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

["James Helle" <jhelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As it is almost certainly common knowledge by process of elimination, I will
reveal that there is indeed one ship in the II fleet in La Rochelle.  Also,
there was one ship in the I fleet destroyed in Lorient.  That leaves 47
ships between the III & IV fleets.  Apparently, my error is in the
casualties in the Le Havre battle since I only removed six ships instead of
eight.  So with that being the case, the III & IV fleets did indeed start
the St. Malo battle with 39 ships, inflicting casualties with only 33
surviving ships.  Sorry about the confusion.  I'm not sure how I came up
with only six casualties in LeHavre.
----- Original Message -----
From: "J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Fw: St Malo blockade battle- French rolls


> 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>
> To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> 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>
> > To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 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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