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Sir Cunningham, you might need to be updated on a few things that have been occurring in the fleet.

Keeps everyone up to speed, I understand you have been occupied but just popping in to brief would be fantastic.

 

I will very soon, I just returned home from a trip to Copenhagen where my dad underwent surgery - had to drive him over there, stay for the night and then drive him back today. Before that I was busy on a building project which had occupied me for about 2 weeks. So been a busy 2-3 weeks for me.

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Yes, as you can see by some of the answers earlier in this thread, you can contact one of us through Steam and join us on the TeamSpeak (see the contact details in the opening post). We speak English here because we're not exclusively Danish speakers in the squadron - we also have Norwegians, Germans, Americans, etc.

 

Hope to see you in the West Indies soon!

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(1) There was a battle in the bay of Køge
in seventeen hundred and ten.
For Gyldenløve's fleet the sound was closed;
he had to pass by the Swedes.
He therefore set out from Køge waters
north north-east towards the enemy;
but in the van was Huitfeldt on Dannebroge.

(2) As Huitfeld approached the enemy,
the Swedes fired fiercely,
Baron Wachtmeister himself on his man of war
and two frigates also.
As Dannebroge's lieutenant saw all this,
he said: "Captain, we fight against three";
but Huitfeldt answered: "Yes, what of it?"

(3) But when the attack was at its height,
there was fire reported on board,
and Huitfeldt saw that if he fell off,
he'd fire Gyldenløve as well.
Then five hundred and fifty men bellowed:
"Soon she'll blow up! Head off towards land!"
"Let the anchors drop", said Huitfeldt.

(4) And then there was silence on Dannebroge.
The pieces themselves did shoot.
And the fire stood high above mast and hull;
but the fellows stayed as was ordered.
He stood amongst them and looked around;
then he bent his knee that pious man -
and the vessel flew whence the flag had come.

Edited by Niels Terkildsen
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