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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: landed in hafte, and placed oil the two Capes which fhut in the Port, gave fup- pofed Security to the Fugitives. The Ruffians were, in the mean time, employed to watch the motions of the Enemy; and the next day learned, no doubt with great aftonimment, what had pafled at Tchefmai. As they could only attribute this ftrange conduct of the Turks to a panic Terror, which will always juftify attempts that other wife would feem leaft likely to meet with Succefs, they appeared before the Harbour, with two Firefhips, which they fent in. .On the approach of the Ruffians, the Turks, ftill terrified with what had happened the preceding day, thought more of faving them- felves, on Shore, than defending their Ships; but the Sight of two fmall VefTels, failing into the Port, awakened in them their ideas of Conqueft ; and, as they took them for Deferters, far from endeavouring to fink them, they were only anxious for their fafe arrival: they refolved to lay the Crews in irons, and already enjoyed the pleafure ofof carrying them in Triumph to ConAan tinople (b). But thefe fuppofed Deferters, entering without oppofition, foon faftened down their rudders, threw out their grapKngs, and, prefently, fetting fire to their Veffels the flames communicated to the whole vFleet. The Harbour of Tchefmai, encumbered with Ships, Powder, and Artillery, foon became a Volcano, which englutted the whole naval Force of the Turks. Though this Misfortune humbled the Ottoman Pride, the Miniftry were in danger from a ftill more important Calamity. The Capital was threatened with a Famine; for the deftruction of the Turkifli Fleet, by giving the Ruffians the command of the Archipelago, prevented Conftantinople from being furnifhed with Provifions. The Enemy might even force the paflage of the Straits, prefen...
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