July 29, 2025 • 21 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hold our hands back the quarters all right for good,
can't buy Let's table better one broadside in if you please,
Captain Bush, find us on target.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's not ready, eyes already.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Possessing Michael Redgrave, a CS.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Forester's Indomitable Man of the Sea, Oracio Hornblowy.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Looking back now, over all my voyages, I think the
start of that one was the most miserable and distressing.
My ship was seriously undermanned. I was suffering from the
sea sickness which always attacked me. At the beginning of
the voyage, my mind was torn between anxiety for my wife, Mariah,
who would be having our baby before my return, misery
(02:16):
at the marriage of Lady Barbara Wilsey, and I was
saddled with the care of six.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Fat, stupid, lovely merchant ships.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
As I stood on my quarter deck in the great dawn,
with the wind whipping through the ringing, I cursed those indiemen.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
For their slowness and acknowledging my sickness.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
They must man those Indiamen with blockade. Sir Lord Mornington's
been flying that signal with a different ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
They have the sense to clear the helliads.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Oh well, I've given them their course for finish there,
and I must follow it as best they can. I
shall go below, mister bush What mom s goody happy?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
The water castles haul her wind look schat You can
see her through the glass, Yes, yes, she spun line.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
She's she's crowing up to windward towards us.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Surely she's signaling. Where's the signals? The genet? He has
a it's a jumble signal. I can't read it all right.
Speaker 6 (03:10):
Looks like number twenty nine, sir, but it can't be.
That means discontinue the action. But now she's hold it down. Well,
there goes another. It's it's numbrea.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Living number livings her. That means enemy insight. What can
you see on the po pole? How you leave me
the wom the castles or here?
Speaker 7 (03:33):
I can see your no, sir, Two luggers on the
porn file.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Luggers Eh, that can only mean private ear, sir.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
If they can pick off an east and demon, it'll
be a feather in their caps.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
And we shall prevent them from feathering their caps. Hands
to quarters, mister Bushy is a hands to quarter. You
shall need our wits, mister Bush and the enemy the
woman over to cut.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Off the ship to windward off alongside the border while
we're leaking up against the wind, and said, those luggers
are as quick as lighting.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
It stays the Indian mine.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Are so slow, and our true is so raw. There
are two luggers. We shall have them penny two thrusts
at once. You can see them plainly, our two masters.
They have about twenty guns a peace nine pounders. We
can blow them out of the water if they were
pulled enough. The coming close range, I'd.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Say they tell you about one hundred and fifty men each,
and all met for gold.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Have the gunslow?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Didn't run out of the bush?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Hi Isa run out of the girl.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
That's the leading luggers, Sir, didn't see where a shot went.
Helm a start.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
It meets her steady some of the.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Water castle shouting off. She'll run into the next ship
in a minute. Can we reached. Yes, we're too close
now for the luggers through there, I thought. So they're
swinging away to avoid on broadside. That's to learn.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thought. They must keep the wind with of the convoys
so that we can stand to any danger point. Let
the convoy get ahead again, Sir, what lay up two nous.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
They're leading a convoy.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yes, they're going to swing around presently and attack the
starboardship clap on sail.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
We missed them decept Yes, there they go there after
the Lord morning.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Out of what are They're going to switch to the
warmer castle or I'm a Dutchman, Yes, I thought so.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Hah ah. You have thought ahead of them there, sir.
If we cut them off again, he toldly.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
The idiom man at.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
The set a scatcher.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
What's stay?
Speaker 5 (05:43):
By god, we'll never get to the second one in time.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Uh what's their game now? They thought up some plan?
