truction by blowing up the sunken nik” and the shore is the wreck of the “Yinkao Maru,” explosive were detonated both against the of high ships with heavy charges of high explosives. one of the Japanese steamers with which it was at- Great was the astonishment with which it was outside and in the… … stationed thereon were able to render the fire plugged up, and the larger openings were in- of the 11-inch mortars accurate. For the closed with cofferdams or rendered water-tight by the free use of canvas, planking, and ce- sinking of the ships, eighteen of these 11-inch pieces were available, and…
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