International observers tried unsuccessfully to prevent the human rights abuses that followed the battle.

No mention of Secord was made in reports that immediately followed the battle.

There was no way to follow the battle in any detail now, not with so many combatants involved.

But the others were finally becoming aware that Bean was following the whole battle, not just his part of it.

"Something is going on there again; I feel it," said one trader who has been following the legal battle between the two oil giants.

Following the battle, he and his men embarked for Eygpt.

"We've been following the battle from your transmissions, Admiral," the captain continued.

She sank in the storm that followed the battle.

Of course, anyone who follows the battle between the two oil giants remains to be convinced.

There followed the final battle on July 21, 1348.