Battles of the nineteenth century (1901) (14740751246)

Identifier: battlesofninetee01forb (find matches)
Title: Battles of the nineteenth century
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Forbes, Archibald, 1838-1900 Atteridge, A. Hilliard (Andrew Hilliard)
Subjects: Battles Military history, Modern
Publisher: London New York : Cassell and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive



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ethoff. The fleets wereclosing, the Italians still keeping their broadsidesto the advancing foe. The fire was closer, andnow spars and ropes were cut away, boats andwooden fittings were knocked to splinters, andsignalmen and others who had not yet got undercover were wounded or killed by bursting shells. Ironclads roill ram and sink the enemy^^ sig-nalled Tegethoff, the last order he gave till thebattle was won. From this point he kept on LISSA. i6i the bridge of the Ferdinand Max, regardless ofpersonal danger, and led his fleet by showinghis consorts what a well-handled battle-shipcould do. Two of his captains, Molb of theironclad Drachc, and Klint of the Novara, werekilled as the fleets came to close quarters. Molb suddenly up out of the smoke loomed the tallmasts of the Re dItalia, which came up to therescue of her consort. Tegethoflf, thinking hewas dealing with the Italian flagship, chargedher full speed and struck her fairly amidships.This time he had succeeded : the ram crushed
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rHE RAM CRUSHED IN HER IRON SIDE. being struck down by the first Italian shot thatfell on board his ship. The two lines of ironclads closed amidthick clouds of smoke. The Austrian shipsbroke into the .gap between Vaccas threeironclads and the rest of the Italian fleet, andPetz, with the wooden ships coming up on theirright, co-operated with them in their attack onthe Italian centre. In a moment all order waslost, and the battle became a melee. TheFerdinand Max twice rammed a grey iron-clad without succeeding in sinking her, when11 in her iron side, and the tall masts toppled overas the ironclad went down with her crew of 600men. The Ferdinand Max had reversed herscrew to clear the wreck, when another Italianvessel, the name of which could not be made outby the Austrians, came bearing down upon hertrying to ram. The Austrian flagship justavoided the collision, and the two ships grazedpast each other almost touching. As she thusranged up alongside, the Italian ship fired abroadside. Wha