A Tradition of Victory
“The S tuff of battle SEVEN DAYS after calling his captains together in conference, Bolitho was growing more and more restless for news. It was like being abandoned by the world beyond Styx’s hull, or being cast adrift because of some terrible plague.
He had deliberately sent the other two frigates to maintain close watch on Belle Ile and its approaches. This would ensure that the French would believe their enemy’s blockade remained unchanged. Also, if the Spanish shipmaster’s information pr...oved false, it might allow time to call heavier vessels from the other squadrons if there was an attempt to break out.
So while Styx cruised slowly back and forth along a twenty-mile triangle to the south, Bolitho had ordered the little brig to maintain contact between them.
It was frustrating, almost maddening, to know nothing, and it was all he could do to restrain himself from going on deck whenever he heard a cry from the masthead or some unusual disturbance among the men on watch.MoreLess
He had deliberately sent the other two frigates to maintain close watch on Belle Ile and its approaches. This would ensure that the French would believe their enemy’s blockade remained unchanged. Also, if the Spanish shipmaster’s information pr...oved false, it might allow time to call heavier vessels from the other squadrons if there was an attempt to break out.
So while Styx cruised slowly back and forth along a twenty-mile triangle to the south, Bolitho had ordered the little brig to maintain contact between them.
It was frustrating, almost maddening, to know nothing, and it was all he could do to restrain himself from going on deck whenever he heard a cry from the masthead or some unusual disturbance among the men on watch.MoreLess
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