Battle of Black Atoll

On October 18th, 1763, This small battle took place in Black Atoll which was attacked by the British. Technically a British Victory, the British lost 21 lives to the Pirates' 16. The British managed to take control of "East Atoll" which is the eastern most island part of Black Atoll. Here are the tactics of the British Navy. General Paul H. Gates' tactic was to do a crazy bayonet charge on the Pirates when they land. Before they landed they should fire on the island without command as fast as possible but they just managed to kill 4 pirates by that cuz most of the shots missed or hit the island. In the bayonet charge however, the pirates fired cannon at the troops and General Gates just ordered them to charge and not fire, just focus on the charge. The cannons killed 4 soldiers and when the army arrived on the pirate city, they got tricked as the pirates hid behind trees and shot the British which killed 3 soldiers. Then the Brits charged at the pirates cuz officer Ivan Stark spotted them and ordered a charge and lost, they killed 10 pirates and lost 14 soldiers and escaped to East Atoll and set up a camp and stored there 10,000 pounds which was bought to pay the troops. The Battle did a huge affect on King George V as he was mad at General Gates and fired him from his position to an officer and promoted Captain Samuel James to General.