Re: [eia] Fw: St Malo blockade battle- French rolls

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

41 ships is impossible.  After the naval battles of Lorient (where 1 French
ship was sunk) and Le Havre (where 8 French ships were sunk), the total
number of French ships remaining is 49-9 = 40 ships.  _If_ only one ship is
in the French II fleet at La Rochelle, that still leaves a maximum of 39
ships with the III & IV fleets to start the battle at St. Malo, and a
maximum of 39-6 = 33 ships left after British casualties.

Also, 25% of 31 would have been 8 ships, not 9.

I'm almost certain that you have won the battle, Jim, but I want to sort out
any confusion about numbers of ships before making any retreat decisions.

-JJY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Helle" <jhelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Fw: St Malo blockade battle- French rolls


> Actually, (to set everyone's military intelligence records straight) the
> combined fleets started with 41 ships.  I deducted the French casualties
> before sending my email.  41-6=35 {sorry, I stated 31 earlier}x .25%=9
> British casualties.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Gorman" <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [eia] Fw: St Malo blockade battle- French rolls
>
>
> > At 11:29 AM 5/15/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > >The combined French fleets contain 31 ships. By my calculations they
sink
> 9
> > >British ships, defeating the British navy and forcing them to retreat.
> >
> > 6 of the ships are destroyed before they shoot, reducing the force to 25
> > ships.  They then inflict 25% losses or 6 casualties on the British.
This
> > is a tie and since the British are attacking, the French win the battle.
> >
> >
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