I imagine they're working at stern of Us. Yeah, it's I
think I see that intention. They're going to diverge, Yes here,
I'm sure one to starboard wonder pods. They're going to
attack both wings of the convoy once. We will never
get across from one or the other. In die we must,
(06:08):
there's no alternative.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
The stammer Dugger is slightly there her. We'll tackle her
first stump two once or two we will cross the
luggers bys on this course. She'll have to edge away
to avoid our broadside, and that'll keep her off the convoy.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
But what about the other one said, this course is
taking us away from the convoy.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I can't help that.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I only hope it's to get back in time. We
venged this one away at least the second lugger.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Sir, she's attacking the warmer castle, the pause and the places,
honest habit a.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
They allarm mister most quickly. I didn't think this old
tumpt and move like this. We're carrying too much. Canvases
(06:58):
lay right over with this win the beams and given.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
We'll drive right in them. They'll never get out of
the way. Look, I'm wigging around the lord mornington. No,
she's swelling, looks coming. It's I'm driving it off through
a nace. He's been lagging alongside the warm of castles.
Down your guns.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
There you have the leg on a broadside as we
pass elmslong steer through that cap.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
But me and those to tips the win the party.
That pistols going off. No, she's coming. They're jumping back
into the lugger. Up goes her.
Speaker 7 (07:30):
Maisl chicken away, here's handful, missen topso a listen, ain't here.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
I am wait till your.
Speaker 7 (07:36):
Gun ba, I say, you're plastic sick. Wait it sup
oh broad sigon.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Okay, coverish rout, turn away, two shots with a cossajeta.
Look at that. They died a clean butter through those mans.
That's kinder said in the leg of the sales are feelings.
Don't let her go away. Get your guns to bed again.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Okay, she s low, you.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Got nine tis at us. She's hit us somewhere. Timbers
are to keep out nine pounders of this range. Stand
many guns, take good aim as time, fine.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
As you bear all, that's better, much better man.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
There go her famous ain't so topes shows of all?
Shall we go ahead and finishes her setting an oposs
job is to god.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
The convoys square away on the other attack. We've been
dealed with the other one before she can attack us
on the other side.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Hands to brace her life. God bye, mister froggie. You
have a long day's work ahead of the other. Why
you can see it for rest again.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Convoy was frantically beating up towards us again with the
second privateer on their heels like a dog after a
flock of sheep. But at the sight of the Sutherland
rushing down upon hers, she sheared off again. Obviously she
worked going to make a dash at one of the
outside ships, But I swung the Southerland round and headed
her off. Thus it went on for an hour or more,
(09:26):
like a game of hide and seek. With only one
lugger to deal with, my task was easier. At last
the Frenchman realized that he was wasting his time. His
big luxel came round, and he thrashed away to windward
in search of his crippled colleague.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
He's off, sir. We had no whole trouble with those two, No,
mister Bush. But the captain of that second lugger is
a fool.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
If he left his concert to look after itself and
hung on to us until nightfall, he'd be almost sure
to pick off.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
One of our ships in the darkness.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Well, you can secure the guns, none, aye, I said,
secure the guns, mister Jenner. What are those idiots cheering about?
From the noise they're making, you think they're one fatalga
Listen the boss, stop that noise and once send the
hands off. I'll speak to them.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Where has here I know more of that? What have
you done? Brightened up? A couple of luggers are much
bigger than our long boat.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Two broad sides from seventy four guns and your piece
of themselves were knocking away.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
A single spa half. The trouble with the men is
if we haven't enough old heads to lead them to
the right ropes. It's the same with my gun, sir.
I got seventy four of them and no more than
fifty faint gun layers. I know I'm finding time enough.
My gunners couldn't hit a three different point brank wing.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
I know, I know, I know, I have my I'll
get some more men before his voice is much older,
if I have, and if I have to land in
France and seize frenchmen. Ten days of a strong nor
(11:24):
easterly wind had not only hurried my convoy to the
North African latitude, where I was to leave them, but
also prevented all intercourse and visiting between ships. But now
the wind dropped to a gentle breeze. The Sutherland was
slipping slowly along with a westerly breeze Abeam. The six
East Indiamen.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Were trusted together only a few cables length to do it.
