According to some reports Kronstadt was " on fire," but
we need not take these too seriously. Kronstadt, owing even snore to its position than to the skill and resolution of the Bolsheviks, which are probably not of the highest order, is a real barrier to any naval force. Students of the history of the Crimean War will remember the disappointment which British People experienced when they discovered that Admiral Charles Napier's promises about taking Kronstadt could not possibly be fulfilled. The naval action of Monday was only an incident in a developing scheme. The special correspondent of the Times reported in the issue of last Saturday that as the result of conferences held by the British Military Mission at Revel, a new Russian Government had been formed to include the Pskoff, Novgorod, and Petrograd Provinces.
