The adjutant brought Hossem the fleet's casualty summary.
Outside the officers' cabins, the faint moans of wounded sailors could still be heard, despite the officers repeatedly issuing stern orders for silence.
Hossem irritably tossed the casualty report aside.
He didn't need to look because he had personally participated in the entire day's battle; he already knew the losses by heart.
The French fleet launched a total of five attacks, damaging one third-class ship and two fourth-class ships.
Yes, the damaged third-class ship was the "Thesus," the one he was aboard.
Although the damage was limited to two barrel-sized holes on the foredeck, which barely affected combat, the French cannon fire caused casualties among 16 sailors.
The situation of the two fourth-class ships wasn't much different—the most severe damage was to the "Coarse Fin Shark," which had lost its aft sail—but the sailors suffered significant casualties, which would greatly affect morale.
