"The blasted Russians have scuppered us!" Elliot sounded angry. "They"ve placed a whole line of battleships across Sebastopol harbour! Our ships can"t get past them or the shore batteries to bombard the town!"
Jack nodded. "I"m sure Admiral Dundas can cope with the Russians."
"There"s more." To judge by the numbers of officers who clustered around him, Elliot seemed to have access to information that others did not. "They"ve built a whole new battery of great massive cannon at the mouth of the Belbek."
"And?" Jack asked. "We"re nowhere near the blasted Belbek."
"You"ve got a lot to learn yet, Windrush," Haverdale said. "If there is a battery there, that means we can"t land supplies. We"ll have to find a harbour soon; we can"t live off the land here."
"It"s the Froggies that are panick
