... Euglish iron-clads lay at anchor, in as yet silent and grim array. Meautime the French squadron continued to advance, ship after ship, in single file, but it was pot until near noon that the squadron hove in sight of Portsmouth. Is approach was the sigoal ...

... opposite side of the road in 1853 the connection is obvious. Before Victoria Pier was built the pier was used very largely for shipping cattle. The other pier is Butter’s pier and was named after a preventative officer. This was situated a short distance to ...