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Queenscliff Sentinel

Location

Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia

Date

Apr 11, 1885

Page

4

Easter Encampment at Swan Island Fort Witnesses Mock War Drill

Reports describe an Easter encampment with Major Hall and Captain Trathan leading troops to Swan Island. The camp, pitched just before arrival, endured heavy rain and a mock siege, including a successful battery maneuver and a dramatic pursuit of a stray steed. Guards, drills, target practice, and church services followed amid warlike readiness and disciplined routine.

Tike Tiong Geelong Hackett Walker Sentmien Centrica Swan Taland Swan Island Tenta Queenscliff Church of England Hall St. George's Cottier Cottion Biall At Rr Cellency Disnay Premia Simon Fraser Swan Trathan Bush Priddle Haggar Williams Bo'clock T. White South Grant

Attacks on Swan Island Forts and Ironclad Action

The narrative describes a night engagement near Swan Island with Russian ironclad Takeli advancing, heavy shelling on Queenecliff and Nepean batteries, and a daring crew board of a lightship. The Childers torpedoed the enemy, followed by a sunset by the Queenscliff Brass Band as the fortions dimmed.

Queenecliff Point Nepean Trathan Bush Priddie Willon Drysdale V.C Stewartson Lient. Killemoff Baar Blowbis Childers Queenscliff Sentinel Queenscliff

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