The Emperor Nicholas had offered assistance in a letter brought to the sultan by the Russian General Mouravieff, and a Russian squadron appeared in the Bosphorus with eight thousand men for disembarkment.
"History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)"
S. Rappoport
Something like an hour later, however, when Peters made the discovery that in his spectacular disembarkment he had emptied his pocket of all the money he had with him, a matter of ninety-four cents, he could no longer see the humorous aspect of the incident.
"Left Tackle Thayer"
Ralph Henry Barbour
Montezuma heard of the disembarkment of Fernando Cortes three days after it took place.
"Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru"
Albert Réville