Horatio Hornblower - Protecting The Convoy

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Call our hands. Speak to quarters.

Come out the guards. Stand by, let's tell them about that.

One broadside inventory to please get in bush.

Point to some targets.

Print stop freely.

Eyes are ready. Fire!

Presenting Michael Redgrave as CS foresters in dominole man of the sea, Horatio Hornblower.

Looking back now over all my voyages, I think the start of that one was the most miserable and distressing.

My ship was seriously on demand. I was suffering from the sea sickness which always attacked me at the beginning of the voyage.

My mind was torn between anxiety for my wife Mariah who would be having our baby before my return.

Misery at the marriage of Lady Barbara Wilson.

And now I was saddled with the care of six fat stupid lovelling merchant ships.

As I stood on my quarter deck in the grey dawn with a wind whipping through the beginning, I cursed those indiamen for their slownies and acknowledging my sickness.

They must man those indiamen with blockage.

The Lord Mardi Gras has been flying that signal with a dip for ten minutes.

Do they have any sense to clear the hell out?

Oh well. Have given them their course for Finister and they must follow it as best they can.

I shall go below, Mr. Bush.

I said, one more wager.

What's that?

Suddenly happening.

The warmer castle is holding a wind.

Look, sir. You can see us through the glass.

Yes.

Yes, she's fun, right?

And she's crowding up to windward towards us.

Surely she's signaling.

Where's the signal from, Janet?

Yes, sir.

It's a jumble, signal.

I can't read it.

What?

Looks like number 29, sir.

Hmm?

But he can't be.

That means just continue with the action.

And now she's holding it down.

Well, there goes another.

Well, it's...

It's number 11.

Yeah.

Number 11, sir.

That means enemy inside.

What's in there?

What can you see on the port-bowel?

That means the warmer castle's right here.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

I can see a nose there.

Two necks on the port-bowel.

Luggers, eh?

That could only mean private years, sir.

If they can pick up on each d-diamond,

it'll let the opponent, their caps,

and we shall prevent them from feathering their caps.

Hands to quarters, Mr. Bush.

Aye, aye, sir.

Hands to quarters.

Yes, sir.

There shall be no wits about it.

But, of course, the enemy difficult.

They will maneuver to cut off the ship to win one of them.

And they are alongside a border while we're beating up against the wind.

That's it.

Those luggers are as quick as lightning and stays.

The end of them are so slow.

And our crew is so raw.

There are two luggers.

We shall have them carry two thrusts at once.

You can see them plainly, sir.

Two masters.

They have about, eh, 20 guns of peace.

Night hours.

We should blow them out of the water.

They were fools enough to come in close range.

I'd say they carry about 150 men each.

An all-backed for gold.

Let's have the guns, though, didn't run out, Mr. Bush.

Aye, aye, sir.

Brothers, the gold.

That's the leading luggers, sir.

Did you see where the shot went?

The first target.

The first target.

Me, sir.

Steady.

The water cast was shearing up.

She had run into the lake ship at a minute.

Can we reach any time?

Yes, we're too close now for the luggers to death.

That's right.

So they're swinging away to avoid our broadside.

Back to the main target.

They must keep the windward of the convoys

so that we can death stand to any danger point.

Let the convoys get ahead again.

Aye, sir.

On the layup to an outer.

They're leading the convoys.

Yes.

They're going to swing around presently

and attack the starboard ship.

Tap on sail.

We must intercept.

Yes.

There they go.

They're off to the Lord Monnington.

Hard of words.

Hard of words.

They're going to switch to the warmer castle,

or I'm a Dutchman.

Yes.

I told you.

Ah-ha.

You thought ahead of them there, sir.

We cut them off again.

The boat is the idiom and effort.

They start to scatter.

What's they break up?

We'll never get to the trick in one time.

Hello.

What's their game now?

They thought up some plan I imagined.

They're working in sternobus.

