The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

horses, placed in same description of boat, were behind
them.

4 a.m.—The Phlegethon (French) and Amphion (B°ll
lish) steamed through an intricate eossage, and moored
themselves to the west of the earthwork battery, where 0°
guns could be brought to bear upon them. They till
opened a terrific fire with shot and shell, which fell wit.,
beautiful precision, the trees which partly masked
cracking and falling in all directions. In half an hour they
ceased firing and sent three boats in to spike the guns'
The men lauded, and waving the French and English Ogg'
gave three cheers. It was seen, however, that the ene%
had deserted his battery upon nding their guns useless
the unforeseen position which the. Ships had taken, up. a
t,
Sir 'Charles Napier; who, in the Bulldog, had ilea o
nfilnii
the western shore to reconnoitre, made the signal " ".*
done, Amphion." •
5 a.m.—The Stromboli was despatched into a nerrnvi -if
let to watch the enemy and clear the bush of riflemen
any were observed. The first round tower and the 1
fort now commenced throwing shell at the Amphion tye
Phlegethon ; thee dropped extremely close, and esuPeted
Phlegethon to move her berth, but the Amphion reel'
with much pertinacity, and became for an hour or te•o,l
floating target for the enemy. In the meantime the At b";
reiral had come up in the Bulldog, and, together Wit•h„
Stromboli, returned the fire of the Round Tower to nivo.
it from the landing operation, which was now rapidly P
eeeding.
The battalion of leir d Marines have been °envWar
together with the Fre—. marines, on board her areieLsZce
ship Driver, to the north shore of the island, at the 14
of the forts. By 8 o'clock the Work of disembarkatinneon.
finished, and the celerity of this operation must be •
sidered most marvellous, for in the space of 3 hours
landed
the Upwards of 11,000 troops had been safely lae"
the forests of an enemy's country, and where ever, °Ptire;a
sition might have been expected, taking into onside :sou
the nature of the roads they had to traverse,, and },he re.
known guerilla practice of the Russian riflemen. A, ea
fleets the highest credit upon all concerned, and 132°5'
remain as a record of singular energy and rapidity :rinbt•
9 a. rn.—Sir Charles Napier shifted his flag. to the 1,,„,
nine, and then steamed close abreast of the forts, taw'
soundings, and here and there laying out a buoy , * And
11 a.m.—Sir Charles again returned to the Buling'ohip
while moving to and fro in front of the enemy,, tig
grounded within gunshot. Although the Adinun _high
was at the fore, they refrained from firing upon her, tee
tee
was considered rather incomprehensible. At 6 13*
Bulldog was got off undamaged.
forte fo
The following is the list of ships moored off the "-
ENGLISH. irel
Bulldog (flag Sir C. Napier), Edinburgh (f 13,5 gdm
7..011t1
Chads), Hogue, Ajax, Blenheim, Amphion.,l,er,a tors
Bellisle (hospital-ship), Penelope, Sphynx,
Valorous, Vulture, Pigmy, Lightning.
elitis
Troop Transports.—Prince, Julia, ColuColumba,•C°rA
Fox.

Yachts.—Mavis, Foam, Esmeralda. •
Cutter.—Sparrowhawk.
FRENCH.
Inflexible (flag-ship), Breslau, Trident, Page, PeOtte'
St. Louis, Algeriue (hospital ship). mined"
Steam Ships—Phlegethon, Darien, Soufiieur,
Darien, Imerial cht.
Of the abpove English ships all are steam With the !Ice
tion of Belleisle, " &thi cl• 'At°.
