Marines, you understand your instructions. Lieutenant Bush has
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taken the rest over to the left wall. These men
are deployed with grapples and cutlasses. Silk isser year, Sir,
knocked out your target, sook I got it fixed and proper, Sir,
Good and zr axe.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
Is as sharp as a man could wish.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Don't you fret, sir?
Speaker 7 (15:10):
I'll bash that sally Port door in like it was
cheese and beyondry.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Ratt counting on it solk Wolton. Yes, sir, I made
remind you cold steel. No shooting until we're well inside, Yes, sir,
well enough or a fixed parits breams fixed parents, Si
stay beside me, say well. I believe we can now
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move forward. Here we are silk right here, sir, stand
aside here.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Jennifers must be grappling with the walls.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
One hours, yes, wolden, the spaniards are coming to life.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Kept it sook by, sir. Several voice would do it.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
One boy heard if someone could reach through and lift
off the bold Sir stand side shilk.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
God, yeah, m hm follow me, rats, hold blah, it's ards,
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old blair. I let tell them what what's that on
your arm? Blood? If it is, it's not mine? You
want armed?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
I believe so, sir, that there are three dead among
our marines and a dozen casualties. I've established alsation for
the wounded over near the sally por. Have you no
good idea you can concentrate all the wounded there? Don's
fault quite well? Didn't yes, sir, sir? Hi, I beg pardon?
Hadn't we better make the fort secure? It's the cure one.
We should post a guard on the powder with your permission.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Sir, ome blur.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
There's another matter one's tending to a This is the
well inside the walls. Well, right, so there is I
hope it hasn't been poisoned. I'll never forget myself. See
there are also wold in.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
This way. Horn blas turned on.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
I time to make signals to the renowned Yes, sir
think yes, sir, I see you have our colors.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
It's smartly. Now bring down the Spanish flag, hie. This
business is over.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I'll be grateful for slim and water also yes, water also,
oh what's the matter, horbler?
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Well, sir trusted, I'm.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Ashamed of myself for what forgetting to post a guard
over the water?
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Well, that's the only thing you did. Forget. I should have.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Remembered, should have one, blower. I'm the one who should
be ashamed.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I don't look at me. So what have I done?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
You led the attack, Littennant, push on blow. It was
your plan, you conceived it. I had no notion of
what to do. Ay and between us, neither did Captain Buckland.
Your plan and your details. It was you remembered the grapples.
It was you devised how we should divide up. It
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was you had the sense enough to put guards on
the prisoners, and remember the powder house.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
And the spirits. You really think that? Would I say
it otherwise? Well?
Speaker 2 (18:54):
I I didn't want to make a speech, but U
oh yes, silk ready to bend on our colors? Sir,
one moment, give me our ensign? Please here it is,
Sir Hone Blair. Yes, sir, yeah, what's that?
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Yeah? Take it?
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Take it, ma'am the British flag if you please.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
I want you to bend it on and hoist it up.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
After all, if it weren't for you, it might not
go up at all.
Speaker 7 (19:31):
I yes, sir, looks good in the sunlight, don't you.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Sir? Let's say that's silk, but I haven't. Let's see
it does indeed.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
A ratio Hornblower starring Michael Redgrave is based on the
novels by C. S.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Forester.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torch, produced by Harry
Allen Towers,
Hold our hands back the quarters.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
I'm not good. Stand by this table battery one broadside
in it to please Captain Bush winds us some pocket
it stops ready, eyes are already.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
Fire, presenting Michael Redgrave at CS Forester's Indomino, Man of
the Sea, Oratio Hornblower.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Nothing slows. I truly believe that of all human emotions,
(02:03):
the one which depresses the man most is that of helplessness.
And nothing gives that feeling more than defeat. When I
was still in my twenties, a lieutenant on board his
Manister ship renowned there was a particular night when we
were standing off the island of Haiti. He tried to
(02:23):
force our way past the Spanish fort which guarded the
entrance to Somana Bay, and we'd run aground. We'd been
forced to turn tail and run like a frightened hare.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Misma.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Yes, yes, Captain's orders, Sir, will you report to the
cabin at once? Report to the captain ay isa at once.
Captain's cabin What have I done wrong? Lieutenant Honbla reporting, sir,
(02:59):
come in, come in, horn Blow, and please be good
enough to close the door.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Lieutenant Bush and I.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Having a devil of a time keeping these charts from
blowing away as it is.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
I'm sorry, sir, that's quite a draft.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
Well, horn Blower, what's this you've been up to up to, sir,
I've been asleep, sir. What's that to do with it?
