Avfart trångsund
strax innan avfarten personbil med triangel bakom. It hosts a base of the Russian Baltic Fleet and, since , an oil terminal. The Trångsund Fortress lit. The boats of the Arrogant and the Magicienne , with a gun boat in company, manned and armed, were sent to reconnoitre in the passage leading into Wyborg. When within yards of the shore an ambuscade of Russian sharpshooters opened fire upon them which was sharply returned by our men.
Finding that they were too much exposed to the Russian musketry, the boats retreated under cover of the gun-boat:. In this encounter we regret to add that four or five men were severely wounded, and, in consequence of the explosion of one of the boat's magazines, a midshipman was thrown overboard and drowned. The mast and rigging of the boats were also very much cut up by the fire of the riflemen.
Owing to the shallowness of the water, the Arrogant and Magicienne were unable to render any assistance. As regards the recent proceedings of the Baltic fleet, a letter from Nargen of the 31st ult. It is added that- All the gun and mortar boats are going over to Helsingfors.
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The town will probably be shelled; but it is not expected that the fortifications can be destroyed. Between and , the town was part of Viipuri Province of independent Finland under the name Uuras. In , during the Continuation War , it was liberated by Finnish troops and returned to Finland. On November 24, , it was transferred to Leningrad Oblast. Vysotsk may be considered one of the cradles of radio , as it was there that Alexander Popov conducted his pioneering experiments in and Within the framework of administrative divisions , it is incorporated within Vyborgsky District as Vysotskoye Settlement Municipal Formation.
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Vysotsk, along with Vyborg and Primorsk , is one of the three most important Russian ports in the Gulf of Finland. All three towns are connected by roads. There is a railway station in Vysotsk, the end station of a railway line branching off at Popovo railway station ; however, there is no passenger service. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools.
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