On tho north side of the island are the Leergh
pant, Odin, Hecla, Locust, Porcupine, Otter,
Cuckoo. • e
As each regiment landed, they formed into orderfort
rocky shore, and marched through the thick Pint lister
and over the heights, their bayonets and red eel's er
ing in the morning sun. The centre wing of the furs dir
tunheggitsecrtomhueinnktereayy ttooa
camped for the night in and around a large villega. the/
i
i:lltlhaeayeal.Pnlelrit};
tance of less than two miles from the tower vlblty ele'
were destined to attack. This tower, from its 11'g rood;
vated position, commands a great portion of the erien,
provisions,nnad
ea
kihoeenrgtehfeoGifiter
eiwttearasaelssaeßenulatrr,eatagie.n ay d'Hil
tugs of
The small steam-ships were employed
that
evening the. Amphiou moored in /mat of the batterYtheir
had been destroyed, to prevent the enemy reinsteting
guns.
August 9. —0 n a Ilnanan duinnigtiotn: krocc
Sir Charles Napier visited the General at tbe?ea'.,
eed
quarters, and returned at 9 p.m. •
, to
I found a perfect scene of bustle and aniniatioll.c and
ttihreou'b;hret.he
shore was lined with boats discharging nravi'ie:ol4l.
ammunition. Field-pieces were strewed aboeb
eiveble
beret!, and boxes, casks, and every one -tout
rep ,
description of package piled up in heaps. One_ Freno"
was bivouacked upon the sands and rocks, and ch*
.0, end
with their usual foresight, had distrained the na',,,,,g0 to
carts of the peasants in order to transport their bal.:6nd de;
head-quarters. These they wero rapidly loading
_rtio of
spatching. The road was full of life, straggling Pa, eel,
soldiers bringing in water, sheep, pigs, ducks, aan.cbsse°
lonsumable article that could by possibility be 13,1',`, Arta
with or without money. The main body of built] no au
rested upon the pretty village of Skarpans, wit?
sininence, about four miles inland, and dotneee
rs
red windmills, peculiar to these islands. The Iltowert
listant about a mile and a half from the first rallu oder
und in one of the low wooden houses the C0ra1,31.,„,
aP
in-Chief, General Baraguay had '`tanefor,
its resi 'ence. Between this and the enemy, s"
;t4etched a narrow valley, with a long WT., 01
water, and beyond there rose an extended rialder,.
-oaks and high land to the height of 200 feet, and A. 11:
shelter of which the advanced body wero encatoPll4,lo
Consisted of three re4iinents—a battalion of troolil
Marines, the same- number of Plnfanterie de is VP
French), and the 12th battalion of Chasseure., o.of
were under the command of Brigadier General J°l3,:',"
he Royal Engin-ers, the other appointments he'"et;
ollows :--Colonel Graham, commanding Royal Marte.iv,
captain Elliot, brigade major; Lieutenant Poore, it•f4.,..,-eati•
n command of a battery of four 121 b. howitzers • "„-jaii
indliffe, R.N., in charge of the rocket party ; Lieute;"„
ad
'agent, R.E., commanding sappers and miners;
Lennox, aide-de-camp to the General. The P"Ill•
Marines and Artillery occupied the centre of the its
,ance, and had pitched their tents in a ravine, in ,re
uidst of a young; plantation of fir and juniper. Thar
fld
listant only 800 yards from the Round Fort. 070'dt
heir position was the main road leading into Borrierg,":32'
unit the field-pieces, howitzers, and some few k°,ls°slb!
,)ouuders frou the men-of-war, were ranged along P.*: sadnun had encamped here late the previous eveningitheit
were now engaged in various ways—some erecting -with
'ents, others mounted in the fir trees cutting dot n'„ „ap
their swords the branches to cover them in, Pill"tbe
cross poles to hang their accoutrements, Gpoki% the
•linner, or watching the camp-kettle, and, to add foal
xciternent, half-a-dozen horses had been caught °Poona
the neighbourhood) and these, with only a haltereop on
their necks, were wildly galloping with the 000 p,
their backs through the very centre of the 40, u
nent danger of either breaking their ne„%nieroP
being bodily transported into the power of tbuitoplOr
Early in the morning the marines had been oblige',
hsvrng
their position slightly, four canisters of bullet! :die
burst among them, and disturbing the repose goutg 060
the officers and men, by scattering under and about
pillows. 5 eff
At 2 p.m. General Baraguay d'Hilliers with
came into the encampment and minutely insPaierr i•
preparations. He is a fine noble looking- ea 11°_,
stands as erect and firm as a much younger leel'ench we'
74 years of age, and lost his left hand in the FllA,4os*
with Russia, in 1812. I returned again to the be!'"'" Itt
ters, and more closely observed the* French ea,.l;4llsg:
tents of the soldiers were scattered around to 00011,:
:a every direction and position, upon rocks antuhe
in fields and gardens, in the copse and on tbe
on the village green, and even beneath°
the relief
;Hills. mills. Troops of men were marching about t were g ter
th.) guards and outposts, and foraging parties.
