Bomarsund

We remained a few days at anchor off that place, when some half of the fleet were detached to the Aland Islands, where an insignificant fort called Bomarsund was to be attacked -- not by the English and French fleets, who were fit to do any mortal thing, but by an army fetched from

Sketches From My Life By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden 1854

We remained a few days at anchor off that place, when some half of the fleet were detached to the Aland Islands, where an insignificant fort called Bomarsund was to be attacked ” not by the English and French fleets, who were fit to do any mortal thing, but by an army fetched from France.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

A reference to "Men of the Time" showed them that Admiral Hay Denver was a most distinguished officer, who had begun his active career at Bomarsund, and had ended it at Alexandria, having managed between these two episodes to see as much service as any man of his years.

Beyond the City Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1982

These have given place to the steam-liners that began and closed their brief career at Sebastopol and Bomarsund; and the prize-belt is now borne, among the bruisers of the main, by the mob of iron-clads, infinitely diverse of aspect and some of them shapeless, like the geologic monsters that weltered in the primal deep.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 Various

Bomarsund and the capture of a lot of prizes up the Baltic, we put into

Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant John B. [Illustrator] Greene

A part of the famous fortress of Bomarsund, destroyed by an Anglo-French fleet in 1854, may also be seen not far from Mariehamm.

Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Various

Besides the capture of Bomarsund on August 16, nothing was accomplished.

A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Edwin Emerson 1914

A reference to "Men of the Time" showed them that Admiral Hay Denver was a most distinguished officer, who had begun his active career at Bomarsund, and had ended it at Alexandria, having managed between these two episodes to see as much service as any man of his years.

Beyond the City 1893

There was some fighting and some advantage gained over the Russians at Helsingfors, at Arbo, and notably at Bomarsund.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887

Many promotions were made for the taking of Bomarsund, but I fancy I had as usual given my opinion too freely, as I was left out in the cold.

Sketches From My Life Pasha, Hobart 1887