The "Action of 15 February 1804" , also known as the Battle of Pulo-Aura from a nearby island, was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between British convoy of lightly armed merchant ships and forces of the First French Empire. The commodore of the merchant fleet in the book is Captain Muffit, who has taken the position of RL Captain Nathaniel Dance. From Alastair Wilson’s Who is Who in Naval History from 1550 to the Present : Captain Nathaniel Dance (1748-1827) . If the Dance entry... read more
