Both admirals were faced Confronting_problem with disobedience Hindering from their captains , along with ill-discipline and poor training among their shorthanded crews , and they failed to control Control their fleets effectively during the height of the combat .

The British government bolstered Cause_change_of_strength the RIC with recruits from Britain—the Black and Tans and Auxiliaries—who became Becoming notorious for ill-discipline and reprisal attacks Attack on civilians , some of which were authorised Preventing_or_letting by the British government .