 Call all hands speak to quarters right into it, please Captain Bush point of some targets CS foresters indomitable man of the sea a ratio hornblower Captain Bush presented him some hands and I vented my youth temper on him So you bring me these Captain Bush what good at charts in three different languages now look here French charts While in German and other Swedish How can we possibly decide where or how to strike against Bonaparte when even the charts don't agree with one another? The best we've got aboard the nuns that's not even their soundings of this one's in Swedish feet and The French use their new metric system and right for those confounded Germans owner Lord knows what they use I know it's very annoying of course. We could have your crop soga trend lead to them for us Saga How is he now? He's not a deal of blood. You never use that right hand to me again Not after you were forced to flesh his wrist with your sword sir, but we can make use of him and until we hang him Yes Yes, I'm afraid we'll have to Humilice idiot attempting to assassinate Zah Alexander himself. He came within a hair's bed to succeed Yes, I've cocked pistol in his hand hiding behind a pillar in the Zah palace. Well, what could I do but slash his wrist? I should never have let him accompany us to the palace the man's a fin it was Russia that dispoiled his country. I Should have realized it was dangerous. It's over and done with sir Thanks to you the Russians are now ready to defy Bonaparte this way and Possibly they've taken up no arms against him yet as you will notice and Meanwhile, we are idle and surely Surely there's some place in the Baltic we can strike a blow against Bonaparte an example there Well, the fishes have sir. Why not as you see it's a long narrow lagoon between Elbing and Koenigsberg in East Prussia Now Boni has a tremendous force in East Prussia and how else can he supply them except by water the fishes How funds from the Polish River straight eastward 50 miles long a dozen miles wide communications and supply bush it'll be a shrewd blow. Yes, sir, but Well, sir, I'm not with it bush. Well, beg your pardon, sir. It's impossible Impossible the half is separated from the Baltic sea by that long sand spit There's but one entrance from the Baltic. No need to tell me what I already know one entrance Yes, and that one directly under the guns of the French Oh, I suppose you consider it impossible for this squadron to attack French shipping in the house I Isn't it to see sir, but they don't if you'll oblige me set course for the fishes half captain bush It's much too good a target to be impossible. Yes, sir Come come bush. There's more ways than one to skin a cat and we will have so I can't play these charts or that was a good suggestion of yours Saga lay in sick day they would want from loss of blood He presented another problem one that made me angry and faintly sympathetic both at once Well, so good better. I believe so They're an idiot you realize what you're in for by the articles of war and the laws of England You're going to die for your foolishness. I am not English. I am a fit you fled from Finland You took service in the British Navy. I would do it all over again. Our enemy is blown apart not Russia I repeat I would do it all over again. I am homeless What is my country now a slave? Helpless under the heel of Russia one day I'm the richest man in Finland and the next the poorest man in England as with one question here So go whether you can legally face court marshal here at sea or whether he was present back to England for it In my case. I am as good as dead Yes Push my trouble you for those charts, huh? I want these charts checked with particular attention to the freshest house So audacious that's impregnable to attack from the board would be good enough to leave the ad decisions to me mr. Sorghum Where's the ship's doctor your wound must trouble you very much perhaps he can ease the pain. Oh, no, no, it is nothing According to the Swedish map the freshest half is three or four fathoms deep at most and here is Fort Pilar or above the end Several nights later. I found myself tossing up and down in the star of a cutter With less time and victory of our fluke notice I was being rolled in to inspect the single entrance to the fish's house under the guns of Fort Pilar Well, they're easy War night dark night, mr. The French is nowhere about that. No, no, we came up after dark and I hope to The entrance will be blocked with floating logs chained together. Mr. Vickery keep a sharp eye out for them Hi, sir the number of course, they'll be patrolling the parade white water, sir I thought it's a blockade That's all you just onto it rest or is Down first if you please mr. Vickery Helmetsman bring her about Good I will hold my case with the victory You're not getting both of logs. Why not where's the washing off over Good to make a one take my case Worth than I expected bush could be none such ram through that blockade I'm locked the size of tree trunks and all connected by heavy cable impossible bush. Hmm racial Way out, haven't you I'd be obliged if you'd make signal to the squadron captain bush all commanding officers To report to my cabin this afternoon at six bells you've solved the problem, sir It's going to be difficult, but with luck. We might just just pull it off. It's an incredible plan Sir, there's no one to think of this except you folks will go in past the blockade tonight There's open water at the fan speed side make a record, mr. Montgomery The none such launch and cutter the cutters from Lotus and Raven I Four ponder in the eye of the launch three pundas in the cutters food water Ammunition combustible for setting captured vessels on fire. I am now After who shall command the rating party Yes, let's go if it to be by order of seniority I am the senior officer You are Mr. Goh, but the first task will be to penetrate the lagoon and since mr. Vickery went in with me to inspect it He's certain to know more about the situation. It will be mr. Vickery Sorry, mr. Goh Excuse like that Get the second the matter was I dare