It?

Yeah.

It's something I see there in tension.

They're going to diverge.

Yes.

Here they come, sir.

One to starboard.

One to port.

They're going to attack both wings of the convoys once.

We'll never get across to one to the other in time.

We must.

There's no alternative.

The starboard dog is slightly nearer.

We'll tackle her first.

Starboard two points.

Starboard two points.

Starboard two points.

She'll cross the lockers' vise on this course.

She'll have to edge away to avoid our broad side.

And that'll keep her off the convoys.

Who went about the other one, sir?

This course is tricky.

It's away from the convoys.

I can't help that.

I only hope is to get back in time.

We've edged this one away at least.

The chicken lugga said.

She's attacking the warmer caster to pass.

For the places.

Starboard.

Fire!

It's the most quickly.

LAUGHTER

I do think you've got no痛den to move like this.

Where can you approach the border?

I can't.

Shelley can come too.

Yes.

I can handle this windably.

The end just the moment, I will find her!

Where are you?

They'll never get out of the way.

Look out.

We can around the lawnmower all the time.

Who?

Nell.

She's serving. Look!

Look, look, look!

I can't get the fight that I'm all for, Lace.

Who?

I dirged it alongside the warmer caster!

Hands here, come there.

Can I get the leg on the broad side as we pass it.

Helm slings steer through that gap between those two ships.

The bridge with the ball goes out.

That crystal's going off.

Oh, the sea is coming.

They're jumping back into the leg out.

Up goes out my soul.

Check it away yet.

Back to Missing's up, so.

Now let's get down.

Take your aim.

Wait till you come back.

Ah!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

I see the idea of plastic sandals.

They come to get wasting stuff.

A whole broad sandal again, couple of sprouts on the way.

Two shots with a cross ejector.

Look at that.

They've got a clean putter through those bands.

Dungeons in their sand is a ligament.

A sail's a filling.

Don't let it go away.

Get your guns to bear again.

All right.

Jesus, listen as I thought of that.

Is it dead?

He hit us somewhere.

Our timbers ought to keep our nine binders at this range.

Stand by your gun.

Take good aim this time.

Fire to bear.

All right, I know.

Catch, better, much better.

Down, gentlemen.

Down, down, down!

Are you ready?

Thanks, old toughest show tomorrow.

Shall we go in and finish this?

Zed and then out this push, obviously God, the Corn Boys.

Square away on the other side.

We've been sealed with the other one before she can attack us on the other side.

Thanks to Pradesh, lively, and good bye, Mr. Froggy.

You have a long day's work ahead of you before you can see us again.

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Convoy was frantically beating up daughters again with the second privateer on their heels,

like a dog after a flock of sheep.

But at the sight of the Sutherland brushing down upon her, she sheared off again.

Obviously, she worked around to make a dash of one of the outside ships,

but I swung the Sutherland round and headed her off.

And I said, went on for an hour or more like a game of height and seek.

But with only one luck at a deal with my task was easier.

At last, the Frenchman realized that he was wasting his time.

His big lugs all came round and he thrashed away to win wood in search of his crippled colleague.

He's out, sir! We had no more trouble with those two!

No, Mr. Bush, but the captain of that second lugga is a fool.

If he left his concert to look after itself and hung out to us until nightfall,

he'd be almost sure to pick up one of our ships in the darkness.

Yeah, we should go to secure the guns, huh?

I said, secure the guns, Mr. Jedi!

What are those idiots cheering about?

For the noise they're making, you'd think they'd run for the lugga.

Mr. Bush, stop that noise.

But send the hands off. I'll speak to them.

Hands! Hands!

I know more of that.

What have you done?

Brightened up a couple of luggas are much bigger than our longboat.

Two broad sides from 74 guns and your peace with ourselves were knocking away a single spar.

Half the trouble with the men is if we have enough old heads to lead over the right ropes.

It's the same in my guns, sir.

