Jim-NC wrote:Your fleet decided to retreat (for what ever reason, probably worried about being boarded), however, as you inflicted so many more casualties, your admiral did a great job, and thus gets congratulated (it happens all the time - congrats while losing, and winning but being reprimanded for too many casualties taken).
Hmm....I've been reading Civil War books recently....the side that Retreats is considered the Loser, whether they really were or not.....Old Style.....leave the field, you are looked down on.