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Bomarsund Forts Fall to Allies in Baltic Campaign
Telegraphic reports reveal Bomarsund forts surrendered at 12:30 p.m. on the 16th after a five day bombardment begun the 15th. About 2000 prisoners were taken, with 120 Allied casualties. Bodisco and Turnhielm were captured. fortress explosions and fierce fighting marked the siege.
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Admiralty
Charles Napier
Bomaround
Bomarsund
Bodisco
Turnhielm
Amphion
Phlegethon
Tzee
Nottich Fort
Wrottesly
R.E
Tie
Ramsay
Edinburgh
Ajax
Bulldog
Valorous
Heola
Driver
Duperre
Trident
Darien
Asmodée
L'Zec
England
Pelham
Leopard
Presto
Chiammel
Truge
Baltic
Russia
Earl of Clarendon
Nesselrode
M. Drouyn de Lhuys
Lord Westmoreland
Count Buol
Vienna
Paris
London
Europe
Tassia
Porte
Wallachia
Moldavia
Servia
Sublime Porte
Danube
France
Austria
Great Britain
Prussia
St. Petersburg
Nicholas
Lord Clarendon