May 2, 2025 • 21 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Could all hands big to quarters.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
For good stand by this table batter one broadside didn't
go to please Captain Bush, fight of them pocket this
stops ready eyes.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Saw already fires.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
That Michael Redgrave as he has Forester's indomitable man of
the Sea ratio hornblower.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
It's fascinating to look back down me asn't to see
on what slight hazards one's whole fate depends. The spin
of a guinea was to have far reaching consequences for me.
There was no sign of the flagship Pluto at the mandezvous,
but it was not long before the Caligula poured up
from Windwood, and Captain Bolton signaled his invitation to me
(02:17):
to dine with him despite the almost tropical heat. He
gave me a pea soup, red mullet, a saddle of mutton,
and silken trees. We sipped syrupy port and sweltered in
his aster.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Kevin, Oh well, honebla, no I spurs you, missus wage,
and I do this with the arrival of Sir Macho Pomperso.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
A rear admiral of the Red I must I never
thought of Sir Percy Leyton in that light.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
Well I have he's a pompous fool. It got worse
since he married Lady Barbara Weill's death. I don't respect
an admiral who's no seaman. Ah, there's no telling how
long he might be before he gets here. What do
you suggest we do?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, that's one of us might push northward and harry
the coast, all the other weights for the flag tip. Yes,
good suggestion. That who you're me, there's nothing I'd like better. So,
but the decision must be yours. You're the senior officer
of the station. Yes, well, I let you go for
old time shake. If I didn't want to go myself,
(03:19):
I tell you what, I'll toss you for it.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, as he hears a guinea king of spared spared,
they're up, she goes, uh, spade it is. Oh, you're
a lucky devil horn gras. Still, I'm glad you want.
You can speak Spanish. That may be an advantage.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Now, don't be gone more than three days in case
his mightiness turns up. And good luck than you had.
I've foreseen what the flick of that coin was to
lead to. I might have been less pleased and excited
as I stood on my quarter deck half an hour
after dawn the following morning. The disaster was far in
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the future. The wind was I am, and Cape curR,
just south of the Spanish French border was clear on
the larboard beam.
Speaker 6 (04:06):
There really right ahead a brig standing out from the
land on the Dama path.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
This is what I hope for, mister Bush. Yes, sir,
I suppose the only way Bonaparte can get supplies to
his army in Spain is by slipping them along the
coast and brigs under the protectional shore.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Bedroom.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yes, Spanish roads and Spanish armies afford too many obstacles
to the land root as to tell our moist color
a call our hands head to color off.
Speaker 7 (04:33):
Ah, don't what's the matter with her, sir. She's making
no attempt to escape. She must have seen us there Spain.
Can sho be an English brig? Yes, savage, take your
glass and tell me what you can see from the
main reading.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
There's one thing, mister Bush. This is our best point
of sailing. We should have the heels of her head
right enough, sir. She's wearing her colors. Are she signaling now, sir? Oh,
it's been hard to read?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Why cotage sir, it's the signal mv MC.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
What the devil's that is? The signals book? Prinson knows her.
I've been looking for it. It's not in our code.
We'll know soon enough. So we're overhauling her O. She's
wearing around again. She's trying to get away now.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Ah, it's no good mon, sir, you'll be asked presently,
a handsome bit of prize money for us.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
There second, See now, what's happened? She saw our red
ensign and took it to the red of the tea color.
Remember ours was a Dutch ship before she was taken
and refitted. Our round bows are fitting like a friendship.
That envy must be the private French recognition signal. What's
I all? The window? Fire? A shot across her bows?
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Number two guns? A single shot across her bars. Wow,
that's done it. She's heaving two. The plant's coming on.
She surrendered.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Silence.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Mister Bush, take a boat and border. Mister Clark, your
prize master, takes six hands with you and navigate a
to port mine. I either, while I awaited the return
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of Bush, I speculated on the consternation which the French
would experience when they knew that their sea roots were
threatened by a British squadron, and of their lines of
communication were endangered. I turned over in my mind to
a new idea which the Briggs failure to recognize our
nationality had given me. I doubt if anyone on landsor
has captured the amily, Sir, we can still take them
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by surprise along the coast. That fact did not escape
my notice, mister Bush. Now kind of pay attention the
blue masses on the horizon. There are the peaks of
the Pyrenees. The road from France to Spain runs along
the coast between those mountains and the sea. And Potters
made the French ensign. Have it hoisted instead of our own.
