6 years before the turn of the 19th century, two fleets engaged each other in a bay, not far from the mouth of a river. The defending fleet should have had the advantage with larger and more numerous ships, but the attacking fleet had the decicive advantage of speed. During the fight, the attacking fleet split and attacked both sides of the defending fleet. The quick-firing guns of the attacking fleet decimated the enemy ships. Poor preparation for war kept the defending from being effective. Flammable paint caught fire, and old shells and gunpowder failed to work properly. In the end, the defending fleet had five ships sunk and three heavily damaged. The attacking fleet had only four ships with varying degrees of damage. Name the engagement.
Nope. If you look, that engagement was fought 400 miles out at sea. Hint, one of the attacking captains became the commander of his navy and went on to be the envy of every naval officer.
You're in the wrong time period buddy. This engagement happened 6 years before the start of the 20th century, not the 19th century.
Well, originally you had said 6 years before the 19th century(it's ok, we're all human), but for some reason I translated it as the 1900s, so I looked up some 1894 naval battles. The Battle of Yalu River came up, but after realizing that you wrote 6 years before the 19th century, I wrote it off. But when you said 6 years before the 20th century, I realized that the Battle of Yalu River was correct.
This ship's crew was asked to volunteer for this theatre of war because of a democratic election promise. They refused. Name the ship and theatre of war.
