The Royal Navy (1907) (14589735297)

Identifier: cu31924028018574 (find matches)
Title: The Royal Navy
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Swinburne, Henry Lawrence Wilkinson, Norman, 1878-1934 illus Jellicoe, John Rushworth Jellicoe, Earl, 1859-1935, illus
Subjects: Great Britain. Royal Navy Great Britain. Royal Navy
Publisher: London, A. and C. Black
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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to the westward Ues Fort Marabout,which, with its heavy 10-inch guns, was able tovery considerably annoy the inshore squadron. Ofthe gunboats the Condor was commanded byCommander Lord Charles Beresford, and although the heaviest gun in his ship was but a 64-pounder, Beresford decided to engage the fort and endeavourto keep its fire under. His enterprise was as coollyand skilfully calculated as it was plucky. He sawthat he could, by skilful handling, so manoeuvre his ship that while it would be difficult for the huge weapons in the fort to be so depressed thatthey would bear directly on the Condor, yet shewith her shells and machine guns could operatewith deadly effect against the men handling the Egyptian guns. For an hour and a half, single handed, the little ship effectually drew off* the firefrom the inshore squadron, until the other gun-boats were sent in to her aid, and soon the littleflotilla, following Beresfords tactics, had silenced A CRUISER ACTION OFF THE SCILLIES Manoeuvres, 1901
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IMAGE: A cruiser action off the the Scillies, Manoeuvres, 1901, NAVY OF STEAM AND STEEL 265 Fort Marabout. Then from the Invincible ran upthe historic signal, Well done, CondorV and asalvo of cheers from ship after ship showed thatthe whole fleet had seen and were delighting in Lord Charles Beresfords feat of pluck and seaman-ship. Meanwhile, after two hours of action, the inshore squadron had blown up Fort Marsa, and disabled all but four guns in Fort Mex and the contiguous batteries. By noon the forts running from Pharos to the lighthouse at Ras el Tin hadbeen practically silenced by the fire of the outshore squadron, and by two oclock the whole of the fortifications had ceased to fire and were apparently abandoned by the enemy. Under the command of Lieutenant Bradford ofthe Invincible, accompanied by the Hon. Hedworth Lambton, flag lieutenant of Sir Beauchamp Seymour, a boat from the Invincible, covered by thegunboats, pushed for the shore. On landing, theyfound only the dead in the forts, the guns of whichwere either blown up by gun-cotton or spike