. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . s little craft north-ward, and endeavour to capture a Russian war-steamer which was seen on the point of escapingfrom Kertch Bay. He exchanged shot with aland-battery as he passed along, and succeeded inpreventing the steamer from escaping into theSea of Azof, but not before she had placed herselfunder the protection of the guns at Yenikale—notyet abandoned by the enemy. He shelled thesteamer, set it on fire, and saw the crew escapeand the vessel burn to the waters edge. Numerous sailing-vessels were the
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . s little craft north-ward, and endeavour to capture a Russian war-steamer which was seen on the point of escapingfrom Kertch Bay. He exchanged shot with aland-battery as he passed along, and succeeded inpreventing the steamer from escaping into theSea of Azof, but not before she had placed herselfunder the protection of the guns at Yenikale—notyet abandoned by the enemy. He shelled thesteamer, set it on fire, and saw the crew escapeand the vessel burn to the waters edge. Numerous sailing-vessels were then intercepted and captured;for the French admiral sent the Fulton andMegere, and the English admiral two or threegun-boats, to support MKillop in a threatenedattack from several Russian vessels ; and thus asmart firing ensued, during which three or fourRussian government vessels were sunk or burntby the crews. This adventure of the little Snake, which broughtpromotion to MKillop, Avas one among manyencounters within and near the strait, whereCaptain Lyons light squadron was Entrance to the Sea of Azof. This officer had anchored with his active flotilla,on the night of the 24th, just beyond gunshot ofthe batteries at Yenikale, and was within sight ofthe explosion by which the enemy blew up theirmagazine, containing 70,000 pounds of in the morning of the 25th he made demon-strations which induced the Russians to destroyother batteries on the eastern side of the strait;and as his sailing-masters were at the same timeemployed in searching for a safe channel throughthe strait, he found himself enabled to make anunmolested passage into the Sea of Azof on theafternoon of the same day. It will be seen, byreference to a map,* that a singular narrow stripof land, a mere sandy spit, stretches south-west-ward from Cape Kamenoi—analogous to the sandyspits on the north shore of the Sea of Azof-—andnarrows the Strait of Yenikale to less than twomiles ; the channe
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