Название: The Battle of Stonington: Torpedoes, Submarines, and Rockets in the War of 1812
Автор: James Tertius de Kay
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1591142024
Год: 2013
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 240
Размер: 3,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

In the summer of 1814 a squadron of Royal Navy ships attacked the tiny Connecticut seaport of Stonington, and declared its intention of destroying the town. Over the next four days the British barraged the nearly defenseless civilian population with some fifty tons of explosives, before mysteriously upping anchor and sailing away, leaving Stonington largely intact.