I mean, this foolish, impractical scheme of yours. Allow me
to explain it, mister womblower. I took the liberty of
telling Captain Buckland, telling.
Speaker 1 (03:28):
Him what bush you are, sleepy?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
What we talked about on deck, Hornbler, your idea of
a landing party storming the fort from the rear?
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Oh yes, Captain Buckland, Yes, sir, maybe yes, maybe no
Rmbler pens.
Speaker 1 (03:43):
I think it's possible, sir.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Possible depends on many things. For example, how many men
we send ashore? One hundred, sir, one hundred plus the Marines.
That's a total of one hundred and eighty. Spaniards might
have a good deal more, sir, I think not. You
must have noticed us during the actually they were finding
only six guns from the fort. Don't say only six,
horn Blower. They were big guns, extremely base. But that's
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not what I mean.
Speaker 1 (04:08):
Side.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
I'm sure that none of us will ever forget how
big they were. What I mean is gun crews can't
be more than ten. Well, that's ten to each gun.
That's sixty, I'd say the same number to look after
ammunition detail and garrison. Oh well, that can't be more
than one hundred and twenty one hundred and twenty behind
solid stone wall.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
They weren't reguarding the rear of the fort.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
And how do you judge that?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Pray? Tell men they're.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Expecting an attack from the water, sir, especially after our
attempt of yesterday. I'd be obliged if you stop mentioning that. Yes, sir,
but it's true. Here's the island of Haiti, sir. Here's
the Spanish fort overlooking Samana Bay. Here's Scotchman's Bay behind
it to the left. That's your suggested landing pleasure, yes,
Lieutenant Bush, although it's not really my place to suggest
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we go on with it. Horn Blower, what about the natives?
But they hold this half of the island, say the
right half war against them? No, sir, but the dons
are We might as well take it into our considerations.
They're afraid of the native, sir. That's why they'll be
watching the front of the fort right here. Scotsman's Bay,
and then this way through the marsh and up the
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ridge of land, and there's the fort. With the fort
in our hands, we'll control all of Samana Bay. The
bay is a rat's nest of Spanish privateers. They can
never use it as an anchorage against her.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
If horn blower, there's always if.
Speaker 2 (05:30):
I said it's getting late, gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Will think about it. Think about it, sir.
Speaker 2 (05:38):
Now what well, sir? I mean you you'd put it
off or blow. You're not suggesting we can be done
now tonight. When there's time enough, sir, Time enough to
morrow night, Yes, sir, only only what good hives and
my crew tired enough already.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
But the dons are also tired, sir.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
And the longer we wait, the longer they have to
consider the whole situation and prepare. What do you say,
Lieutenant Bush, Oh, Sarah, I'm inclined to agree with the tenant.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
Warmblo.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Soon it's done, Biggs, surprised.
Speaker 1 (06:10):
I say, oh, very well.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Then a landing part it is Scotman's Bay, Lieutenant Bush.
You'll be in charge a hundred men and our marine guard.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Maya. I suppose you'll need a second in command.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I will let many men good, will take whom you choose,
Lieutenant Bush, if you please, eh, oh, will you look
at him now, Captain, he can I understand and attention
he's so anxious to get of course, Hornblower, who else
would I take his second in command? Wasn't this your
scheme in the first place? Agreed Bush? Agreed, hornblows your second.
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Although I'll be left rather short handed, it will go
badly with all of us if this venture fails. You'll
have the renowns tanning off Samana Bear Torsa. I will,
and I'll have my glass trained on the fort. Mister
Ranger signal. If we're successful, Sir, we'll fly our flag
above the Spaniards. It's good enough our ends and above
the dots.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Good. Now, let's see.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Well, horned Blower, you're tapping your legs like a regular cricket.
What now?
Speaker 1 (07:16):
What else is there? Well? I was wondering if we'd.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Best alter our course so we can head for Scotchman's Bay.
Now we shouldn't waste any time. The order was given
(07:39):
and the ship healed over. The black bulk of the
Tropic island grew larger before our straining eyes. The land
breeze quarters, and then we heard the swell of the surf,
and then we were in the small boats heading in
towards the beach at Scotchman's Bay. Steady their helm, he
(08:02):
behead it improperly or swamped a lot of us.
