The combined fleet meets the british at Punta Roncudo off the galician coast.
Both fleets close in with the wind coming from the back
Then the british veer to starboard and open fire
Both lines open up at extreme range
The tars try to turn the vanguard
A spanish frigate is the first to strike
A ship of the line catches fire but her crew puts it out in the next turn
A spaniard two decker surrenders
The spanish flag, Príncipe de Asturias, fires on an outgunned brit
The vanguard becomes entangled as another ship is set aflame
A french frigate shots through the wreck
Two wayward ships from the van come back to the centre
A brave englishman cuts the enemy line firing from both sides
After several rounds of combat a french is boarded and captured
The most mauled ships of the combined fleet limp to the rear
The french take a page from Britannia's book, cutting also the line
Only to be cutted and raked by the stern
Under fire from two brits another man o' war strikes
However the HMS Victory has been ravaged and lowers her flag
More spanish surrender
The melee in the vanguard takes its toll on the french
Several tricolours are struck
The valiant frenchman in the rear is surrounded and destroyed
The british are not without losses tough
After spending the entire battle on the front line this ship can take no more
View at the end of the battle
No tactics, just slugging it out
A resounding british victory: only three ships lost for nine french
The combined fleet retreats to link up with the rest of its ships in the mediterranean
I much prefer the blue chits to the use of dice.
ReplyDeletetrue, dice tend to move and come off the bases
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