In the morning, the French Marshal Soult began his attack on Coruña in earnest. At this point however, the British ships were able to support the def...enders with their rolling broadsides. Moore had built up his position carefully, and all day the French attacks were repulsed whilst more and more of the expedition force made their way to the ships and to safety. By early afternoon, the news came that Sir John Moore had been hit by a cannonball and suffered mortal injury. The French attacks,. For a split second, during which the cloud began to drift away, nothing happened. Then there was a tremendous explosion. The Oslyabya's bows opened out like a clamshell and the ship's momentum began to drive the front of the vessel downwards. After a minute or two, water began lapping at the foreturret. All of a sudden the Oslyabya rolled over and sank in a little under three minutes. There were no survivors. The time was 1450 hours."Togo began a wide sweep over to the East," continued the. ..” I wiggled morning wood into delightful contact. “Or not...”“Come on, cap’n. You KNOW we’ll have time out on the waterway...”The two of us have the morning routine, several of ‘em, actually, down pat. This one is the ‘we want to have a full day’s trip for a goal’ routine. Faces washed, teeth brushed, dressed with clothes suitable for motoring through civilization, she’s doing breakfast for us while I’m giving the little diesel its daily attention.In the windless early morning, leaving the. I didn't question good fortune. We could have a good shower.We went to bed in the main bedroom in a surprisingly comfortable though soft bed. We felt safe and I just hoped that it wasn't a mistaken feeling. When we rose in the morning, I demonstrated my ability to make coffee in the drip maker while Maria cooked sausages on the grill. I found a tin of biscuit mix and mixed it using dried milk from our supplies. I made an oven with aluminum foil and cooked biscuits to complete our.