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Show Russia's Naval Battles Few. Russia can point to only two occasions occa-sions In modern history when her ships weio In action. Ono was tho destruction de-struction of tho Turkish squadron nt Slnnpc, when tho number of vessels wns equal, though tho latter wore grently Inferior In slzo nnd nrmn-ment. nrmn-ment. Tho other occasion was In tho Crimean wnr, when tho Ulack sea licet did Russia excellent service, but hardly hard-ly of tho kind usually demanded of the ships o' an Imperial navy, vhen sho sank her finest ships Uko coal barges to block tho ontrnnco to Senas-topol. |