Even before Jerrard reported, I.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Had marked the approach of a boat from the Lord
Mornington had nerved myself for the inevitable polite call. As
the visitors came aboard, I saw that the man in
the formal frock coat was Captain Osborne of the Lord Mornington.
His companion was resplendent in full civilian dress with ribbon
and star.
Speaker 9 (12:05):
Good afternoon, Captain Hornbla, I would like to present to
you Lord east Lake, Governor Designate of Bombay.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
This is a great pleasure, your lordship. The pleasure is mine. Captain.
I have come to big of you to accept, on
behalf of your ship's company this purse of four hundred
guineas four hundred guineas. It has been subscribed by the passengers.
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Of the East Indian Convoy in recognition of the skill
and the courage are displayed by the Southern action with
two French privateers.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Most generous and totally underserved, Sir. Nevertheless, I greatly appreciate
your kindness, and on behalf of my ship's company, I
thank your.
Speaker 9 (12:48):
Lordship and is sa and the bearer of the most
cordial invitation to you and your first lieutenant to join us.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
At dinner in the Lord morningto thank you for your courtesism.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
And I deeply regret that I must decline the invitation,
but we part company into ours.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
It is a pity.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Captain Omber, cannot you be persuaded?
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Lord, I'm on the King's service and under the most
explicit orders from the Admiral.
Speaker 10 (13:09):
Will he's kept, I understand, but at least you will
allow me to treat some of your officers.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
They get your pardon, Serpent. There's no need to turn
all that money over to us and the men.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
You can treat it as prize money and take your
share in the prize rule, thank mister Bush.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
But I can't accept that sort of reward from civilians. However,
the crew must go appreciation man the Odds and have
the men get three cheers as Lord east Legs both
pulls away and.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
The odds non man.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Lord Slake has brought you a present for saving the convoy.
Wait yes for his Lord, mister Buster.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Mister your attention over here, please, Oh listen, I'm desperately
short of men.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
I am going to take some from those East India
and but sir, they're John Company's ships. The men are
exempt from pressing, so nobody is example when the King
Service needs it. I'm aware that I'm contravening Admiralty orders,
but I plead necessitate, Will you excuse me say?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
If I point out that John Company is the most
powerful corporation in England, it might be a bad policy
to offend THEMS. I'll be a judge of my policy,
mister Jernard, and I'll take the responsibility.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
You will obey orders.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Those ships will cite no land until they reach Cintelina.
It will be three or four months before any protests
can reach England, and the further six months before any
center can reach me in the Mediterranean, as it's possible
that in six months we should.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
All be dead, thank you, sir.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
If the boats close pistols and cutases, just to show
that I've send no nonsense, I want twenty men from
each of those ships.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Twenty from each that's flatty law on the grand scales.
It's an a sensible scale on which the flight the law.
Mister bush.
Speaker 10 (15:11):
Holder, this is an outrade shar and I must protest
against it. At this very moment, your lieutenant is parading
my crew with a fuge.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Investments acting by my owners.
Speaker 10 (15:21):
But I can hardly believe, well, are you aware that
this is a fragrant violation of Admiralty regulations? A perfect OUTRAITSA.
The ships of the Honorable East India Company are except
of investment, and.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I, as Pavada, must protest for the last press of
my word, against any contravention of the law. I shall
be glad to receive your protest when you make it.
Speaker 7 (15:41):
And when I'm measured.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
But would I have delivered it?
Speaker 4 (15:46):
I haven't made my protest, But will you not allow
me to ask for volunteers from among your crew?
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Captain? There may be a few men who'd like to
join the King's service.
Speaker 11 (15:57):
I cannot imagine so that many men will be enough
to exchange the comfort of the East India Company's service
for the regards of a ship of the line. But well, yes,
I would agree to that your seamanship in the affair
with the private chairs was so admirable that come, frankly,
I find it hard refuge anything that's.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Very good of you, Sir. Allow me to escort you
to your gig. I will recall my votes.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Since they will have taken the volunteers first, we can
rely on it that they have all the willing ones
on board, and I shall return the unwilling ones.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Thank you, Captain Osband, thank you. He calmed down, wonder Flisher.
