Girl On the Orlop Deck (2011)

Authors: Beryl Kingston

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“There wasn’t much going on in his corner of the Caribbean that he didn’t make it his business to know about it. So naturally as soon as he received Lord Nelson’s letter and knew that the admiral was hungry for news of the French fleet, he set about gathering information from every quarter. By the time the British fleet had anchored in Roseau Bay and he and Captain Hardy and the great admiral were sitting down to dinner in the dining room on board the Victory, he was as thoroughly informed as it... was possible for him to be. He had heard from the garrisons at Grenada, St Vincent and St Lucia and could report that all three were safe and had seen no sign of the French. Better still he knew that the French fleet had anchored in the neighbouring island of Martinique, exactly as Nelson’s Mediterranean spies had predicted, and that a French fleet of eighteen of the line, six frigates and three brigs had been seen passing Prince Rupert’s Head on 6 June, heading north.
It was demoralizing news for Nelson because it confirmed that his original informants had been correct and that he had been sent on a wild goose chase.MoreLess Read More Read Less