I got 74 of them and no more than 50 trained gun layers.

I know. I'll train them anytime soon without my gunners couldn't hit a three-decker at point blank range.

I know, I know. I have them out.

I'll get some more men before his voyage is much older if I...

Well, if I have to land in France and seize France, then.

I know.

Ten days it was strong nor easterly wind,

and not only had it my convoy to the North African latitude where I was to leave them,

and also prevented all intercourse and visiting between ships.

But now the wind had dropped to a gentle breeze.

The southern land was slipping slowly along with the west librae's a beam.

The six east Indian men were clustered together at only a few cable's lengths to do it.

Even before General deported, I'd marked the approach of a boat from the Lord Mornington.

I'd nerfed myself for the inevitable polite call.

As the visitors came aboard, I saw that the man in the formal crock goat was kept in Osborne at the Lord Mornington.

The companion was resplendent in full civilian dress with ribbon and star.

Good afternoon Captain Hornbrah.

I would like to present to you Lord Eastlake, governor, designate of Bombay.

This is a great pleasure, you low-tip.

The pleasure is mine, Captain.

I have come to bigger view to accept on behalf of your ships coming in.

This purse of four hundred dillies.

Four hundred dillies.

Sir, this has been subscribed by the passengers of the East Indian convoy.

In recognition of the skill and the courage displayed by the subalign,

he action with two French privateers.

This is most generous and totally undeserved, sir.

Nevertheless, I greatly appreciate your kindness and on behalf of my ship's company, I thank you, logic.

And I, sir, am the bearer of the most cordial invitation to you and your first lieutenant to join us at dinner in the Lord Mornington.

Thank you for your courtesy, sir.

And I deeply regret that I must decline the invitation, but we part company into ours.

The bell is a pity, Captain Hornbrah.

Can't you be persuaded?

Oh, my Lord, I'm on the King's service and under the most explicit orders from the Admiral.

Oh, will you bet he's kept in the air? I understand.

But at least you will allow me to meet some of your officers.

Think of your pardon, sir, but there's no need to turn all that money over to us in the man.

You could treat it as prize money and take your share and the prize rule.

Thank you, Mr. Bush, but I can't accept that sort of reward from civilians.

However, the crew must show appreciation.

Manly odds and have the man get three chairs as Lord East Lakes boat pulls away.

Manly odds and have the man.

Lord East Lakes has brought you up present for saving the convoy.

Three chairs for his Lordship.

Mr. Bush, sir.

Mr. John, don't attention over here, please.

Well, it's a man desperately short of men.

I'm going to take some from those East India men.

But, sir, they're John company ships.

They're men who are exempt from pressing, sir.

Nobody is exempt when the King's service needs it.

I'm aware that I'm contravening Admiralty orders, but I plead necessity.

Will you excuse me, sir, if I point out that John company is the most powerful corporation in England?

It might be a bad policy to offend them, sir.

I'll be a judge of my policy, Mr. Gerard, and I'll take the responsibility.

You will obey orders.

I hope.

Those ships will cite no land until they reach Central England.

It'll be three or four months before any protest can reach England,

and further six months before any centre can reach me in the Mediterranean.

It's possible that in six months we shall all be dead.

Thank you, sir.

Give the boat's cruise pistols and cutters.

Here's just a show that I'll send no nonsense.

I want twenty men from each of their ships.

Twenty from each?

That's probably the law of the grand scale, sir.

That's the only sensible scale on which to flight the law, Mr. Bush.

Tempting order.

This is an outrage, sir, and I must protest against it.

At this very moment, your new challenge is permitting my crew with a few two investments.

Exacting by my orders, sir.

But why?

I can hardly believe it, sir.

Well, are you aware that this is a frequent violation of admiral state regulations?

A perfect outrage, sir.

The ships of the unverbal East India company are exempt from investment,

and I, as Commander, must protest on the last press of my money against any contribution of the law.

