The Attack on Tortuga (1744)

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On Wednesday, June 8, 1744 (2011), an attack by the privateers of England took place on Tortuga, in which the Faithful Bride was burned to the ground.
==Prologue==
King George II and Admiral Henry of the English Privateers stood in the munitions storage room, near the top of Fort Charles. They were discussing events that had taken place the night before, when a courier arrived, telling them of King Philip V's arrival. He told Henry to circle around the outer battlements and get his soldiers on standby.
Henry amassed his soldiers at the docks, while Henry and two other soldiers waited at the Royal Medical Foundation camp on the grounds of Fort Charles. King George excused himself from the meeting, saying he had to use the loo. He arrived at the camp, and told Henry what must be done.
==The Story==
Three English Centurions, with plain whit sails, approached Isla de Avaricia. As they suspected, privateers of King Philip V were fighting some French ships sent by King Louis XV. The Spanish isle was mostly undefended, except for a few sloops. The frigates approached, and sent the sloops to the bottom. They then opened fire on the Spanish isle, while a small boarding team, led by Henry, made their way to the shore.
The docks and shipwrights were in shambles by the time they reached the coast. Several privateers were at the tavern, and firing on them. Henry took shelter in the nook of a cliff, where Spanish muskets could not fire. They then let the frigates take care of the tavern. After they left the nook, they approached the privateer tower, where they reached much resistance. Three of Henry's squad died, before Henry called a retreat.
The frigates were ready to set sail once they climbed aboard. Knowing that would distract any attention that was on Tortuga, they set sail to the East. They rose the flags of England, and armed cannons.
By the time they arrived, Tortuga was bustling. Thy had lowered their flags before entering the bay, and hadd cannons ready. Just as they reached view of the docks, they fired. The initial shot ripped through the shipwrights' office, and blew up a large store of gunpowder. Doing that, they wiped out about twenty pirates on the docks. Suddenly, through the fire, one of the ships exploded, and most of the crewmembers died. The privateers disembarked, and ran to the docks to fight.
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