XI. Insert prepositions

1. The famous battle of Chesma took place … the 25^th – 26 ^th of June, 1770.

2. A squadron … the command of Admiral Spiridov sailed … … Kronstadt.

3. Spiridov now proposed conducting all operations … the sea.

4. The Turkish fleet an­chored … two parallel lines.

5. The enemy had 60 ships … 9 Russian warships.

6. Spiridov ordered the ships to open fire … the shortest range, then approach … musket-shot and start a hurricane fire.

7. The Turkish fleet pursued … the Russians, had to take shelter … the Bay of Chesma, where it was blocked ...

8. To inflict the final blow … the enemy, Spiridov sent … a squadron … the command of Commodore S. K. Grieg.

9. … the night of June 26^th Admiral Spiridov ordered the battleship Yevropa to enter … the bay and open fire … the Turkish Fleet.

10. After this the rest of the squadron joined the battle, shooting two enemy ships … flames.

11. The fire-ship commanded .. Lieutenant D. S. Ilyin shot … flames and then blew up another Turkish warship.

12. The artillery fire of the Russian warships led … the total destruction of the Turkish fleet.

13. The victory of the Russian Navy at Chesma brought … many anti-Turkish uprisings in Egypt and Syria.

14. The night sea battle of Chesma testifies … the high level of Russian seamanship … that time.

XII. Insert the proper words, see the words below

1. The famous battle of Chesma … on the 25^th – 26 ^th of June, 1770.

2. In July 1769, a squadron … from Kronstadt.

3. Spiridov now proposed … all operations on the sea so as to destroy the main forces of the Turkish fleet.

4. The Turkish fleet was located at the island, … in two parallel lines.

5. Nevertheless, Spiridov decided to … the Turkish fleet.

6. Spiridov ordered the ships to open fire at the … range.

7. He ordered the ships to start a hurricane fire, closing up with … fighting.

8. The Turkish fleet was … and had to take shelter in the Bay of Chesma.

9. To inflict the final … on the enemy, Spiridov sent out a squadron.

10. The rest of the squadron joined the battle, shooting two enemy ships into ...

11. The frigates were meanwhile firing at the … batteries.

12. In Chesma Bay the Russians … 15 enemy battleships.

13. Besides, 1 battleship and 6 galleys were ...

14. The victory of the Russian Navy brought about many anti-Turkish … in Egypt and Syria.

15. The night sea battle of Chesma … to the high level of Russian seamanship.

16. In memory of this victory a monument – the Chesma Column – was … in the middle of a lake in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin).

1. anchored

2. attack

3. blow

4. captured

5. coastal

6. conducting

7. defeated

8. destroyed

9. erected

10. flames

11. hand-to-hand

12. sailed out

13. shortest

14. testifies

15. took place

16. uprisings

XIII. Say in one word, see the words below

1. the action of bringing something to land, either from the air or from water

2. a very large, heavily armed warship

3. a place giving protection from weather or danger

4. the army taking part in a war

5. three-mast sailing vessel

6. take aggressive military actions against enemy forces

7. come nearer to someone or something

8. powerful, large caliber guns used by the army in war actions

9. defeating the enemy or opponent in a battle, game or other competition

10. a large structure, usually made of stone, which is erected in memory of an event in a history or of a famous person

11. techniques or practice of managing a boat or a ship and controlling its movements through the sea

1. approach

2. artillery

3. attack

4. battleship

5. forces

6. frigate

7. landing

8. monument

9. seamanship

10. shelter

11. victory