The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-27 00:00:00

THE ALABAMA AND KEARSARGE.

The following appears in the Daily News :
TO TKO IDITOI Or TIM DAILY VOWS.

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Sts,—These have been so many nonsensical pub-
lications on the engagement which took place
between the Alabama and Kearsarge, that it is my
wish that a correction should be made.

In the first place no challenge was sent by
Captain Winslow; to have done so would have been
to have violated the order of the Navy Depart-
ment. On the contrary, Captain Winslow received
a request from Captain Semmes not to leave, as he
would fight the Kearsarge, and would only
occupy a day or two in his preparations. Five
days, however, elapsed before they were completed.
The Kearearge's battery consists of seven guns, two
11-inch Dahlgreens, four 82-pounders, one light rifle
28-pounder. The battery of the Alabama consisted
of one 100-pounder rifle, one heavy 68 ditto, six 32-
pounders—that is, one more gun than the Kearsarge.
In the wake of the engines on the outside the Kear-
' large had stopped up and down bur sheet chains.
These were stopped by marline to eye bolo', which
extended eons* twenty feat, and was done by the
hands of the Kearsarge ; the whole was covered by
light plank to prevent dirt collecting. It was for
the purpose of protecting the engines when there
was no coal in the upper part of the bunkers, as was
the cam when the action took place. The Alabama
bad her bunkers full and was equally protected. The
Kearsarge went into action with a crew of 182 offi-
ears sad men. The Alabama, by report of the
Deerbound's officers, bad 130.
The Kearsarge steamed to sea in order that no
questions of neutrality jurisdiction should be raised;
when far enough she turned short round and steered
immediately for the Alabama for close action. The
Alabama fired, as she was corning down on her, two
broadsides and • part of another ; no one shot cease
on board of the Keersarge. The Kearsarge then
sheered and opened on the Alabama, trying to get
nearer. The action lasted one hour and two minutes
from the first to the last shot. The Kearsarge
received twenty-eight shots above and below,
thirteen about her hell ; the best shots were abaft
the mainmast, two shots which cut the chain stops,
the shell of which broke the casing of wood cover-
ing. They were too high to have damaged the
boilers bad they penetrated. The Kesrauge was
only slightly damaged, and I supposed the action
for hot work had just commenced when it
ended. Such stuff as Alabama firing when she
was going down, and all such talk, is twaddle. The
Alabama towards the last hoisted sail to get away.
when the Kearsarge was laid across her bows, and
would have raked had she not surrendered, which
the bad done, and was trying to get her flags down,
and showing a white flag over the stern. The offi-
cers of Alabama on board the Kearsarge say that
she was a complete slaughter-house, and was
completely torn to pieces. This is all 1 know of
the Alabama.—Yours, dm,
JOHN A. WINSLOW, Captain.

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