Sails Across The Sea: A Tim Phillips Novel (War At Sea Book 8) - Plot & Excerpts
A neutral American ship gave them quite a chase, her captain wary of having half his crew impressed. When finally overhauled she reported having seen sails in the east which might have been the fleet they were searching for. Leaving the American’s crew intact Terrier bore off to the east. Toward noon, the lookout sighted a sail up ahead. When overhauled, she proved not to be part of the fleet but a small fore-and aft vessel with a lateen as her main. She was a tartane out of Ragusa and a lawful prize. She was filled with wine in casks and tanned hides. Normally he would have considered burning such a small craft but considering the valuable cargo aboard, he put a midshipman in command with a small crew and ordered the tartane to follow the brig. Eventually, returning to Toulon, Terrier found the fleet. At the peremptory signal from the flag. Phillips dropped into his gig with the requisite pouches and was pulled over to the flag where the flag captain met him at the entry port.
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