We shall sail down the coast where we can be
seen from the road, said the hamster. Breakfast, Hi eye, sir,
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and let small.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Car, Sir, I am curl round gander.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Why okraf, Yes, I can see him from here now, sir.
And look, sir, isn't it a tricolor flying through a
flag start at the point there? It is, mister Bush.
That's what I've been looking for. That is a French
battery on top of the griffin. Thought the two Planders
probably there with a good range furnaces. I expect to
heating the shot to set ships on fire. I can
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never fight that battery on equal terms. It seemed to
be a little coasting fleet huddled in the shelters of
the guns. Captain Ice, as I tell him, mental eye,
dine if you please. I don't want the red coats
of the Marines to give us away. And I'm getting
close in now, sir, you can see the pack. It's
round a battery. Oh p heaven. They don't open far now,
well within range if the yard near them means more
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danger in getting out if they discover us and to
lose a master, need to lose the ship, Mister Vincent,
hoist the signal m v I. Let's hope it means
the right thing. Doesn't seem to mean the wrong thing anyway,
So they haven't open file. They're signaling in replies. I
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can't read it. One of them's a swallow tale that
we don't use the The fact that they're applying shows
they can't be sure we're enemies. If they don't pass soon,
we'll be too close under their guns for them to
reach us. Imas worst to see that battery on the trip.
I say, well, you take the longboat, mister Rayne will
take the launch. You will land and storm the battery
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by the market water. Essay, the bare quarter of a
mile off you can journ now, mister Bush back, the
man's up, So why throw the guns down the cliff.
Mister Bush, wreck the battery if you can, but don't
(09:07):
stay a moment longer the necessary Ahi eye, sir, we're
off now, elnally, mister Jared, put the super butts around
with that French flag and send up our own.
Speaker 7 (09:17):
All right.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Ah, they've opened fire and lost biters Tusa. Don't worth
for riving, Thank heaven, they're firing at us. If we
hit those boats, we'll be in a pretty fix. Mister Jenard,
see if your guns can reach the battery, and be
sure they aim carefully. It's no good unless the imbrasions
can be swept.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Starve the guns.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Fire the guns bad steady in Now lift them, lift them,
I can say the last from the cliff. You're thirty
feet too low. We get a few up through the embrasures.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Lump sat there, gunners first, quickly, man, they're finding in
our boats. Now they've hit the rocks. No, there she
is again she was nearly swamped but not hit. The
rowing crab passing shots must have smashed her portos. The
safe scouts they're in the south books are they're landing
counter to him. Better too. Now that was a hit
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and another right on the ambrashors. Very good, mister Jerr.
But you must cease fire now while star end up
hunting that cliff.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Fire the flags, the flag, it's coming down, the stormy
party houlding it down.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
They've taken the battery.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Mister Judd.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Put the ship a boat, sending the quarterboat to take
possession of the craft. In the rain night quarter mile
away there seven craft at a fine hall. Oh they'll go.
That couls pulling from the core and that did so
I chase or fire, No let them go, and no
wish to be burdened with prisoners ought to damage our prices.
Mister Bush's party is topping the guns over, sir. Look
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at that one down the cliff like an apple hunch.
They've blown the magazines up. That's the end of the battery, Atlanta,
And there's mister Busser. I can see you waving his sword,
turning on mister jud I shall go below. They're shooting well,
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that's class wasn't more than one hundred yards of our fort.
People who couldn't foodwell with the advantages forty two pounders
some permanent months defeat above the water. Long service soldiers
to Madam, I've seen them shoop worse all the same
to a mile and a half. It's a yard, right,
says very nonsense. Why, good morning, sir, your attention peace, gentlemen.
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I shall also want mister Rayner and mister Hooker pass
the word for them. Now, will you all use her
telescopes and study this place with care? That is Mount Canni.