not trust him with any command out of my sight He was old almost too old to the work you already had. Oh Well, no walk and before without hurting someone's feelings That might fall the squadron stood in toward the man. There's no move There's every chance. They'll slip through the blockade unobserved. Yes, push Let's pray the rest of it will be as easy. I am praying I risked the lives of 150 men sent them into the jaws of a trap If I'm wrong about how to fetch them out again safely it's found to work, sir It's risky, but it'll work. I'm certain before now I have serious Dark cutters. No gumboats putting out from the fourth kilo to stand the guard over the entrance Must have given them a turn to open their eyes and see British ships standing off just beyond cannon reins They may already have known about us. They may have captured the raiding party and all our plans are for naught Yes, lieutenant mountain come aboard of his bomb kits push. I have eyes No, I wish mine was as good as our look out Lieutenant mountain reporting, sir. Morning man. We were your bomb kits ready for your part in this venture. Yes, sir You understand what must be done my bomb catch will proceed out of sight of the French is and go wide of that long Sand spit that separates the fishes house from the sea proper Then I'm to turn in on the seaward side of it at a point 12 miles to westward. Yes, sir There will be there that precisely 2 a.m. for bells Water is shallow there may be Look, Mr. Mind. I think I should go with you. Yes. I enjoyed my last outing on a bomb catch and I find this Supported something all in our face. What do you see if you please there's a bit of smoke in sight now? It's well up in the bay. Oh, my head. What is more smoke sir two ships on fire? Sir, I can see our catfish victory. He's got out of precious hot. Well captain bush so far so good Others look outside could see pillars of smoke were rising in the fishes house Marking the destruction brought by victory and his cutters For the middle of the afternoon before it came time to go aboard the bomb catch with my and I ordered a diversionary attack I wanted the defenders to think twice before they put all their efforts against victory We're dropping down within range of foot pillow now, sir. So long as we draw their fire captain bush They're opening up. We should do the same as we kept in come back Oh Mr. Mound yes, I've been waiting all day. Yes, I'm so alive. We'll put off for the bomb catch. Now. I'll please Yes, I'm so wounded, but not badly. We destroyed and burned a number of curfew They're cursed at the barges put thousands of shipping all together. What are those fires? Have you burned your own cutters? We had to abandon the mama fire side of the spit of sand. Why I hate it I haven't fallen to enemy hands. What do you mean? We may not get away It's got three when we came up on the other side of the sand spit be flushed to patrol three men We took care of two of them with one not away. I know he's probably spread the alarm I see I knew there must be some good reason why you've burned the boats That's it sir of an alarm already spread the fire could warn the most hard man. Yes, sir It's imperative that the men be passed on board as quickly as possible in a matter of minutes The enemy will go down on us like hornets possibly a full company and have them watch the undertow If they must get rid of cutlery's and anything else that might weigh them down have them do so all must be taken aboard I'll not have one man lost It was well organized the blaze from the burning cutters began to die down But still it looked the tumbling surface of orange and scarlet Mounted gone back on board the catch to supervise matters the thing went well The men clambered aboard or were dragged help us Keltner and finally the beach was clear except for Vickery and me Just in time On those torches over there in the direction of the boat. I doubt it's their fireplies. Mr. Vickery into a serve if you please After you sir. Thank you Vickery, but the senior officer is always allowed to last to leave a post of danger. Hi, sir Oh, it was the most welcome relief when the catch loomed up ahead and strong arms dragged me aboard with no more Ceremonial than if I were a waterlogged castaway instead of a Lord Commodore Up you come Now there you are Are you all right, sir? Of course I'm all right. Oh, that's the Commodore for you And why shouldn't he be him that base is told for the most every month. Silence up So we're faster ground. What's that in the sand sir? You've taken aboard a hundred and fifty men the catch must have gone down a full foot Good Lord, mountain bird, his men will be honest and imagine minutes will be sitting down. If you please Mr. Vickery Mound have you tried to catch us up with the anchor to anchor sir There are the strong and we've bent to the windless till the cable sings, but we're still far Sir if possible then we'll go over the side and hang on to ropes It would lighten ship that one or more of the missus grip and ground no victory I said I wouldn't lose a man, and I won't at least not that way It came to me then one possible way to shake ourselves loose from the deadly grip of the sand that held us present Yet I I hesitated for a moment hoping that Mount himself would see the solution not have it come for me And even while I hesitated he found it Sir, we can rock the boat. A hundred and fifty men. We can have a run from port to Carverton back again Exactly right by all means All hands to Carverton The bow with small arms to answer their fire Yes, sir The keeper pinch is busy while we rock the ship Mender's way of affection burst over me as I regarded him and left him at Mount I wanted to tell them that Had they been my own sons I could want no too better one bring myself to express the thought I should call the particular attention of the Admiralty to the conduct of both you officers. I consider it excellent I shall of course require reports from you immediately and writing Yes captain Bush must be worried make the proper signal as to please mr. Mond Commodore on board all is well