 The plan also included shelling and destruction of the Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart coastal batteries.The information was attributed to the Polish lieutenant Władysław Zbyszewski of the "Bogatyr", who had deserted from service in Shanghai soon after "Bogatyr" left Australia, and found his way to Paris to join the Polish January Uprising.This information about Popov's plans was forwarded by a fellow Pole, a certain S. Rakowsky.