Go in the background, where that spurred of the Pyrenees
runs down to the sea is Cape Chaberer. That is
where Spain ends and France begins. I suppose those white
houses in the center around the head of the Bay
of Wrongs, Yes, mister Bush. They seem annoyed that the
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ship should flown British colors so close. First, they'll have
greater course for annoyance. So long, Now, gentlemen, take a
look at that ship at anchor. Then she's under the
protection of the batteries on either side of the bay.
You can see the batteries by the smokes up right, sir,
under the left one of the right, yes, mark them well,
I'm on her mistake made you, mister Jarrard. And at
the battery on the left, Rayland, and the one on
the right, mister Hooker. You see how the baker. You
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must be able to take a boat straight up to
that anchored ship tonight. Put the ship on the poor attack.
Mister Bush. Women stand out to see her. The moon
rises at one o'clock. I should take good to get
to be back in our personal position at midnight. Hi eye, sir.
If the garrison there will think we're leaving, we will
give them a shock later on. Oh, sir, I want
this to be a climax for twenty four hours in
which we've taken the brig Amile and destroyed the Lancer. Bettery, gentlemen,
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that ship sheltering in portmant Vez is to be cut
out and taken tonight. An hour of darkness should suffice
to affect a surprise. If we're successful, the rising moon
will give enough light to bring out the capture ship.
If we're unsuccessful, we shall be able to see the
rarely and escape. Mister Bush. You will remain in charge
of this ship. But sir, please no, mister Bush, who
may not join the attack. I shall read it myself.
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It is very dark, but the stars were glowing clearly
in the southern and was stealing landwards like a ghost.
The crew was resting on the yang ways and the
main deck, and the subdued voices of their officers called
them they mustard silently eat division assembling for its particular duty.
I checked the position of the ship with Bush and
strained my eyes through my night glass for a glimpse
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of the shore. Lomboat crew here, nor crew, here's their
you can hate too now, mister Bush, I trust this
expedition will be a success for your sake, for my sake, sir. Yes,
I'm taking two hundred and fifty men. If we do
not return, you will have barely sufficient prude to navigate
the ship to the rad your return, sir, and with
the French ship all the same, I wish you'd let
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me go in your place. Our duty is here, Bush,
see to it on the boat spicide Aye eye, sir,
here's your barge. Goodbye, sir, good luck. I alright overside Brown,
I shall sit in the stell. The oars muffled here's sir,
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keep way. There that us behind his brand addition job?
Speaker 3 (15:04):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
As I expected the French of rowing a guard round
the pressure ship ready and the oars there already chat
I remember, man, cold steel. If any man fires before
I do, I'll showed him with my own hand give way.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
But none this time.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
The long boat and the launch began their attack. Apparently
immediate enough about my orders when I want the gun
is detected. At the vital moment, there's the guard boat.
I'm treatment. I believe they've seen this, shir fed him.
Say pause, follow me man, no prisoners, throw him overboard.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Wait all right, Brian.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
That fellow at the bottom of the boat here, he
ended up one right on his face. I think that's
the lots so we took him by surprise. They're all
dead or unconscious or overside warm.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Work.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Well, its right back into the part everywhere your neck, sir,
it's covered with blood. It's just it. If no time
to rest, is nothing gone give away, that'll be the cutters.
They've reached the ankorschip pullman. They'll need die help.
Speaker 5 (16:24):
They don't see the countership at the first rash, and
those musket flashes are steady along her bullocks. That means
the crew are defending her.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yes, there must have been awakened of rigged nettings of
the pulse in a surprise attack. You know, we'll keep
around to disengaged side like one strong pull. I take
hold that all up the side together and give a cheer.
And I want them to think we're a big boarding buddy. Ready,
how let's the long leaves stay with me up with
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him reletting his big cone. It stops outwards too. Blast
the stuff. It's like being a fly and a web
with your dirk. Boy, don't just hang there? Can you?
Can you expect me to the disorder? Expect it there?
It may part enough us to get through. Hold tight,
hold on the lot's coming away. We'll be in the
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seal a minute. Intus give me a hunter.
Speaker 8 (17:21):
Now, so so you are you safe?
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Sir?
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Send your guy. Here comes another as.
