InfiniteAmount Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) (I don't have time to do a real newspaper for this one, sorry) On the night of March 8th, a squadron of US navy ships repelled a pirate attack on the Florida Keys. Led by Cmdt. Sam Adams, the US squadron of five brigs and a number of cutters and schooners approached the besieged Key Largo from both the east and the west in a pincer movement. As the Pirates approached, they were intercepted by Adams' flagship itself at the mouth of the harbor. Cmdt. Adams' ship approached the pirate fleet by itself, having signaled his squadron to stay a good distance away from the battle. He meant to face the pirate menace alone.It is unknown if the pirates thought that the brig approaching them was bait for a trap or if they just could not, in their cowardice and depravity, bear to stay in the presence of such a glorious paragon of bravery and heroism, but as soon as Cmdt. Adams approached, the pirate raiders fled the battle. Unfortunately, the raiding party was not intercepted due to the sheer incredulousness of the vision that the US squadron saw before them: a pirate raiding party fleeing from a single ship. While this was occurring, another pirate raiding party attacked Walker's Cay, which was more conventionally defended. Edited March 9, 2016 by InfiniteAmount 4
Zombie Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 Also on the 8th of March... Repelled a 1 man pirate assault? Wouldn't your time have been better spent defending the 25 man "assault" on La Anguilla with that squadron of yours sir?
InfiniteAmount Posted March 9, 2016 Author Posted March 9, 2016 Also on the 8th of March... Repelled a 1 man pirate assault? Wouldn't your time have been better spent defending the 25 man "assault" on La Anguilla with that squadron of yours sir? There may or may not have been other factors at play regarding La Anguilla, and who choose to defend or not defend it. 2
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