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Presenting Michael Redgrave, as he as far as do's in dominant amount of the sea, Horatio Hornbloy.

Even after so many years, I can still look back on that period of my life with pride and satisfaction.

I've been given free days in which to do as much damage as possible, before rendezvousing with the flagship and the Caligula.

And in 24 hours, I'd captured a French brigade laden with military supplies, destroyed the heavy batteries at Lancers, and taken seven small crops.

And to cut out and take an apprenticeship under the guns of the Port-Thorn Dres batteries.

The coast was in confusion, and I was at least a thousand pounds of Richard in prize money.

But I hope to do much more yet in the remaining time.

The question was, how?

You said for me, sir?

Ah, Brown.

Can you swim, Brown?

Swim?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know, Brown.

Can you swim, Brown?

Swim?

Well, I guess.

Good, well.

I want a crew for the barge.

Everyone a good swimmer and every man a volunteer.

Ah, is it?

They're all volunteers.

Now, Marky Brown, this is for dangerous service.

I want true volunteers.

Now, they're a press gang.

Why?

Are you going, sir?

Yes.

It'll be hard to pick them, sir.

They'll all want to go.

Well, I'll leave it to you.

Yes, you are cutless to each man, and a packet of combustible ice.

Cut, cut, cut.

Cut.

Come, what?

combustible.

Flint and steel.

Couple of portfires, oily rags, and a bit of slow-match.

All in an oil skin packet.

And a land yet to carry them if we swim.

Yes, get your crew ready immediately.

Ah, is it?

Right way or is it?

You have a plan, it, my answer?

Yes, Mr. Bush.

I'm going to short a burn that coast to rubber there.

Overjoy.

Could I take the closure?

I'll not allow volunteers to go on a mission if I can't lead them.

But if I call for volunteers,

the rest of the time, Mr. Bush, I can't accept it.

I should take my baths.

The long boat and long straw too much water.

And mark this, Mr. Bush, no rescue parties.

If we're lost, we're lost.

I'll not have you wasting valuable lives in rescue attempts.

Until I get to that in writing.

No need, sir.

I understand.

But, uh...

Right.

Well, he's the ship too.

Stand off and on, and wait for us.

A broad pooled eight ores on my set beside Brian,

while we danced lightly over the blue Mediterranean.

I set a course to reach the shore,

a little ahead of the Brian's sail,

which was just showing over the strip of coast.

He crossed the line of sluggish breakers

and darted in towards the golden beach.

A moment later, the boat balked,

slid over sand, moved a few yards more,

and then grounded.

Over with him, eh?

I'll run the boat up the beach.

You got everything?

Conflict is five packets.

Right.

Steadily up the beach.

Don't use too much energy.

We may have a long swimmer.

Make for that low bank of single at the head of the beach.

It's a vineyard on the other side.

Look, there's a sail, not a quarter of a mile away, beyond the vineyard.

Here, to the shore, to the shore.

That's exactly an old man, sir, and two women.

They're only on something.

Yes, where I'll ignore them.

Go on, man.

The water was his warmest milk,

but the coaster was 150 yards away,

and I saw dangling from my naked waist, hampered me,

and already seemed heavy as lead.

The men now ever said strongly ahead,

and by the time we neared the coaster, I was a bad last.

The men scrambled up into the low waist of the vessel,

and then waited to help me aboard.

I must have looked a strange sight, naked, but armed.

Yet in the tenseness of the moment, our nakedness was forgotten.

I walked off towards the little group of men and women,

trying to recollect my few words of French.

Absin, there's a dinghy over side.

Droid in, and I'll order them into it.

Oh, bateau?

Aren't they down the bateau?

Hello, hello.

Hey, could I go?

Aren't they down the bateau?

See if we'll play.

Hey, you!

Open up the boat to us, a naked person in the sea!

Yeah, I thought he'd understand that.

Yes, thank you, Brian,

into the boat with all of them, and casted a drift.