Speaker 5 (16:32):
Pity we had to give way, but we might get
a few volunteers out of that lots mm.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Feel so we shall.
Speaker 5 (16:39):
Mister, here's the lotch of the cutter coming back, sir.
They're both loaded with men to the gunnals. They're passing
Captain Osborne's gieg. Now he's waiting and shouting something to.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
Them, mister Jerrard and mister Reynerd, and very properly paying
no attention to him.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Then by the men will be coming aboard very shortly.
The captable address shows.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
You're probably a bit bewildered at your sudden change of circumstances.
But let me assure you that the entry port through
which you've just passed is a great way to glory.
I will know what sort of glory, love or raises
his voice or interrupts again.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
For seventeen years your country has been struggling with the
Corsican tyrant.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
Your ease and comfort has been possible only because of
the loyalty and courage of the brave men of Man,
British men of war. Now you have the opportunity of
joining that gallant company. You've got other opportunities too, the
chance of prize money. The convoy from which you've come
presented my crew with four hundred guineas for their work
in saving you from the French privateers.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
And there's more, much more to be made by willing
men on the east coast. By the taking of French prizes.
You will serve your country and yourselves at the same time.
No man is treated harshly on my ship unless he
deserves harshness here and it's in your hands now whether
your lives go well or ill. And what I do
I do in the name of His Majesty of the King,
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that's all God.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
March sees men down to the main deck. Mister Bush
had the goodness to go down and read the articles.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Of war to them.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Aye, I said, I had taken a bold step with
the necessities of war demanded boldness.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
I now had nearly a.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Full compliment of crew in these one hundred and twenty,
most of them able seamen. By the time Bush returned
from reading, the men into the service, and the boats
were in board, and we were all ready to square away.
Is the vincent signal to the convoy. All men have volunteered,
Thank you, goodbye. All men have volunteer. Think you goodbye.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
I think about what would you say to the Admiralty.
I shall tell them that I took the men with
the permission of the Commodore. I did too. He said
I could keep any men who volunteered, Yes, sir, but
not many did. Really, you know, semen as well as
I do, Bosch. It'll be a year before we get back.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
To England, and in that time I should be surprised
if I don't convince most of them as they did volunteer.
We only want a bit of luck and a few prizes,
and those fellows will swear to win a.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
Huge master stroke shirt that the Admirable Deal will be
reluctant to prosecute. They know as well as we do,
how necessary, seamen are signals concern?
Speaker 3 (19:38):
The Lord Mornington is replying, Ah, what does she say,
Captain Osborne? But Captain Horner, do not understand your signal?
Await both.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
That also hands braces square away there, mister Vincent's voice,
another signal?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Please just one word.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I don't which word? Goodbye.
Speaker 12 (20:19):
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Speaker 2 (20:24):
Forester.
Speaker 12 (20:25):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Tort, produced by Harry Allen, Towers.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
And King, happens
Speaker 4 (21:11):
As
Hold our hands back the quarters all right for good,
can't buy Let's table better one broadside in if you please,
Captain Bush, find us on target.
Speaker 2 (00:19):
It's not ready, eyes already.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Possessing Michael Redgrave, a CS.
Speaker 3 (00:37):
Forester's Indomitable Man of the Sea, Oracio Hornblowy.
Speaker 4 (01:55):
Looking back now, over all my voyages, I think the
start of that one was the most miserable and distressing.
My ship was seriously undermanned. I was suffering from the
sea sickness which always attacked me. At the beginning of
the voyage, my mind was torn between anxiety for my wife, Mariah,
who would be having our baby before my return, misery
(02:16):
at the marriage of Lady Barbara Wilsey, and I was
saddled with the care of six.
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Fat, stupid, lovely merchant ships.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
As I stood on my quarter deck in the great dawn,
with the wind whipping through the ringing, I cursed those indiemen.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
For their slowness and acknowledging my sickness.
