. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . stafsvard,now in another island, until the whole placeseemed to be in peril from the thickly fallingshells and balls, fragments of roofs, and ignitedtimbers. Night having arrived, the gun-boatswere withdrawn ; and the rocket-boats then com-menced sending their terrible missiles into thefortress, keeping the interior of Sveaborg in onevast flame during the night, and filling the airwith masses of lurid smoke. Early on the 10th, slight adjustments having been made in the lineof mortar-boats, the cannonadin
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . stafsvard,now in another island, until the whole placeseemed to be in peril from the thickly fallingshells and balls, fragments of roofs, and ignitedtimbers. Night having arrived, the gun-boatswere withdrawn ; and the rocket-boats then com-menced sending their terrible missiles into thefortress, keeping the interior of Sveaborg in onevast flame during the night, and filling the airwith masses of lurid smoke. Early on the 10th, slight adjustments having been made in the lineof mortar-boats, the cannonading recommenced ;columns of smoke rose higher and higher, vividgushes of flame became more and more frequentand numerous ; and at length it was evident thatthe stores in East Svarto had fallen a prey to theflames. Again on the second night did the rocketscontinue the dread work which the shells andballs had maintained during the day. Early on the11th Dundas andPenaud considered that they haddestroyed most of the arsenal stores within reach;and as they could not penetrate further into the. Admieal Dundas. intricate channels between the islands and islets,they brought their operations to a close. Theseaward defences of the various forts and batteriesexhibited few indications of injury; and theadmirals therefore could only advert to thedestruction of enemys property within the inte-rior, as proof of the success of their that the mortars and guns firedat an average distance of more than two milesfrom the places aimed at, it can scarcely -be matterfor surprise that the forts were little Penaud, in his dispatch to the Frenchgovernment, stated that for two days and nightsSveaborg appeared like a vast fiery furnace, sonumerous were the fires and explosions of maga-zines, storehouses, barracks, and other governmentestablishments. One among many instructive features presentedby this bombardment, was that the ships werevirtually the tenders to the boat
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