Carribean: A close shave for Red Jack...

An outing for my little ships, a trial run through of  "Broadside & Cutlass" ruleset ....

The pirate Red Jack with his ship the 'Saucy Sue' has joined forces with Henri Jaune (know as Yellowbeard due to his fair hair) in his ship the 'Hortense'. They set out to target ships in the merchant shipping routes. They believe they can deal with HMS Prinz Albert between them if it shows up.

Unbeknown to them Prinz Albert has returned to Jumeida after damage in a storm and the newly arrived HMS Leopold (64 gunner) has taken station protecting merchantmen.

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Sail ho ! off the larboard bow.  Yellowbeard takes the lead in the Hortense with Red Jack and the Saucy Sue following in - as they close with what they think are three merchantmen

Hortense bow rakes the lead merchantman, Red Jack realises the third ship is not a merchantman and hangs back slighlty believing it to be the Prinz Albert

The lead merchantman is badly dmaged and drifts while the other makes headway with full sail. HMS Leopold gets between the pirate ships, bow raking the Saucy Sue and stern raking the Hortense ...

Red Jack steers the Saucy Sue away giving the Leopold an ineffective broadside as they pass, meanwhile the Hortense's is rigging is damaged and she has few holes in the hull -she is losing speed ..

HMS Leopold catches up with the Hortense and gives them a hard pounding ....

The Hortense sinks, lost wih all hands (food for the sharks) ....

As HMS Leopold reduces sail to help the damaged merchantman, Red Jack makes his escape in the Saucy Sue.

India: French Europeans on parade

The Count de Lolly greets some of the locals ...

The dragoons and the artillery ...

The infantry; from the front Regt Lally, French Euopeans, Volontaire Monroviens ...

Caribbean: Hanging about ..

The commander of Falmouth fort pauses for a chat with one of the locals; nearby a couple of the captured pirates dangle from the gallows on the headland .. the price of piracy when caught.

Serves 'em right !

[scratch built gallows and a couple of converted spare figures]

Caribbean: Pirates Raid Falmouth Port ....

With HMS Prince Albert patrolling the shipping lanes, Red Jack and his pirates are finding pickings slim; in order to top-up their supplies a raid is planned on Falmouth Port on the island of Jumeida.

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A sleepy day at Falmouth Port, the locals go about their business

 Red Jack and his  pirates land on the other side of the headland ..

The pirates cut through the jungle and move out into the farmland ... 

As they clear the farmsteads they take a couple of captives .... 

 The pirates move into the port, the locals run for safety to the fort ... 

The pirates start rooting through the warehouses for useful supplies to take away .... 

A small herd of cows is rounded up by the pirates, (a nice roast for them tonight) 

Some of the locals have armed themselves and make a stand at the end of the quay to hold of the pirates to protect the civilians, their accurate fire fells a few pirates ... 

The civilians arrrive at the fort, the commander tries to assess the situation on the quay .... 

Part of the garrison moves up to join the fight at the end of the quay .... 

The pirates start to load up supplies into a wagon .... 

The garrison re-inforces the locals, the pirates waiver ... 

Some of the pirates have loaded supplies onto a small boat and make to leave the harbour, the commander of the fot order the guns to fire on the boat but they miss ... 

Volley fire from the garrison troops clears the quay of pirates ... 

While the garrison troops secure the warehouses at the far end of the quay, the locals with some help from mounted troops mop up the pirates ...

The pirates load up their booty and make a getaway (back to their ship) ...

Caribbean: A few pirates more ...

Well actually four, this time some converted 1:54 figures for boat models, with Jacdaw 30mm fig for size reference in the middle ...

Some new palm trees ...

I succumbed and bought a few palm trees to add to my scenics from www.themodeltreeshop.co.uk, They are really nice, good for singles to spot around amongst the plastic cheepies and they don't look too out of place.

Nice Palm Trees ...

Some really nice palm trees at good prices from http://www.themodeltreeshop.co.uk/, definitely worth a look.