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 CONTENTS. XXI Chapter XIII. — continued. The slioal protecting Fort Coiistaiitine, ..... 355 Point at which a ship of the line coukl aiiproach to within 800 yards of the fort, ........ 357 Tasks assigned to the in-shore squadron, .... 357 Its advantage over the main division, .... 359 Advance of the in-shore squadron, ..... 359 The paper of instructions issued by Dundas, .... 360 Signal from the Britannia, ....... 361 The Agamemnon passing the Sanspareil,. . . 362 Shots exchanged with the cliff batteries, .... 362 Service rendered by Mr Ball to the Agamemnon,. . . 363 The Agamemnon anclioring and engaging Fort Constantine,. 364 Her advantageous position, ....... 364 Position taken up by the Sanspareil, ..... 365 By the London, ......... 365 Except for Agamemnon, no good berth over the reef,. . 366 The steamships kept under way, ...... 366 Explosion on Fort Constantine, ...... 366 Havoc wrought amongst the upper-tier batteries of Fort Con- stantine, .......... 366 These abandoned by the Russians, ...... 367 Limit of the power that ships had over Fort Constantine,. 367 Arethusa and Albion engaged with the cliff batteries,. .367 Line now formed by the in-shore squadron, .... 368 The main division, ........ 368 Combined array formed by the French and Englisli tleets,. 369 The aspect of the Allied line of battle, ..... 370 Place of the Britannia in the Allied line of battle,. . . 371 Part taken by the main division,. . . . . .371 2.45. Nearly the whole of the Allied tieet now engaged,. 373 The great cannonade it delivered, ...... 373 With but few guns opposed to it,. . . . . .373 But still proving almost in vain, ...... 373 Ships of the main division, ....... 374 Continuation of the engagement commenced by the in-shore squadron, .......... 375 Ships combating with the Telegraph Battery and the Wasp Tower, .......... 375 The Arethusa, 376