Page:The invasion of the Crimea vol. 2.djvu/357

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ACROSS THE BLACK SEA. 327 After receiving the surrender of Eupatoria on u u a p. the afternoon of the 13th, the assembled armada '__ moved down towards the south. All day there Ti'e whoio "^ arniada were sailinsj-vessels approaching from a distance, ^-ithers o irf o ' towards the and closing at last with the rrencli fleet ; but ?°s'l" '^"^ before night (with the exception, it is believed, of two or three small lagging transports) the three tieets and the host of vessels they convoyed, were anchored near Old Fort in Kalamita Bay. The united armada extended in a line parallel with the coast, and in a direction, therefore, not far from north and south. The French and the Turkish fleets were on the south or right- hand side ; the British fleet took the north, and formed the left of the Allied line.