Speaker 5 (02:35):
They must man those Indiamen with blockade. Sir Lord Mornington's
been flying that signal with a different ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
They have the sense to clear the helliads.
Speaker 4 (02:43):
Oh well, I've given them their course for finish there,
and I must follow it as best they can. I
shall go below, mister bush What mom s goody happy?
Speaker 1 (02:53):
The water castles haul her wind look schat You can
see her through the glass, Yes, yes, she spun line.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
She's she's crowing up to windward towards us.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
Surely she's signaling. Where's the signals? The genet? He has
a it's a jumble signal. I can't read it all right.
Speaker 6 (03:10):
Looks like number twenty nine, sir, but it can't be.
That means discontinue the action. But now she's hold it down. Well,
there goes another. It's it's numbrea.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Living number livings her. That means enemy insight. What can
you see on the po pole? How you leave me
the wom the castles or here?
Speaker 7 (03:33):
I can see your no, sir, Two luggers on the
porn file.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
Luggers Eh, that can only mean private ear, sir.
Speaker 5 (03:40):
If they can pick off an east and demon, it'll
be a feather in their caps.
Speaker 4 (03:44):
And we shall prevent them from feathering their caps. Hands
to quarters, mister Bushy is a hands to quarter. You
shall need our wits, mister Bush and the enemy the
woman over to cut.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
Off the ship to windward off alongside the border while
we're leaking up against the wind, and said, those luggers
are as quick as lighting.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
It stays the Indian mine.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
Are so slow, and our true is so raw. There
are two luggers. We shall have them penny two thrusts
at once. You can see them plainly, our two masters.
They have about twenty guns a peace nine pounders. We
can blow them out of the water if they were
pulled enough. The coming close range, I'd.
Speaker 5 (04:24):
Say they tell you about one hundred and fifty men each,
and all met for gold.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Have the gunslow?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Didn't run out of the bush?
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Hi Isa run out of the girl.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
That's the leading luggers, Sir, didn't see where a shot went.
Helm a start.
Speaker 4 (04:51):
It meets her steady some of the.
Speaker 1 (04:55):
Water castle shouting off. She'll run into the next ship
in a minute. Can we reached. Yes, we're too close
now for the luggers through there, I thought. So they're
swinging away to avoid on broadside. That's to learn.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Thought. They must keep the wind with of the convoys
so that we can stand to any danger point. Let
the convoy get ahead again, Sir, what lay up two nous.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
They're leading a convoy.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
Yes, they're going to swing around presently and attack the
starboardship clap on sail.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
We missed them decept Yes, there they go there after
the Lord morning.
Speaker 4 (05:28):
Out of what are They're going to switch to the
warmer castle or I'm a Dutchman, Yes, I thought so.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Hah ah. You have thought ahead of them there, sir.
If we cut them off again, he toldly.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
The idiom man at.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
The set a scatcher.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
What's stay?
Speaker 5 (05:43):
By god, we'll never get to the second one in time.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Uh what's their game now? They thought up some plan?
I imagine they're working at stern of Us. Yeah, it's I
think I see that intention. They're going to diverge, Yes here,
I'm sure one to starboard wonder pods. They're going to
attack both wings of the convoy once. We will never
get across from one or the other. In die we must,
(06:08):
there's no alternative.
Speaker 4 (06:09):
The stammer Dugger is slightly there her. We'll tackle her
first stump two once or two we will cross the
luggers bys on this course. She'll have to edge away
to avoid our broadside, and that'll keep her off the convoy.
Speaker 1 (06:21):
But what about the other one said, this course is
taking us away from the convoy.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
I can't help that.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
I only hope it's to get back in time. We
venged this one away at least the second lugger.
Speaker 4 (06:30):
Sir, she's attacking the warmer castle, the pause and the places,
honest habit a.
