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ID: Bruce Montague, General d'Armee Navalle, Margrave of Burgundy
ENREGISTREMENT: GRN-1231-48-B
ORIGINE: Battleship Temeraire
DESTINATION: Sieges Sociaux, Royaux de Marine
CHIFFRAGE: Securite-S

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This is Bruce Montague, General d'Armee Navalle, Margrave of Burgundy, submitting an action report for the 4th of February, 734 A.G.S.

Today I received word that one of our recruits, Seraphin LeBeau, required assistance, and I decided to see for myself his worthiness in combat. When I arrived at Battleship Epinal, there were two Council agents- Xavier Dupont and Boris Weber. They made clear their intentions, and we engaged. Aspirant LeBeau needs some experience beyond basic flight simulators with his vessel, and was destroyed before he was able to return to the Epinal. By that point, however, a Maquis bomber had arrived, and I found myself outnumbered three to one... and due to previous engagements, the separatists took no chances and turned down my offers of a duel. At least until the Chant du Cygne arrived, anyway- at that point they were more than willing to accept our terms, rather than face a foe they could not hope to defeat. The Maquis accepted, oddly enough, and took him apart with no great strain- though I did take significant damage from my own mines as I pressed the assault rather than whittling him down under constant threat of Council reinforcements.

Reinforcements did arrive, but it was after I had dealt with the Maquis. Soldiers of Council arrived, but we had reinforcements of our own. After brief discussion, we sallied forth to meet them in glorious battle. Across the course of the battle, no casualties were inflicted or taken- partly due to ion interference, but also in no small part to command disputes. As the ranking officer in the engagement (Grand Marshall LaCroix was aboard the Chant du Cygne at the time, but too far away to effectively call targets), I would assume command- however, a DOS agent codenamed Athenais insisted on trying to help out until she was given stern warning by the Grand Marshall. Early in the fight, several others suggested targets too, resulting in mass confusion... though as the fight progressed, things got mostly worked out. It still took far too long to do, and in the future the chain of command must be strictly upheld. We are a military, and the best of them at that- not a bunch of ragtag rebels.

Remember that as you continue to serve the Crown, you must obey it as well- for it provides the structure and organization that protects you and your peers.

Bruce Montague, General d'Armee Navalle, Margrave of Burgundy
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