The great war in England in 1897 . s pouring out a continuous deadly fire upon theFrench ship Indo7nptable on the one side, and the great Piussianarmoured cruiser Nicolai I. on the other. Upon the latter theBritish vessels shells played with a terribly devastating effect,bringing down the large forward mast and the machine gunsin her fighting tops, and then, while the crew worked to getthe wreckage clear, the Maxim, Nordenfelt, and Hotchkissguns of the Royal Sovereign suddenly rattled out, sweepingwith their metal hail her opponents deck, and mowing downthose who were cutting adrift the fallen
The great war in England in 1897 . s pouring out a continuous deadly fire upon theFrench ship Indo7nptable on the one side, and the great Piussianarmoured cruiser Nicolai I. on the other. Upon the latter theBritish vessels shells played with a terribly devastating effect,bringing down the large forward mast and the machine gunsin her fighting tops, and then, while the crew worked to getthe wreckage clear, the Maxim, Nordenfelt, and Hotchkissguns of the Royal Sovereign suddenly rattled out, sweepingwith their metal hail her opponents deck, and mowing downthose who were cutting adrift the fallen rigging. A momentlater a shell struck one of the pair of guns in the Nicolaisturret, rendering it useless, and then the captain of the BoyalSovereign, who had been standing in the conning-tower calmlyawaiting his chance, touched three electric knobs in rapidsuccession. The engines throbbed, the great ship moved alongat increasing speed through dense clouds of stifling smoke,and as she did so the captain shouted an order which had. Battle off Bkaciiy Head 89 tliu (fleet of suddenly tuiniii,t,f the vessel, and while her greatbarljette guns roared, the ram of the ]> vessel erasliedinto the broadside of the Tsars ship with a terrific impactwhich caused her to shiver from stem to stern. Then, as the big guns in her rear barbette thundered outupon the Indomytahh, whose engines had broken down, shedrew gradually back from the terriljle breach her ram hadmade under the water-line of her ojtponcnt, and the latter atonce commenced to sink. The foice of the impact had beenso great tiiat the Eussians hull was absolutely broken in two,and as the iron stretched and rent like paper, she heavedslowly over, turning turtle, and carrying down with her overthree hundred ollicers and men. The British captain now turned his attention to the Frenchship, which had been joined in the attack by the Brcnnvs, thefire from whose 58-ton guns at close quarters played greathavoc with the British fl
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