Speaker 1 (08:04):
I say, heat it in.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
She is steady yours there.
Speaker 4 (08:11):
The rest of the small boats behind us. Hornblow ism.
I wish there wasn't so much phosphorescence in the water, but.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
You're a trail of it behind every boat. I hope
you are right about the dons looking the other way.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
So wild.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
A hundred and eighty men, let's go over the plan's hornblow,
I said. Every man has strict orders not to load
his musket. Would be climbing through a tangle of brush.
If a gun goes off by accidental rouse Ibris Spaniard
in the fort or at least their wall sentries will
rise the we'll rely on cold steel boness. At least
(08:52):
two will inside the walls. Is do you think single
fil hormbler you mean from the pizzer.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
Guy.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
They will most likely be a pass, but it'll be narrow,
and there's the wall of the fort to scale. So oh,
good lord, I forgot the grapples grapples to reach the
top of the wall because I ordered them put by soda.
They're in the boats. Oh good? What's wrong with your throat?
Hoorn colovers? You keep making odd noisy? My mouth's dry, sir,
keep getting thirsty?
Speaker 1 (09:22):
Noh so am I? Shall I proceed as plans?
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yes, you'll go ahead with the ordinary hands all black,
so the season until you come within sight of the
Spanish fault.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
You'll wake there in July arrived with the marines. Oh here, yes, sir,
quite clear? And then yes, what is it? We're at
the beach? Oh lad?
Speaker 2 (09:44):
We're driving in all ride oz on the next wave.
Speaker 5 (09:50):
Now, after we left the marsh and began going upward
along a narrow path, we found on a ridge.
Speaker 1 (10:09):
The climb was back breaking? Nor was that? All? Wilton?
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Pass the order to wart aye, sir, halt there ass
the order?
Speaker 1 (10:24):
Old? What is it, sir?
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Your eyes accustomed to the darkness, Wolton, I think so
servile as something up ahead in that clearing can't be
the fort. We're not far enough for that. I can't
make it out, sir, nor can I the bridge is
it's moving, sir? It might be men sentry, Sir, as possible.
Can't move the column till we make certain Wilton unfastened
your burnet.
Speaker 1 (10:50):
I have my saber.
Speaker 2 (10:52):
We'll go forward and find out what it is.
Speaker 1 (10:55):
Loser.
Speaker 6 (10:57):
Yes, alone, I find it difficult.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
To recall my thoughts on that soutry night on the
island of Haiti, when we were attempting a surprise action
against the Spanish fort one hundred and eighty men, A
good portion of the crew of His Majesty's ship renowned
Faull on shore in the darkness.
Speaker 1 (11:47):
The Spanish fort on me a few one hundred yards away.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Yet all might be lost, For in the darkness I
had I had spied something moving. I felt a tremendous
weight on my conscience. But it was I who had
suggested this whole attack. As I went ahead to investigate,
with only the seaman Wolton to keep me company, my
heart was pounding sixty to the dozen, Sir, Yes, Wolton
(12:11):
directly an ofs ofst be a century if you blunders
of sorcery.
Speaker 1 (12:14):
Wolton, no panic.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
If you please choice her calling Miss Race her cold steel.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Remember there must be no sound cold steel.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Now old water, it's a cow. The colds choose to do.
I could have sworn you say yes, so could I know?
Wolton listen, I'll wait here. You go back to the
column and have the men come forward and pass the
word that there are clouds about. If you and I
almost took this one for the enemy, there's no telling
(12:48):
what nervous troops will try to fire it. Even a
four legged beast can raise.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
An alarm, you know.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Wow.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
So our progress continued.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
Bush's column came along, and we moved forward, and every
sound seemed magnified by excitement and nervousness, and every whisper
seemed to shout silence there, silence, are there?
Speaker 4 (13:18):
Are we never going to reach that blasted force?
Speaker 1 (13:20):
Warm bla.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
I think we have, mister Busher, what we have reached
it directly there before us by heaven.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
So it is there.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
All the Spanish fort horn Blair come forward with me.
I said, there's not a light shining, nothing less. The
moon's beginning to rise. It latter that it was five minutes.
Agost is close enough. The walls look of common hide
(13:51):
from here, as they're not too high for grapples, and
there's nobody like sailors swarming up and over.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
Isn't it?
