This document is visible to all enlisted officers of the Marine Royale Gauloise, hereby I, Louis Clement state, that I have conducted service in the ranks of the MRG on the 5th of août 741 A.G.S. Honneur et Patrie, Valeur et Discipline. Pour le Roi.
Déclaration de soldat: Louis Clement
Rang: Lieutenant de Vaisseau
Topic: California battle
Description de la/des situation/-s
Situation:
The Grasse, the Chanzy and myself went to Liberty to evaluate the situation in Liberty. Soon after our arrival in California, we took position on Riverside Station. After a couple minutes of waiting, we encountered a ship with the name of H|-SNS-Harmony.
It didn't take much longer until the Liberty Navy noticed our presence in California, most likely by a scout which came from Los Angeles and went to New York. However, they needed very long to gather an force equal to our. I assume they sent so many ships to Bretonia, that they now have some trouble defending their borders. The battle didn't go entirely in our favor. The Chanzy unfortunately got shot down by the combined force of two Liberty Battlecruisers and one Overlord Dreadnought. But we were able to slow down the battle a bit, which gave us some much needed time. While I was chsaing their bomber, LN-Lambda(5), it got caught in a energy burst by the Grasse, which took it out quickly.
Fortunately, the Harmony got a battlecruiser as reinforcement, which was a great help in the fight against the Liberty Battlecruisers. The fight then quickly came to an end. First the South.Dakota burnt down, the Florida followed shortly after. Sadly, the LNS-Avoca was able to deal severe damage to Grasse, before it was taken out by the Harmony and myself.
This was a really close battle, ways closer than I'd have wanted it to be. While the Libertonians are weakened within their own borders, they still can cause much trouble, so we should not underestimate them.
The Harmony and its supporters can be a valuable ally when fighting the Liberty Navy, I'd advise to keep up our good relationship with them.
I will leave the battle information below.