Speaker 8 (06:35):
They allarm mister most quickly. I didn't think this old
tumpt and move like this. We're carrying too much. Canvases
(06:58):
lay right over with this win the beams and given.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
We'll drive right in them. They'll never get out of
the way. Look, I'm wigging around the lord mornington. No,
she's swelling, looks coming. It's I'm driving it off through
a nace. He's been lagging alongside the warm of castles.
Down your guns.
Speaker 4 (07:15):
There you have the leg on a broadside as we
pass elmslong steer through that cap.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
But me and those to tips the win the party.
That pistols going off. No, she's coming. They're jumping back
into the lugger. Up goes her.
Speaker 7 (07:30):
Maisl chicken away, here's handful, missen topso a listen, ain't here.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
I am wait till your.
Speaker 7 (07:36):
Gun ba, I say, you're plastic sick. Wait it sup
oh broad sigon.
Speaker 1 (07:50):
Okay, coverish rout, turn away, two shots with a cossajeta.
Look at that. They died a clean butter through those mans.
That's kinder said in the leg of the sales are feelings.
Don't let her go away. Get your guns to bed again.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
Okay, she s low, you.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Got nine tis at us. She's hit us somewhere. Timbers
are to keep out nine pounders of this range. Stand
many guns, take good aim as time, fine.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
As you bear all, that's better, much better man.
Speaker 1 (08:35):
There go her famous ain't so topes shows of all?
Shall we go ahead and finishes her setting an oposs
job is to god.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
The convoys square away on the other attack. We've been
dealed with the other one before she can attack us
on the other side.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Hands to brace her life. God bye, mister froggie. You
have a long day's work ahead of the other. Why
you can see it for rest again.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Convoy was frantically beating up towards us again with the
second privateer on their heels like a dog after a
flock of sheep. But at the sight of the Sutherland
rushing down upon hers, she sheared off again. Obviously she
worked going to make a dash at one of the
outside ships, But I swung the Southerland round and headed
her off. Thus it went on for an hour or more,
(09:26):
like a game of hide and seek. With only one
lugger to deal with, my task was easier. At last
the Frenchman realized that he was wasting his time. His
big luxel came round, and he thrashed away to windward
in search of his crippled colleague.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
He's off, sir. We had no whole trouble with those two, No,
mister Bush. But the captain of that second lugger is
a fool.
Speaker 4 (09:46):
If he left his concert to look after itself and
hung on to us until nightfall, he'd be almost sure
to pick off.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
One of our ships in the darkness.
Speaker 4 (09:54):
Well, you can secure the guns, none, aye, I said,
secure the guns, mister Jenner. What are those idiots cheering about?
From the noise they're making, you think they're one fatalga
Listen the boss, stop that noise and once send the
hands off. I'll speak to them.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Where has here I know more of that? What have
you done? Brightened up? A couple of luggers are much
bigger than our long boat.
Speaker 4 (10:27):
Two broad sides from seventy four guns and your piece
of themselves were knocking away.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
A single spa half. The trouble with the men is
if we haven't enough old heads to lead them to
the right ropes. It's the same with my gun, sir.
I got seventy four of them and no more than
fifty faint gun layers. I know I'm finding time enough.
My gunners couldn't hit a three different point brank wing.
Speaker 4 (10:45):
I know, I know, I know, I have my I'll
get some more men before his voice is much older,
if I have, and if I have to land in
France and seize frenchmen. Ten days of a strong nor
(11:24):
easterly wind had not only hurried my convoy to the
North African latitude, where I was to leave them, but
also prevented all intercourse and visiting between ships. But now
the wind dropped to a gentle breeze. The Sutherland was
slipping slowly along with a westerly breeze Abeam. The six
East Indiamen.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Were trusted together only a few cables length to do it.
Even before Jerrard reported, I.
Speaker 4 (11:47):
Had marked the approach of a boat from the Lord
Mornington had nerved myself for the inevitable polite call. As
the visitors came aboard, I saw that the man in
the formal frock coat was Captain Osborne of the Lord Mornington.
