I suppose he trusted to the Turks saying nothing about it; but the truth was at last made public.

A court-martial was assembled to try the case, and I believe he was dismissed from the service and deprived of his decorations.

At all events I know for certain that he was disgraced by his superiors, and held up to ridicule by his brother officers.

Serve him right! Swagger is always an error, and I don't think naval officers are generally given to it.
The next exploit of these cruisers I shall refer to was one that came under my own eyes, and was exceedingly interesting.
I was anchored with my flag-ship, a fine thirteen knot ironclad, and a couple of other vessels, at a port some few miles to the north of Varna, taking in coals, when the look-out man reported that he saw on the horizon a column of smoke.

I knew that this was not a Russian cruiser, because these vessels always burnt smokeless coal.