271 282 True, the circumstances on board
the Somers were different from
those on board the Indomitable .
But the urgency felt, well-warranted
46 or otherwise, was much the same.
Says a writer whom few know nobody
knows , and who being dead recks
not of^ the that, oblivion, "Forty years after
a battle it is easy for a non-combatant
to reason about how it ought to have
been fought. It is another thing
personally ^ and under fire to have to direct the
fighting while at the same time
involved in the obscuring smoke
of it. Much so with respect to
to ^ other emergencies involving both
271 282 True, the circumstances on board
the Somers were different from
those on board the Indomitable .
But the urgency felt, well-warranted
46 or otherwise, was much the same.
Says a writer whom few know nobody
knows , and who being dead recks
not of^ the that, oblivion, "Forty years after
a battle it is easy for a non-combatant
to reason about how it ought to have
been fought. It is another thing
personally ^ and under fire to have to direct the
fighting while at the same time
involved in the obscuring smoke
of it. Much so with respect to
to ^ other emergencies involving both

Transcribed by: John Bryant