I should be glad to receive your protest when you make it, sir.

What?

What I mentioned?

But I have never did, sir.

I haven't made my protest.

But will you not allow me to ask for volunteers from among your crew captain?

That may be a few men who'd like to join the King's service.

I cannot imagine, sir, that many men will be foolish enough to exchange the comfort of the East India company's service

but I'll regard them a ship of the line, but...

So I would agree to that.

Well, your seamen ship in the affair with the privateers was so admirable that, frankly,

I find it hard to refuse your anything.

That's very good of you, sir.

Allow me to escort you to your gate.

I will recall my boats.

Since I will have taken the volunteers first, we can rely on it that they have all the willing ones on board,

and I shall return the unwilling ones.

Thank you, captain, I want to thank you.

He calmed down what the blisher.

But he had to give way.

But we might get a few volunteers out of that lot, sir.

Hmm.

Feels so wish-out, Mr. Wolf.

He is the launch of the cutler coming back, sir.

They're both loaded with men to the gunner, sir.

They're passing captain Osborne's gate now.

He's waving and shouting something to them.

Mr. Gerard and Mr. Reyna are very properly paying no attention to him.

Stand by, and the man will be coming aboard very shortly.

Sir, let's down there.

The captain will address you.

Now listen to me, man.

You're probably a bit bewildered at your sudden change of circumstances,

but let me assure you that the entry-ports through which you've just passed

is a gateway to glory.

I wouldn't have walked further, glory.

I have a man's love to raise his voice or interrupts again.

For 17 years, your country's been struggling with the Corsican title.

Your ease and comfort has been possible only because of the loyalty and courage

of the brave men of man, British men of all.

Now you have the opportunity of joining that gallon company.

You've got another opportunity, too, the chance of prize money,

the convoy from which you've come presented my crew with 400 guineas

for their work in saving you from the French privateers.

And there's more, much more, to be made by willing men on these coasts

by taking your French prizes.

You will serve your country and yourself at the same time.

No man is treated harshly on my ship unless he deserves harshness.

You're here, and it's in your hands now,

whether your lives go well or ill.

And what I do, I do in the name of his majesty, the king.

That's all.

God, march these men down to the mandate.

Mr. Bush had the goodness to go down and read the article of the war to them.

Aye, aye, sir.

I have taken a bold step with the necessities of war-demanded boldness.

I now had nearly a full complement of crew with these 120, most of them, able semen.

By the time Bush returned from reading the men into the service,

the boats were in bored, and we were all ready to square away.

Mr. Vincent, signal to the king.

The king, the king, the king.

We were all ready to square away.

Mr. Vincent, signal to the convoy.

All men have volunteered.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

All men have volunteered.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Aye, aye, sir.

I think about certain, what would you say to the Admiralty?

I shall tell them that I took the men with the permission of the Commodore.

I did, too.

He said I could keep any men who volunteered.

Yes, sir, but not many did, really.

You know Seenman, as well as I do, Bush.

It'll be a year before we get back to England, and in that time I shall be surprised

if I don't convince most of them that they did volunteer.

We only want a bit of luck.

A few prizes, and most fellows will swear to anything.

It's a vast, just stroke, sir.

At the Admiralty, who will be reluctant to prosecute.

They know as well as we do have necessities, Seenmanard.

Signal's down, sir.

The Lord Mornington is replying.

Ah, what does she say?

Captain Osborne, the captain, Holmler.

Do not understand your signal.

Or a weak boat.

Thank you.

Is that also you?

Hands and braces.

Spread away that.

Mr. Vincent, voice to another signal please.

Just one word.

I don't.

Which word, sir?

Goodbye.

Horatio Hornblower, starring Michael Redgrave,

is based on the novels by C. S. Forester.

Music composed and conducted by Sydney Torch.

Produced by Harry Allen Towers.

Music by Harry Allen Towers.