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Thanks again for these excellent posts. Right now I’m
reading Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain by Robert
Harvey. Fascinating stuff about the model for both Horatio Hornblower and
Jack Aubrey. From skimming the Amazon reviews it appears David Cordingly’s
Cochrane: The Real Master and Commander is a better read. Does
anyone have any recommendations in this area?
Jesse
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Subject: [Hornblower-L] July 14, 1809
On the 14th of July Lieutenant Henry Robert
Battersby, at the head of a detachment of the British 18-gun brig-sloop Scout's
seamen and marines, attacked a strong battery which commanded the port of
Carri, between Marseille and the Rhone ; carried the fort without any loss,
spiked the guns, killed five of the enemy, and made seven prisoners. For his
gallantry on this and other occasions, Lieutenant Battersby, in the succeeding
September, was promoted to the rank of commander.
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