HMS Aurora: A Charles Mullins Novel (Sea Command Book 3) - Plot & Excerpts
He watched General Bonaparte and his staff trot off to look over the encampment. From his position, he could see this was a more than a mere coastal gun battery. Men were swarming like bees now behind the sea wall, clearing land from trees and brush. Several buildings were being erected, and this looked very like a permanent installation. To the rear, some low-lying structures had been erected that he had seen before. Dug into the ground, with mortared stone foundations, these looked very like gunpowder magazines. Many were seemingly empty, with others still under construction. A cluster of six structures by themselves however, had a guard in front who looked as though he took himself seriously. Dooley, realizing he was going to look foolish if he returned after all of his talk without having so much as laid a finger on Bonaparte. Perhaps, if these magazines were stocked with munitions, he could at least make a little noise. Since the general had waved him off, no one had paid any attention to him.
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