Well, that's them, settle, sir.

Look, they're making for the toop off.

It's a wonderful mind, then. Set the ship on fire.

Take three men below, and see what you can do there.

Absin, you and the others get some of those deck blanks up there.

Car boys, all in barrels and gravy and sex, sir.

Oil and grass.

There's no been some barrels and rip the sex.

He's burning like powder, sir.

Stand by to abandon ship.

All persons?

Right, there we go. We can go back, huh?

Oh, right.

Hey!

What are you doing?

Hey!

Hey!

What are you doing?

Look at that old woman from the coast, as she slung all her curves in the lagoon.

Oh, all right, sir.

No, stick slips.

Out of it and get your shirts, sir.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

You ever sleep out, clothes?

A few clothes from the ship from the Valio Book Argos are good exchange.

Would you like old men's trousers, sir?

Ask them off, pretend to him.

Oh, come along.

Back to the vineyard.

Hold in behind me, man.

Why?

It's just no good gumbling.

We did the job, naked.

And we'll go back naked.

Up into the vineyard with you now, all right?

Come on.

It's awesome riding across the vineyard towards us, sir.

He's got a new uniform and a cocktail.

What?

Give me a hand.

Let me see.

It's one of Bonaparte's jaundine, cute.

Dining at it, man.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Stop!

I'm dead!

He's galloping a waste, sir.

Never mind, man.

Back to the beach.

What the devil?

That is naked as the dead were born.

Well, sure, the captain doesn't come in a bore

and take in the salute like that, Mr. Gerard.

But the captain comes aboard.

He'll be received as the captain.

Dress, dore, unbressed.

Tell the side boys on the marines that if I see one of them

with the suspicion of a smile in his face,

I'll have him flunked.

Hi, Isaac.

Well, the purposes of receiving him aboard

kept in hornblowers in full dress, Mr. Gerard.

Yes, Mr. Bush.

Of course, sir.

I can see that now.

The successful venture, I hope, sir.

Yes, very successful.

Thank you, Bush.

There's nothing on tour to turn.

I hope so.

Nothing, whatever, Mr. Bush.

Please, put the ship above.

That will need two hours past dawn.

I'll come back up pretty soon.

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passage of nearly 400 miles across the Mediterranean from Italy.

Land slipping by along the labyrinth seems to devoid of all life. Yet along the

base of those lofty gray green hills ran the most important high road in

Catalonia, the road connecting Barcelona with France. And as I talked again with

Spanish officers who'd come out to my ship at dawn in a fishing boat, I felt

that this new day promised to be as productive as the previous two.

A certain Colonel Villena that this army of general Pino's were much along this very road.

They must captain ten thousand of them. Pino's and Lecki's division of the Italian army.

It was at Tradella that I lost my own regiment. Their army cut us to pieces and

I only escaped myself by riding into my horse dropped under me. But there is more

than the loss of my regiment to avenge serve. The Italians have burned every

village in the operands. Every road is lined with gallows and upon every gallows

is a Spanish corpse.

Powerful. Well sir, let me see what we can do.

Mr. Bush, we have an action if you please. I'll have the guns loaded and run out too.

Aye aye sir. Captain, train your glass there. He's not that respectful far up on the

hill a horseman. And believe it is and riding towards us.

There's a sort of moving smudge behind you. As expected to be the advanced guard of

the army. You can see an occasional sparkle and flash as the sun catches

that equipment. I can edge him quite closely here if necessary.

You can see them quite plainly now. They are cavalry riding with drawn

seabirds. They fear an ambush. But I do not know where an opposition is likely to

come from. We must see if we can provide some gun. What's that long line of white

dots beyond the cavalry? Looks like a long caterpillar with white legs all moving

together. It is in a way, Captain. It is the white breaches of a column of

infantry. Well, look, sir. They're waving their head

to us. Very friendly. A little outing. I'll let you out. She will be

flooded. I doubt if they've ever encountered a ship before or being

cannonated from the sea. Their officers are used to opposing armies, but they

have no experience of a ship's broadside. They'll probably regard us as a

welcome break and I'm not in as much. Mr. General, train the guns on the road and

on the fire when I give you the signal. Fire, sir. Fire as you will, Mr.