Speaker 8 (17:50):
The ships take her slender, mister sir, cut the cable
is mister hooker there, I'll get a laugh at your
boats through set sail off with him.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
My lads live then now take off.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
We're all right now there.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Save yourself. Congratulations. There's still time for boats to come
from show with reinforcements. But if Rayner and said I
had failed to take the guns, we'll have a gauntlet
to run. Ron. Here's her. Send up that rocket to
let the landing parties know that the ship is taken.
Fire eyes.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Local ends ups largest cool first, cut his cool man,
the braces fi up.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Then you will let me take the wheel. Are the stubbard?
This breeze off the hand will take us out. Here
comes the moon to light us. One of the French
crews to walker, killed, wounded or captured, and some jumped
over this swoon ashore and you can enjoy. They're still
fighting on lander. Oh that will be Gerald and Rayner
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calling them then off, very successful operation. How's your boat,
screw fad Well.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
I haven't checked yet, so but I think.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
The casualty is a light. It was a surprize and
we swamped them. It's my opinion that what places is that?
Excuse me, sir, there's half a dozen fogs.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
I mean, thank you, so with an officer hiding in
the forecastle.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Now that I'll soon winkle them and wait wait follow me, monsieur.
Your ship is captured and is in my hands. It's
useless to resist. I call and into the surrender. We
can't if we do not try idea, you know, pity.
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But if they chose to die, I couldn't prevent them.
And have the barge crew ready to read me to
the southern and we shall raise her presently, sir. I'm
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invited to see you back, Sir. I am with a
very handsome prise. But sir, nick your hand, don't flash,
mister Busch like some coffee and hand immediately, sir, good scrap, sir,
what oh oh near vickering, mister Bush.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
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novels by C. S. Forester. Music composed and conducted by
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Speaker 3 (21:14):
At
Could all hands big to quarters.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
For good stand by this table batter one broadside didn't
go to please Captain Bush, fight of them pocket this
stops ready eyes.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Saw already fires.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
That Michael Redgrave as he has Forester's indomitable man of
the Sea ratio hornblower.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
It's fascinating to look back down me asn't to see
on what slight hazards one's whole fate depends. The spin
of a guinea was to have far reaching consequences for me.
There was no sign of the flagship Pluto at the mandezvous,
but it was not long before the Caligula poured up
from Windwood, and Captain Bolton signaled his invitation to me
(02:17):
to dine with him despite the almost tropical heat. He
gave me a pea soup, red mullet, a saddle of mutton,
and silken trees. We sipped syrupy port and sweltered in
his aster.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
Kevin, Oh well, honebla, no I spurs you, missus wage,
and I do this with the arrival of Sir Macho Pomperso.
Speaker 2 (02:38):
A rear admiral of the Red I must I never
thought of Sir Percy Leyton in that light.
Speaker 5 (02:44):
Well I have he's a pompous fool. It got worse
since he married Lady Barbara Weill's death. I don't respect
an admiral who's no seaman. Ah, there's no telling how
long he might be before he gets here. What do
you suggest we do?
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Well, that's one of us might push northward and harry
the coast, all the other weights for the flag tip. Yes,
good suggestion. That who you're me, there's nothing I'd like better. So,
but the decision must be yours. You're the senior officer
of the station. Yes, well, I let you go for
old time shake. If I didn't want to go myself,
(03:19):
I tell you what, I'll toss you for it.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, as he hears a guinea king of spared spared,
they're up, she goes, uh, spade it is. Oh, you're
a lucky devil horn gras. Still, I'm glad you want.
You can speak Spanish. That may be an advantage.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Now, don't be gone more than three days in case
his mightiness turns up. And good luck than you had.
I've foreseen what the flick of that coin was to
lead to. I might have been less pleased and excited
as I stood on my quarter deck half an hour
after dawn the following morning. The disaster was far in
(03:58):
the future. The wind was I am, and Cape curR,
just south of the Spanish French border was clear on
the larboard beam.
Speaker 6 (04:06):
There really right ahead a brig standing out from the
land on the Dama path.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
This is what I hope for, mister Bush. Yes, sir,
I suppose the only way Bonaparte can get supplies to
his army in Spain is by slipping them along the
coast and brigs under the protectional shore.
Speaker 3 (04:25):
Bedroom.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Yes, Spanish roads and Spanish armies afford too many obstacles
to the land root as to tell our moist color
a call our hands head to color off.
