. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . on thewatch. On one occasion 2000 troops and fourpieces of artillery were seen proceeding along thecoast of Finland from St Petersburg to Viborg;the James Watt and Snap shelled them for atime, but without delaying their march. CaptainYelverton, in the Arrogant,blew up Fort Svartholm,and destroyed the government stores in the prettytown of Loviso just at hand; during the night thetown itself was burned—by accident, as Yelvertonstated, but purposely according to the version ofthe Russians. This officer, wh
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . on thewatch. On one occasion 2000 troops and fourpieces of artillery were seen proceeding along thecoast of Finland from St Petersburg to Viborg;the James Watt and Snap shelled them for atime, but without delaying their march. CaptainYelverton, in the Arrogant,blew up Fort Svartholm,and destroyed the government stores in the prettytown of Loviso just at hand; during the night thetown itself was burned—by accident, as Yelvertonstated, but purposely according to the version ofthe Russians. This officer, while in the Gulf ofFinland, dislodged by shot and shell a Cossackencampment on the heights near Kounda Bay,and destroyed a Cossack barrack and stable at themouth of the river Portsoiki; but he was disap-pointed, by the obstacle of a sunken barrier, in anattempt to capture a Russian Avar-steamer inViborg Harbour. Captain Story, in the Harrier,destroyed in two days forty-seven Russian trading-vessels near Nystad, varying from 200 to 700 tonsburden—an important work in relation to the. M ^ & THE ALLIED FLEETS IN THE BALTIC :—1855. 479 stern exigencies of war, however much below theaspirations of gallant seamen. The Magicicnnc,Arrogant, Cossack, and Ruby attacked and destroyeda new earthen battery at Fredrikshamn, a townbetween Viborg and Hclsingf ors; and shortlyafterwards the same squadron, Captain Yelvertons,aided by gun-boats and mortar-boats, destroyed afort on the island of Kotka, a short distance west-ward of that town. It was an almost unavoidableaccompaniment of these cannonaclings and burn-ings that some of the villages should be destroyed;the English officers neither wished nor intendedit; but the Russian government took advantage ofevery such incident to excite the people againstthe invaders as brutal incendiaries. These andsimilar operations employed single detachedships, while the rest remained idly anchored offCronstadt. Admirals Dundas, Seymour, and Penaudmade
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