Show I 1 I 1 cima wt ana aits its fortifications I 1 cro badt Is in a town lon of abbat inhabit A 1 antei atta aih ie situated ait oit on the south eastern ex 1 of the tha island which to a I 1 bof bod of bieren chalk rock reek about seven melesin miles in length ath nd hd on in ia width fjug at the bead of the I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 J I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 7 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 gulf ulf of finland eighteen miles from the mouth of the neva it exists solely as the th harbor and outpost of st Peter petersburg iburg on its ito north no rth eastern side which is e to vessels it is defended by a strong I 1 wall on oil its south aern extremity are its oliree harbors one for merchant vessels and two for men rheu of war alt all of atone and strongly ugly fortified the wells w alls of the outermost harbor bif vif mole bring bein 9 I 1 formed of huge blocks of granite and rid defended by bj 1 heavy guns gun which sweep the channel in eve every 1 direction about three quarters of a milo mile south west of this thi is the fortress was built by peter th the great as of cron stadt it mounts more titan than one olie hundred guns and commands the channel opposite to thi sand at the entrance to the inner inder harbor for men of war is fort a now new work built of granite and cot commanding tile the channel and the enhance harbor sit mou mounts ats fifty guns gun I 1 I 1 south west of fort is fort which mounts ro on ants sixty guns and corn mands the postage to on oil the southern shora a ot of the gulf north west of fort is is fort foit alexander alevander a semicircular semi circular work three stories in height all and d mounting moua ting one hundred and twenty guns north east of fort alexander AI bauder and north west wc from fort about a mile from each is fort peter pater 1 I which mounts ninety guns and commands nauds the channel aud and the ent entrance ranco to the merchant harbor and ald about ji a mile gnp westward of F forts orts alexa alexander ader baid and peter 1 I is fort constantine Constant mc I 1 tiling twenty five guns A all if these fortresses aro ar built upon small rocky i islets which they completely cover and the course I 1 of tile fie only channel winch will mill admit ships of I 1 war at any time is is such that ali it the ships at must list pas I 1 I 1 directly anler un ier the guns of each forhand for tand fora long dista distarce uce tile fire of two or more moie of them theia they are aie all as we ave sen seen s en off tile the south shore of the island the gulf on oil the 1101 north til eastern eastep shore is comparatively shallow hallow and from ahe ho north point on 0 n tins this side stretches a bv br partly n natural tural and partly to lisi noss a swall fortress the month of neva I 1 tiles piles sunken vessels and aloas of granite form a purt part ol of tins this bar and it ws was here her abut dur I 1 hig fiig last winter inter large blocks oi of stone were ware carrier carried and left upon th the e ice to sink upon the arrival of warm lier 1 such are the de fences fances of cronstedt Cron stadt and ni without ith calling in in question oil the baill or the bravery bra verv of I 1 english suil urs it is is safe closay 10 say that even charley and the aple splendid lidid fleet abich ft inch lie comm commands will fi find it d i a very Giffi difficult cult matter to get fu rt I 1 L F tile the gulf allin th n within guil gunshot shot of peter the great and Ries bank I 1 I 1 |