Speaker 7 (04:33):
Ah, don't what's the matter with her, sir. She's making
no attempt to escape. She must have seen us there Spain.
Can sho be an English brig? Yes, savage, take your
glass and tell me what you can see from the
main reading.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
There's one thing, mister Bush. This is our best point
of sailing. We should have the heels of her head
right enough, sir. She's wearing her colors. Are she signaling now, sir? Oh,
it's been hard to read?
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Why cotage sir, it's the signal mv MC.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
What the devil's that is? The signals book? Prinson knows her.
I've been looking for it. It's not in our code.
We'll know soon enough. So we're overhauling her O. She's
wearing around again. She's trying to get away now.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Ah, it's no good mon, sir, you'll be asked presently,
a handsome bit of prize money for us.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
There second, See now, what's happened? She saw our red
ensign and took it to the red of the tea color.
Remember ours was a Dutch ship before she was taken
and refitted. Our round bows are fitting like a friendship.
That envy must be the private French recognition signal. What's
I all? The window? Fire? A shot across her bows?
Speaker 6 (05:45):
Number two guns? A single shot across her bars. Wow,
that's done it. She's heaving two. The plant's coming on.
She surrendered.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Silence.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Mister Bush, take a boat and border. Mister Clark, your
prize master, takes six hands with you and navigate a
to port mine. I either, while I awaited the return
(06:30):
of Bush, I speculated on the consternation which the French
would experience when they knew that their sea roots were
threatened by a British squadron, and of their lines of
communication were endangered. I turned over in my mind to
a new idea which the Briggs failure to recognize our
nationality had given me. I doubt if anyone on landsor
has captured the amily, Sir, we can still take them
(06:51):
by surprise along the coast. That fact did not escape
my notice, mister Bush. Now kind of pay attention the
blue masses on the horizon. There are the peaks of
the Pyrenees. The road from France to Spain runs along
the coast between those mountains and the sea. And Potters
made the French ensign. Have it hoisted instead of our own.
We shall sail down the coast where we can be
seen from the road, said the hamster. Breakfast, Hi eye, sir,
(07:16):
and let small.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Car, Sir, I am curl round gander.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
Why okraf, Yes, I can see him from here now, sir.
And look, sir, isn't it a tricolor flying through a
flag start at the point there? It is, mister Bush.
That's what I've been looking for. That is a French
battery on top of the griffin. Thought the two Planders
probably there with a good range furnaces. I expect to
heating the shot to set ships on fire. I can
(07:42):
never fight that battery on equal terms. It seemed to
be a little coasting fleet huddled in the shelters of
the guns. Captain Ice, as I tell him, mental eye,
dine if you please. I don't want the red coats
of the Marines to give us away. And I'm getting
close in now, sir, you can see the pack. It's
round a battery. Oh p heaven. They don't open far now,
well within range if the yard near them means more
(08:03):
danger in getting out if they discover us and to
lose a master, need to lose the ship, Mister Vincent,
hoist the signal m v I. Let's hope it means
the right thing. Doesn't seem to mean the wrong thing anyway,
So they haven't open file. They're signaling in replies. I
(08:25):
can't read it. One of them's a swallow tale that
we don't use the The fact that they're applying shows
they can't be sure we're enemies. If they don't pass soon,
we'll be too close under their guns for them to
reach us. Imas worst to see that battery on the trip.
I say, well, you take the longboat, mister Rayne will
take the launch. You will land and storm the battery
(08:46):
by the market water. Essay, the bare quarter of a
mile off you can journ now, mister Bush back, the
man's up, So why throw the guns down the cliff.
Mister Bush, wreck the battery if you can, but don't
(09:07):
stay a moment longer the necessary Ahi eye, sir, we're
off now, elnally, mister Jared, put the super butts around
with that French flag and send up our own.
Speaker 7 (09:17):
All right.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
Ah, they've opened fire and lost biters Tusa. Don't worth
for riving, Thank heaven, they're firing at us. If we
hit those boats, we'll be in a pretty fix. Mister Jenard,
see if your guns can reach the battery, and be
sure they aim carefully. It's no good unless the imbrasions
can be swept.
