1st October 1705
The bombardments from both the sea and land shook the coastal town of Tekirdağ to its core. The firepower of the Ramachandra class battleship, only a kilometre from the shore, and the rifled breech-loading guns, only a few hundred meters away, overlapped and intensified, making the situation for the Slavic defenders holding the fort utterly helpless.
Most died within a few salvos, while a few ran around barely clinging to life, somehow surviving one salvo after another and one barrage after another. In the end, a small vice captain of a squadron, who had somehow become a senior officer through the sheer process of elimination, decisively waved the white flag. To showcase his determination to surrender, he rounded up what little troops he had left, went straight to the main entrance of the town, and without hesitation shot at the hinges of the gigantic door repeatedly until it collapsed with a loud, deafening thud, revealing a small canyon-like structure.