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Isn't that a sally Port yonder Sport? Well direct their
heads a bit to the right. The door must be wooden, Sir,
A good strong axe man might be able to cut
through it.
Speaker 4 (14:07):
You're referring to persons made silk.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Traps, I said, best man with an axe, I've ever
seen mm suppers.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
He fails on.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
We'll scull our eggs in one basks.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
We won't have to, sir.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
I suggest we split our forces. If you take the
sailors and deploy them to the left with grapples and cutlasses,
I can take the marines and try for the Sallyport.
Take silk with you, Yes, sir, Well, moon's rising the
dawn soon, Marines, you understand your instructions. Lieutenant Bush has
(14:52):
taken the rest over to the left wall. These men
are deployed with grapples and cutlasses. Silk isser year, Sir,
knocked out your target, sook I got it fixed and proper, Sir,
Good and zr axe.
Speaker 7 (15:06):
Is as sharp as a man could wish.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Don't you fret, sir?
Speaker 7 (15:10):
I'll bash that sally Port door in like it was
cheese and beyondry.
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Ratt counting on it solk Wolton. Yes, sir, I made
remind you cold steel. No shooting until we're well inside, Yes, sir,
well enough or a fixed parits breams fixed parents, Si
stay beside me, say well. I believe we can now
(15:37):
move forward. Here we are silk right here, sir, stand
aside here.
Speaker 1 (15:54):
Jennifers must be grappling with the walls.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
One hours, yes, wolden, the spaniards are coming to life.
Speaker 1 (15:58):
Kept it sook by, sir. Several voice would do it.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
One boy heard if someone could reach through and lift
off the bold Sir stand side shilk.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
God, yeah, m hm follow me, rats, hold blah, it's ards,
(16:57):
old blair. I let tell them what what's that on
your arm? Blood? If it is, it's not mine? You
want armed?
Speaker 2 (17:05):
I believe so, sir, that there are three dead among
our marines and a dozen casualties. I've established alsation for
the wounded over near the sally por. Have you no
good idea you can concentrate all the wounded there? Don's
fault quite well? Didn't yes, sir, sir? Hi, I beg pardon?
Hadn't we better make the fort secure? It's the cure one.
We should post a guard on the powder with your permission.
Speaker 1 (17:28):
Sir, ome blur.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
There's another matter one's tending to a This is the
well inside the walls. Well, right, so there is I
hope it hasn't been poisoned. I'll never forget myself. See
there are also wold in.
Speaker 1 (17:42):
This way. Horn blas turned on.
Speaker 2 (17:45):
I time to make signals to the renowned Yes, sir
think yes, sir, I see you have our colors.
Speaker 1 (17:52):
It's smartly. Now bring down the Spanish flag, hie. This
business is over.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
I'll be grateful for slim and water also yes, water also,
oh what's the matter, horbler?
Speaker 1 (18:08):
Well, sir trusted, I'm.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Ashamed of myself for what forgetting to post a guard
over the water?
Speaker 1 (18:14):
Well, that's the only thing you did. Forget. I should have.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Remembered, should have one, blower. I'm the one who should
be ashamed.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
I don't look at me. So what have I done?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
You led the attack, Littennant, push on blow. It was
your plan, you conceived it. I had no notion of
what to do. Ay and between us, neither did Captain Buckland.
Your plan and your details. It was you remembered the grapples.
It was you devised how we should divide up. It
(18:44):
was you had the sense enough to put guards on
the prisoners, and remember the powder house.
Speaker 1 (18:48):
And the spirits. You really think that? Would I say
it otherwise? Well?
Speaker 2 (18:54):
I I didn't want to make a speech, but U
oh yes, silk ready to bend on our colors? Sir,
one moment, give me our ensign? Please here it is,
Sir Hone Blair. Yes, sir, yeah, what's that?
Speaker 1 (19:17):
Yeah? Take it?
Speaker 4 (19:19):
Take it, ma'am the British flag if you please.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
I want you to bend it on and hoist it up.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
After all, if it weren't for you, it might not
go up at all.
Speaker 7 (19:31):
I yes, sir, looks good in the sunlight, don't you.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Sir? Let's say that's silk, but I haven't. Let's see
it does indeed.
Speaker 2 (20:01):
A ratio Hornblower starring Michael Redgrave is based on the
novels by C. S.
Speaker 1 (20:06):
Forester.
Speaker 2 (20:08):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torch, produced by Harry
Allen Towers,
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