Speaker 3 (09:42):
Starve the guns.
Speaker 6 (09:43):
Fire the guns bad steady in Now lift them, lift them,
I can say the last from the cliff. You're thirty
feet too low. We get a few up through the embrasures.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Lump sat there, gunners first, quickly, man, they're finding in
our boats. Now they've hit the rocks. No, there she
is again she was nearly swamped but not hit. The
rowing crab passing shots must have smashed her portos. The
safe scouts they're in the south books are they're landing
counter to him. Better too. Now that was a hit
(10:23):
and another right on the ambrashors. Very good, mister Jerr.
But you must cease fire now while star end up
hunting that cliff.
Speaker 1 (10:32):
Fire the flags, the flag, it's coming down, the stormy
party houlding it down.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
They've taken the battery.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Mister Judd.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Put the ship a boat, sending the quarterboat to take
possession of the craft. In the rain night quarter mile
away there seven craft at a fine hall. Oh they'll go.
That couls pulling from the core and that did so
I chase or fire, No let them go, and no
wish to be burdened with prisoners ought to damage our prices.
Mister Bush's party is topping the guns over, sir. Look
(11:07):
at that one down the cliff like an apple hunch.
They've blown the magazines up. That's the end of the battery, Atlanta,
And there's mister Busser. I can see you waving his sword,
turning on mister jud I shall go below. They're shooting well,
(11:52):
that's class wasn't more than one hundred yards of our fort.
People who couldn't foodwell with the advantages forty two pounders
some permanent months defeat above the water. Long service soldiers
to Madam, I've seen them shoop worse all the same
to a mile and a half. It's a yard, right,
says very nonsense. Why, good morning, sir, your attention peace, gentlemen.
(12:13):
I shall also want mister Rayner and mister Hooker pass
the word for them. Now, will you all use her
telescopes and study this place with care? That is Mount Canni.
Go in the background, where that spurred of the Pyrenees
runs down to the sea is Cape Chaberer. That is
where Spain ends and France begins. I suppose those white
houses in the center around the head of the Bay
of Wrongs, Yes, mister Bush. They seem annoyed that the
(12:37):
ship should flown British colors so close. First, they'll have
greater course for annoyance. So long, Now, gentlemen, take a
look at that ship at anchor. Then she's under the
protection of the batteries on either side of the bay.
You can see the batteries by the smokes up right, sir,
under the left one of the right, yes, mark them well,
I'm on her mistake made you, mister Jarrard. And at
the battery on the left, Rayland, and the one on
the right, mister Hooker. You see how the baker. You
(13:00):
must be able to take a boat straight up to
that anchored ship tonight. Put the ship on the poor attack.
Mister Bush. Women stand out to see her. The moon
rises at one o'clock. I should take good to get
to be back in our personal position at midnight. Hi eye, sir.
If the garrison there will think we're leaving, we will
give them a shock later on. Oh, sir, I want
this to be a climax for twenty four hours in
which we've taken the brig Amile and destroyed the Lancer. Bettery, gentlemen,
(13:24):
that ship sheltering in portmant Vez is to be cut
out and taken tonight. An hour of darkness should suffice
to affect a surprise. If we're successful, the rising moon
will give enough light to bring out the capture ship.
If we're unsuccessful, we shall be able to see the
rarely and escape. Mister Bush. You will remain in charge
of this ship. But sir, please no, mister Bush, who
may not join the attack. I shall read it myself.
(13:52):
It is very dark, but the stars were glowing clearly
in the southern and was stealing landwards like a ghost.
The crew was resting on the yang ways and the
main deck, and the subdued voices of their officers called
them they mustard silently eat division assembling for its particular duty.
I checked the position of the ship with Bush and
strained my eyes through my night glass for a glimpse
(14:13):
of the shore. Lomboat crew here, nor crew, here's their
you can hate too now, mister Bush, I trust this
expedition will be a success for your sake, for my sake, sir. Yes,
I'm taking two hundred and fifty men. If we do
not return, you will have barely sufficient prude to navigate
the ship to the rad your return, sir, and with
the French ship all the same, I wish you'd let
(14:34):
me go in your place. Our duty is here, Bush,
see to it on the boat spicide Aye eye, sir,
here's your barge. Goodbye, sir, good luck. I alright overside Brown,
I shall sit in the stell. The oars muffled here's sir,
(14:55):
keep way. There that us behind his brand addition job?