Gillard. And again. And again. Give it to him, Lance.

Water, Miss Nile. Keep a water, sir. We can move further in.

They don't like it. Next color is voting.

Starboard of wine, sir. Mr. Gillard.

Mr. Gillard, load with grape shot. I see they have jammed. The column is coming up.

I'm preventing the others from getting away. They are struggling with each other.

It's a murder, but I fear it must be done.

That goes shown. That's right. Teach you all the names.

Somebody to go, but cease fire. Mr. One, I'd pass that helmet and come back again,

Mr. Bush. If done considerable damage, I think. Yes, sir. Just look at the road.

It's littered with them and the hillside's covered with men trying to get away.

Their officers are never around them up. There's a battery of artillery at the

end of the next column, sir. Yes, nine pound of field pieces.

The only stuff against our roadside. Up by heaven, they're going to try.

Look at this officer galloping down the line. He's ordering the guns into action.

Yeah, where's shit, Mr. Bush? We'll stand in and give them a sporting target.

Hi, Ayesha. No, I can't do this.

Reserve your fire for the battery, Mr. Gillard. Head in.

Now.

Jab the smoke and blow your head back into our eyes.

Because you're saying magnum percent puffs of guns are smashed.

Their crews are killed and scattered. Not all.

That officer's a gallon man. He's trying to get one gun working.

He's too late. Our speed is taking his out of range.

Here's our second division of infantry, sir. Look at him.

Shkettling up the hillside, even before we get to him.

Yes, don't fire at them, Mr. Gillard.

It's as damaging to an army to be scattered and demoralized as to be killed.

Oh, I doubt if our men will understand that.

Do you see that group of horsemen above the road there? Gold trappings and plumes?

The staff of the army, I'll swear. Mr. Gillard, we'll give a little attention to that group up there, if you please.

Hi, Ayesha. There's a four-seater out of range. You're done to care.

Oh, not a man left in the saddle. Wonderful, so wonderful.

I hope General Pino himself was amongst them. I hope he was killed.

No, no, I hope he was crippled. Hurt, terribly hurt. I hope...

Spare us your blood, Zestik, comments, Colonel.

I have no love for this sort of warfare and take no delight in causing suffering.

I do it because I must. I prefer an action where there's danger on both sides.

My word, look at this, sir. We're not as safe as all that.

It's a musket ball embedded in the raven harvick depth.

There far is reaching us. You see, Colonel?

Colonel seems to have more urgent business on the other side of the corridor deck.

Thank you, Mr. Bush. I shall be glad when we reach the rear of the column.

This is slaughter seconds, man.

Ah, but we're killing the enemy, sir. That's all I care about.

Hello? What's this, sir? They keep strange.

Those carts with four horses to them must be ammunition, catch on.

Mr. Gerard, they'll have target practice, single guns on them.

Let them fire broad sides, and they'll miss on purpose.

Fire on rotation! Number one, gun! Fire!

As the Sutherland drifted slowly along the shore, a gun spoke out one by one,

a hurrying a half full of great shot under the road.

It was with sorrow almost demanding to anguish, but I watched horses and mules go down before that deadly fire.

But I maintained a cold, impassive face throughout.

A few of the mules managed to leap the bank out of the road and scramble up the hillside,

scattering their loads as they went.

And then, as we passed the last of the ammunition train and came to a new line of carts,

I observed a man standing up in one of the carts and frantically waving a white handkerchief.

Which is how they want a surrender, sir.

Ridiculous. You must know that no surrender could be put into effect. He must take his chance.

Let's see doing that.

He seems to be trying to pick something up for the poor, the guard.