His companion was resplendent in full civilian dress with ribbon
and star.
Speaker 9 (12:05):
Good afternoon, Captain Hornbla, I would like to present to
you Lord east Lake, Governor Designate of Bombay.
Speaker 1 (12:12):
This is a great pleasure, your lordship. The pleasure is mine. Captain.
I have come to big of you to accept, on
behalf of your ship's company this purse of four hundred
guineas four hundred guineas. It has been subscribed by the passengers.
Speaker 6 (12:30):
Of the East Indian Convoy in recognition of the skill
and the courage are displayed by the Southern action with
two French privateers.
Speaker 4 (12:40):
Most generous and totally underserved, Sir. Nevertheless, I greatly appreciate
your kindness, and on behalf of my ship's company, I
thank your.
Speaker 9 (12:48):
Lordship and is sa and the bearer of the most
cordial invitation to you and your first lieutenant to join us.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
At dinner in the Lord morningto thank you for your courtesism.
Speaker 4 (12:57):
And I deeply regret that I must decline the invitation,
but we part company into ours.
Speaker 2 (13:02):
It is a pity.
Speaker 1 (13:03):
Captain Omber, cannot you be persuaded?
Speaker 4 (13:06):
Lord, I'm on the King's service and under the most
explicit orders from the Admiral.
Speaker 10 (13:09):
Will he's kept, I understand, but at least you will
allow me to treat some of your officers.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
They get your pardon, Serpent. There's no need to turn
all that money over to us and the men.
Speaker 5 (13:31):
You can treat it as prize money and take your
share in the prize rule, thank mister Bush.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
But I can't accept that sort of reward from civilians. However,
the crew must go appreciation man the Odds and have
the men get three cheers as Lord east Legs both
pulls away and.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
The odds non man.
Speaker 5 (13:48):
Lord Slake has brought you a present for saving the convoy.
Wait yes for his Lord, mister Buster.
Speaker 4 (14:05):
Mister your attention over here, please, Oh listen, I'm desperately
short of men.
Speaker 1 (14:11):
I am going to take some from those East India
and but sir, they're John Company's ships. The men are
exempt from pressing, so nobody is example when the King
Service needs it. I'm aware that I'm contravening Admiralty orders,
but I plead necessitate, Will you excuse me say?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
If I point out that John Company is the most
powerful corporation in England, it might be a bad policy
to offend THEMS. I'll be a judge of my policy,
mister Jernard, and I'll take the responsibility.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
You will obey orders.
Speaker 4 (14:36):
Those ships will cite no land until they reach Cintelina.
It will be three or four months before any protests
can reach England, and the further six months before any
center can reach me in the Mediterranean, as it's possible
that in six months we should.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
All be dead, thank you, sir.
Speaker 4 (14:50):
If the boats close pistols and cutases, just to show
that I've send no nonsense, I want twenty men from
each of those ships.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Twenty from each that's flatty law on the grand scales.
It's an a sensible scale on which the flight the law.
Mister bush.
Speaker 10 (15:11):
Holder, this is an outrade shar and I must protest
against it. At this very moment, your lieutenant is parading
my crew with a fuge.
Speaker 1 (15:18):
Investments acting by my owners.
Speaker 10 (15:21):
But I can hardly believe, well, are you aware that
this is a fragrant violation of Admiralty regulations? A perfect OUTRAITSA.
The ships of the Honorable East India Company are except
of investment, and.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
I, as Pavada, must protest for the last press of
my word, against any contravention of the law. I shall
be glad to receive your protest when you make it.
Speaker 7 (15:41):
And when I'm measured.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
But would I have delivered it?
Speaker 4 (15:46):
I haven't made my protest, But will you not allow
me to ask for volunteers from among your crew?
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Captain? There may be a few men who'd like to
join the King's service.
