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

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

The British I fleet takes 8 casualties, then, and chooses to be retreated
either to the English Channel or the sea area off Plymouth (France's
choice).

France gains +1 PP, Britain loses -1 PP, and France's naval phase can
continue.

-JJY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Helle" <jhelle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] Fw: St Malo blockade battle- French rolls


> 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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