He tried to lift him. Good heavens, I've seen her.

See, fire! See, fire!

It's a man who's holding up a bandage man.

Those are the army ambulance vehicles, full of second wounded from yesterday's battle with Vilena's regiment.

That officer must be a surgeon.

If we put the ship back, we will retrace our course and address the main body again.

Aye, aye, sir. Stand by to go right.

Aye, sir.

Hands to braces!

I've been waiting for you!

It's always so easy on this texture.

We'd have to serve the coast hall, and if we make three knots, we'll be doing well.

Listen to the best we can, then.

Right there, field guns training us from the road, sir.

We've got three guns in the position, sir.

Very well. We'll see what we can do.

Mr. Gerard, carry on with your target practice.

Aye, sir.

In a way, Mr. Bush, this is a good thing.

Our crew is raw, and there's a vast difference between shooting undisturbed and shooting under return fire.

See how they behave.

This fellow is a good gunner. That one was close.

That was closer, sir.

Look at that hole in our top saw. I should tickle.

It follows, sir.

Some casualties, I think.

It's usual about chasing guns on the battery.

They may unsteady their gun layers.

Ashtagia targets unit, they can't reach the field gun, sir.

Look at their soldiers catching all over the hillside, sir.

Yes, their officers are going to have a difficult time reassembling them, and many will desert.

I understand that these Italian divisions deserve riddling.

They have no love for Bonaparte's cause.

Poor Higgs, the main top gallant backstage part, it's a...

...sense and toughen up and splice that stain!

But we'll be coached rage presently, sir.

What the devil is that?

They're one of the ship's boys who's been hit from the sound of it.

Mr. Gerard, I'm going to put the helm down now.

Be ready to fire as the guns burn.

Brown, she comes.

Why? They come as they're running, sir.

They're not going to wait for it.

Had too much last time, I expect.

Let them have it, lion!

The smoke's clearing.

Yes.

Oh, well, Mr. Gerard, there's not a gun left on the road.

Your men behaved like veterans.

Fire the box, sir!

The water is showing rapidly.

Maybe we've done all we can here.

By the time we get in again, the remains of the army will have withdrawn.

Aye, aye, sir.

Starward, your home!

I am Mr. Blazer!

You may secure your guns, Mr. Gerard.

Aye, sir.

This one!

Mr. Gerard, the gun!

Fire the prison three days, three years for the captain!

Tell him and just stop that nonsense, Mr. Bush.

I kind of refrain from cleaning like a fool.

Mr. Longley, British officer does not keep it on the deck like a schoolboy.

A captain on the house.

Sir?

Yes.

Oh, yeah, the gun room stood.

You may find that our casualty is nothing to cheer about.

Yes?

Begging your pardon, sir, but Tom Krebs being killed.

Tom Krebs?

I remember no man of that name.

Mr. Bush, should I leave?

Every way boxing champion of England is named Tom Krebs, isn't he?

I believe you, sir.

There's Mrs. Siddons.

She's got the spindle in her.

Well, sir, tell the truth.

She's got a spindle where she won't be able to sit down, sir.

Squirrel something horrible when I pulled it out, she did something.

Mrs. Siddons, are you mad, man?

Or am I?

Tom Krebs and Mrs. Siddons are two of the pigs belonging to the Gadro Mace pigs.

What if they are only casualties?

Ah, Mr. Bush, have you any casualties?

Not among men, sir, but I'm afraid that Tom Krebs and Mrs. Siddons...

Thank you, Mr. Bush.

I already have a report on the condition of Krebs and Siddons.

Mr. Bush, you may issue grub to all hands.

Splash to my grace!

Splash to my grace!

Oh, after all, the rest is glory for all of you.

Horatio Hornblower, starring Michael Redgrave, is based on the novels by C.S. Farrister.

Music composed and conducted by Siddney Torch, produced by Harry Allen Towers.

Music composed and directed by Siddney Torch, produced by C.S. Farrister.

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