Claim: In Badge of Glory, Blackwood did not engage in fighting and returned to England via Freetown while Major Rupert Fynmore battled with well-entrenched slavers who had weapons not yet issued to the marines.
Evidence: Many marines are killed and wounded in the battle, but they are able to relieve the besieged trade fortress, finding few survivors. Blackwood is badly wounded and evacuated to ship, initially to Freetown and then back to England.