. The Royal Navy . ?,-,rt,j^-^.. ;hi.^ju ? - LAST OF THE WOODEN WALLS 225 position was carefully reconnoitred; the rocketbattery, the existence of which was unknown tothe enemy, was landed and mounted upon theopposite side of the river, facing the heaviestbattery of the enemy, and, on the morning of the4th June, the squadron weighed and proceeded toface the batteries. Both the ships and the rocketbattery were superbly handled, and under theirfire the whole of the merchant convoy, with theexception of four, were enabled to pass the four grounded, and Hotham was forced toburn
. The Royal Navy . ?,-,rt,j^-^.. ;hi.^ju ? - LAST OF THE WOODEN WALLS 225 position was carefully reconnoitred; the rocketbattery, the existence of which was unknown tothe enemy, was landed and mounted upon theopposite side of the river, facing the heaviestbattery of the enemy, and, on the morning of the4th June, the squadron weighed and proceeded toface the batteries. Both the ships and the rocketbattery were superbly handled, and under theirfire the whole of the merchant convoy, with theexception of four, were enabled to pass the four grounded, and Hotham was forced toburn them, to prevent their falling into the handsof the enemy. Although every one of the steamersand more than three-fourths of the convoy wererepeatedly hulled, not a single man in the fleetwas either killed or wounded. Thus ended theseries of war operations ; and although the negotia-tions that followed reversed the policy that dictatedthe seizing of the Parana (even the guns taken atObhgado were restored), yet t
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