| Award Reason: To Senior Officers, St. Georges Squadron of the White.
Dear Sirs,
On October the 18th of this year, 1721, Baraon Raliegh did snow great heroism in a battle agaisnt a small squadron of pirates off of Belize. During the battle three ships belonging to the suadron were lost but the pirates lost four and Baraon Raleigh finished one off with a broadside but it was his actions before hand that I deem neccesary to award him a medal. My ship was heavily damaged during the fight and many of my crew put out of action so hence I could not turn my ship well at all. At this time Lord Fletcher, Captain McAvoy, and myself were heavily engaged with two pirates while Baron Raleigh and Captain Lafitte held off three on their own, Captain Ashden having been sunk a few minutes before. Unfortunately Captain Lafitte and his ship were sunk as the three pirates used their manueverabilty and speed to pummel him in the stern and Baraon Raleigh was now engaged with three all on his own. He sailed the HMS Redoubt with reckless abandon and gave precious minutes for Lord Fltcher to effect a block of my ship thus allowing me to repair much of the damage received and then Captains Fletcher, McAvoy, and myself finished off two pirates with the fnishing broadside being delivered by the Redoubt and Captain Raleigh who had sailed toward the three of us depiste the odds against him. He even turned away a block offered by me and continued to fight putting a few more broadsides into another pirate before two of them raked him in the bow and stern, sending the Redoubt under the water. Such bravery and skill should not go unrewarded.
Written by my hand,
Captain Sir Roderick Morrow
(OOC: If you watch the fight you will see that after Ashden goes down, Frenchy and Raleigh were both engaged with three ships circling them, soon Frenchy went down and Raleigh manages to hold his own against those three for a good minute or more that gave me precious time to repair, you can see that though Fletcher was blocking me from one rat nearby, theose three could have picked me off from a distance if they weren't so intent on Frenchy and then Raleigh.)
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