190 TRAVEL, ADYENTURE, AXD SPORT. 



it was carried out with little deviation, save that the 

 consummation was so rapid as to strike out the effect 

 of the grand coup from the closing scene. 



Tranvik, a village and bay about four miles south 

 of Bomarsund, and situated within the first enclosure, 

 was the spot chosen for the debarkation of the French 

 division. Thence they were to advance, occupy the 

 Castelholm road and the southern heights, and then 

 push onwards to the village of Nora Finby, which 

 was to be the point of junction. 



On the northern shore of the promontory, almost 

 in a line with Tranvik, is a place marked Hulta in 

 the maps. Near this is a small sheltered cove, sur- 

 rounded by steep rocks and thickly - wooded banks. 

 Here it was arranged that the second division should 

 attempt a landing ; and here the steamers conveying 

 this force, having made a detour round Presto Island, 

 anchored as the day closed. This division, com- 

 manded by Brigadier-General Harry D. Jones, of the 

 Royal Engineers, consisted of two thousand French 

 marines, and a column of English troops, under the 

 orders of Colonel Graham, composed of a battalion of 

 Eoyal Marines, eight hundred strong, Captain King's 

 company of sappers and miners, and a body of seamen 

 with field-pieces. As the day broke on the morn of the 

 8th, the advanced-guard of marines landed on the nar- 

 row beach, made their way through the rocky thicket, 

 and gained the open ground beyond without meeting 

 a foe. The mist lifting heavily and slowly, showed 



