A torpedo attack was made on the 21st Tune onthe Audacious, Swift and Firebrand by Whitehead and spar torpedo boats. The steam picket boat of the Audacious and the pinnace of the Constance armed with Whi e of the attack was limited feom 8 p.m. to 10.30 and was to be made how and when Bush, the Torpedo Lieutenant of the Flag Slip, would direct, within three hours. Written orders wore given to the attacking boats by Livut. Bush, and he was assisted in the attack by Liewt. Gubbins, in charge of the Constance's afoam-pinnace. On a boat arriving within torpedo range, one Whitehead torpedo with a dummy 5] head was allowed to be discharged at 2 the of the Audacious. Any of the attacking boats brought under the rays of the electric lights for one minute were ruled out of a at 0 dropped a buoy to mark the position.
he defence was arranged after the attacking party had left the harbour, 'The boats Constance defended the Northern entrance of the harbour; the boats of the Audacious and Swift and defended thy Southern eutrans Use Firebrasul asd her boats protected the entrance between Observatory Island and Bodo. 'The boats' and the defenders were supplied h signal rockets, blue lights and blank cartridge, A password was also given, The Audacious was fended from tor-pedees by her net; the remaining ships were defended by their own spars, placed at right angles to the ships' sides, and by a hawser stretched round the ship, rove through fair leads on the outer and of the spars, The defenders challenged all strangers, and if the stranger did not give the password, ho was fired into. If the bot challenged was discovered to be one of the offenders, a blue light was to be burnt if the night was clear, and a rocket fired if the night was thick'; blank cartridge was also to be fired. In case the night proved thick, the ships would not burn their electric lights.
The attacking bouts left about 5 p.m., and the defending boats.at 8 p.m. A false alarm was given by one of the patrol boats firing into another that did not give the proper password, About 9,30 the attacking Wanderer left Nagasnki Juno 12ch; are rived Chefoo June 15th; left Chefov Juno 19: h 5 revived Chemulpo Juno Zlat; left Chemulpo June 24th; arrived Port Humilton June 27h, Espoir leit Nagasaki for Hongkong to pay vit June 10h.
Pegasus lete Nagasaki for Hongkong with prisoners and 18 on her way uow to Port Hamilto Leander proceeds to Hongkong to moot HLALS. Tamar about the uniddle of July.
At the end of June the following ships were in Port Hamilton:—dudacious (Haz), Champion, Leander, Constance, Wanderer, Linnet, and Firebrand.
Linict actived Port Uamilton Tune 24th, Cleopatra is at Nagasaki, 29ih June, 1886, The Swift loft Port Hamilton on Tuesday at 4.30 pam, and arrived ab hai after a calm passage on July Lat, at 11.30 a.m, with mails from the fast, She will leave with the next. French mail, Dr. D. 't. Hoskyn, of LLM.S. Wanderer, wad a passenger on board,
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