Age of Sail Despatches #7

[sharpiefan]

Fanfic:
St Dabeoc's Health by elb (PG), Stephen, Bridie Coolan, OCs (M&C)
Sharpe's Marines, Part 1 by sharpiefan (PG) Sharpe, Llewellyn, OCs (S)
sharpiefan reposts her Alphabet Soup entries(PG) Hornblower, Kennedy, OCs (HH)

Of historical interest:
patches_the_shipcat posts about Marie Angélique Joseph Duchemin, a woman who served in the French Army
oldcuddy posts about the Battle of Trafalgar (If someone could tell me how to get the RSS feed icon to show up rather than the generic userhead, I will shower you with love and affection!)
oldcuddy tells us a letter from Admiral Collingwood is up for auction

Miscellany and meta:
vanilla_elf tells us that Garrow's Law will return on 14th November
vanilla_elf tells us about the tall ship Falls of Clyde
epershand post an amusing picture of a dog in AoS costume

Communities and challenges:
sharpiefan posts a list of Age of Sail communities on Dreamwidth

Rec of the Week:
This week's rec is a YouTube vid: Dancing Alone by swiss_kun

Got a link for the next issue?
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Note: For fic links, M&C = Master and Commander or Aubreyad, HH = Hornblower, POTC = Pirates of the Caribbean, S = Sharpe. Others will be added as required.