Speaker 3 (15:04):
What's that?
Speaker 2 (15:06):
As I expected the French of rowing a guard round
the pressure ship ready and the oars there already chat
I remember, man, cold steel. If any man fires before
I do, I'll showed him with my own hand give way.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
But none this time.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
The long boat and the launch began their attack. Apparently
immediate enough about my orders when I want the gun
is detected. At the vital moment, there's the guard boat.
I'm treatment. I believe they've seen this, shir fed him.
Say pause, follow me man, no prisoners, throw him overboard.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Wait all right, Brian.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
That fellow at the bottom of the boat here, he
ended up one right on his face. I think that's
the lots so we took him by surprise. They're all
dead or unconscious or overside warm.
Speaker 3 (16:09):
Work.
Speaker 2 (16:09):
Well, its right back into the part everywhere your neck, sir,
it's covered with blood. It's just it. If no time
to rest, is nothing gone give away, that'll be the cutters.
They've reached the ankorschip pullman. They'll need die help.
Speaker 5 (16:24):
They don't see the countership at the first rash, and
those musket flashes are steady along her bullocks. That means
the crew are defending her.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yes, there must have been awakened of rigged nettings of
the pulse in a surprise attack. You know, we'll keep
around to disengaged side like one strong pull. I take
hold that all up the side together and give a cheer.
And I want them to think we're a big boarding buddy. Ready,
how let's the long leaves stay with me up with
(16:52):
him reletting his big cone. It stops outwards too. Blast
the stuff. It's like being a fly and a web
with your dirk. Boy, don't just hang there? Can you?
Can you expect me to the disorder? Expect it there?
It may part enough us to get through. Hold tight,
hold on the lot's coming away. We'll be in the
(17:14):
seal a minute. Intus give me a hunter.
Speaker 8 (17:21):
Now, so so you are you safe?
Speaker 3 (17:43):
Sir?
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Send your guy. Here comes another as.
Speaker 8 (17:50):
The ships take her slender, mister sir, cut the cable
is mister hooker there, I'll get a laugh at your
boats through set sail off with him.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
My lads live then now take off.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
We're all right now there.
Speaker 2 (18:04):
Save yourself. Congratulations. There's still time for boats to come
from show with reinforcements. But if Rayner and said I
had failed to take the guns, we'll have a gauntlet
to run. Ron. Here's her. Send up that rocket to
let the landing parties know that the ship is taken.
Fire eyes.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Local ends ups largest cool first, cut his cool man,
the braces fi up.
Speaker 2 (18:28):
Then you will let me take the wheel. Are the stubbard?
This breeze off the hand will take us out. Here
comes the moon to light us. One of the French
crews to walker, killed, wounded or captured, and some jumped
over this swoon ashore and you can enjoy. They're still
fighting on lander. Oh that will be Gerald and Rayner
(18:52):
calling them then off, very successful operation. How's your boat,
screw fad Well.
Speaker 1 (18:57):
I haven't checked yet, so but I think.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
The casualty is a light. It was a surprize and
we swamped them. It's my opinion that what places is that?
Excuse me, sir, there's half a dozen fogs.
Speaker 5 (19:07):
I mean, thank you, so with an officer hiding in
the forecastle.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Now that I'll soon winkle them and wait wait follow me, monsieur.
Your ship is captured and is in my hands. It's
useless to resist. I call and into the surrender. We
can't if we do not try idea, you know, pity.
(19:32):
But if they chose to die, I couldn't prevent them.
And have the barge crew ready to read me to
the southern and we shall raise her presently, sir. I'm
(19:54):
invited to see you back, Sir. I am with a
very handsome prise. But sir, nick your hand, don't flash,
mister Busch like some coffee and hand immediately, sir, good scrap, sir,
what oh oh near vickering, mister Bush.
Speaker 4 (20:28):
A ratio hornblower starring Michael Redgrave is based on the
novels by C. S. Forester. Music composed and conducted by
Sydney Torn produced by Harry Allen Towers
Speaker 3 (21:14):
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