ies of and iron clads was despatched up the Yazoo river to capture or check the these torpedoes were united by wooden erection of masked batteries on the frames stretched from pile to pile, thus banks, and to remove obstructions from increasing the obstruction. No well authenticated case records… … EXPLODING MINES ON BOTH SIDES OF A SCHOONER. through the dangerous zone reckless ot Montauk narrowly escaped destruction by the explosion of one of these pile- the hidden enemy. A substantial blow, nevertheless, was dealt when least ex- mines during the attack on Fort McAl- pected; for the iron…
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