Speaker 11 (15:57):
I cannot imagine so that many men will be enough
to exchange the comfort of the East India Company's service
for the regards of a ship of the line. But well, yes,
I would agree to that your seamanship in the affair
with the private chairs was so admirable that come, frankly,
I find it hard refuge anything that's.
Speaker 1 (16:18):
Very good of you, Sir. Allow me to escort you
to your gig. I will recall my votes.
Speaker 4 (16:21):
Since they will have taken the volunteers first, we can
rely on it that they have all the willing ones
on board, and I shall return the unwilling ones.
Speaker 1 (16:28):
Thank you, Captain Osband, thank you. He calmed down, wonder Flisher.
Speaker 5 (16:32):
Pity we had to give way, but we might get
a few volunteers out of that lots mm.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
Feel so we shall.
Speaker 5 (16:39):
Mister, here's the lotch of the cutter coming back, sir.
They're both loaded with men to the gunnals. They're passing
Captain Osborne's gieg. Now he's waiting and shouting something to.
Speaker 4 (16:49):
Them, mister Jerrard and mister Reynerd, and very properly paying
no attention to him.
Speaker 1 (16:53):
Then by the men will be coming aboard very shortly.
The captable address shows.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
You're probably a bit bewildered at your sudden change of circumstances.
But let me assure you that the entry port through
which you've just passed is a great way to glory.
I will know what sort of glory, love or raises
his voice or interrupts again.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
For seventeen years your country has been struggling with the
Corsican tyrant.
Speaker 4 (17:30):
Your ease and comfort has been possible only because of
the loyalty and courage of the brave men of Man,
British men of war. Now you have the opportunity of
joining that gallant company. You've got other opportunities too, the
chance of prize money. The convoy from which you've come
presented my crew with four hundred guineas for their work
in saving you from the French privateers.
Speaker 1 (17:48):
And there's more, much more to be made by willing
men on the east coast. By the taking of French prizes.
You will serve your country and yourselves at the same time.
No man is treated harshly on my ship unless he
deserves harshness here and it's in your hands now whether
your lives go well or ill. And what I do
I do in the name of His Majesty of the King,
(18:10):
that's all God.
Speaker 4 (18:13):
March sees men down to the main deck. Mister Bush
had the goodness to go down and read the articles.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Of war to them.
Speaker 4 (18:19):
Aye, I said, I had taken a bold step with
the necessities of war demanded boldness.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
I now had nearly a.
Speaker 4 (18:39):
Full compliment of crew in these one hundred and twenty,
most of them able seamen. By the time Bush returned
from reading, the men into the service, and the boats
were in board, and we were all ready to square away.
Is the vincent signal to the convoy. All men have volunteered,
Thank you, goodbye. All men have volunteer. Think you goodbye.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
I think about what would you say to the Admiralty.
I shall tell them that I took the men with
the permission of the Commodore. I did too. He said
I could keep any men who volunteered, Yes, sir, but
not many did. Really, you know, semen as well as
I do, Bosch. It'll be a year before we get back.
Speaker 4 (19:21):
To England, and in that time I should be surprised
if I don't convince most of them as they did volunteer.
We only want a bit of luck and a few prizes,
and those fellows will swear to win a.
Speaker 5 (19:29):
Huge master stroke shirt that the Admirable Deal will be
reluctant to prosecute. They know as well as we do,
how necessary, seamen are signals concern?
Speaker 3 (19:38):
The Lord Mornington is replying, Ah, what does she say,
Captain Osborne? But Captain Horner, do not understand your signal?
Await both.
Speaker 4 (19:50):
That also hands braces square away there, mister Vincent's voice,
another signal?
Speaker 2 (19:57):
Please just one word.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
I don't which word? Goodbye.
Speaker 12 (20:19):
Ratio Hornblower starring Michael Redgrave, is based on the novels
by C. S.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Forester.
Speaker 12 (20:25):
Music composed and conducted by Sydney Tort, produced by Harry Allen, Towers.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
And King, happens
Speaker 4 (21:11):
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