aieugh
out in search of cattle. A good bakehouse and cetallef;
souse have been established already,
aad opened their tents, with a guard to prot t;tora00!
the sale of little luxuri.as for the soldiers. y h
into
to the shore I found that a pier had been runt,
_of gHost
onand a crane erected for the purpose of landing 11%, t0.Q.0
Aug. 10, 10 a.m.—The Penelope, in attenln_7o°, gotri's,
oetween the islands from the south to the norttahse`
long,f,°ars•
shore off the island of Prasto, within range °I L.oc bet
whereupon they opened fire and continued it 1. ,to
boats 1,
The Admiral had at once ordered all „eugh the
gong
assistance, and the Hecla and Pigmy ea
lue 1,401 oar
nag age as well to attempt to tow her off. to
and the vl,Lere,
ip
Edinburgh and Valorous caused them immedrl; 10 }the
:hence throwing shells into the fort from °without for
guns, which they did with impunity, hellion° vis9ea•
range of the forts. A little after 12 the Pest.',;oo, thet,ertir
unately was removed from her critical po everhAterf
:viral having ordered all her guns to be throeha,
001
when the Hecla at once towed her IW.'ere kills" O.
ired some red-hot shot, by which two men throng boat,
three wounded. One shot passed completelli cob de
ship, killing a man, and then falling intal' rare Ire
killing another. The names of the me gibers' and e-sat
Privet, petty officer, and Thornof is B Terra
wounded—Robinson, a marine, and:two • 21
and Belleisle. , ,i 2.3 sheoisnt
The large fort discharged at the Penelope
of which struck either her hull cr rigginfhie 000
Cowell, R.E., was wounded in the canißrn'd oot Wed ors
the accidental discharge of his revolver. -1"1„eploicot,
been P„
t3OO men from the block ships have „won•
shore in getting the long 32-pounders in bg
Ramsay, of H.M.S. Hogue, has the coull,3e: trose..atboit
August 11.—This morning the work ;_)le bend 01,:ebieg
heavy guns continued, and the sailors, with
en„, n*oo.
head, hauled away at these cumbrous wes_Pß,oyalpae theta
through the village and to the camp of the
_ale upo b Or,
Me Ist Round Tower kept up a fire at inter
agong hey
whenever in view. Sir !Charles Napier, Bar have,
drove trough the encampment, and
d'Uilliers arranged the disposition of forae__friago -
viith
s. geo 011
ai
been all day employed filling sand-bags end e b
for the batteries of the long guns. Chew
The outposts of the Marines • and Uhea'netoy 15001
some skirmishing, and six or seven the e ling
tured. The men are thrown out within behind tee
and they creep up the rocks, hiding D.l!"_._ta the in 1.;
stones ; they are not more than 200 yards .1., 0.1
A Russian spy has been taken to-day in ttlielivus''e gti7b°
male attire, and yesterday a Russian offloef" ladinttiet
a priest ventured through in a carriage ir"nd °n vg
side. The
;tensbserved his face newly shorn, 'away,
turn
ppeared confused,
le th
turn in the road leading to the forts. J-, level
rushed after him, but of no avail, so this 0/)." _
and drmowveo French eau ore
rifles and have either killed or wounded ,
at the
61-
Pt
horseT hegoing e
lantpfeutl
el
daygallop-
has
intoae
takenthe
on fort.h 0 arc,. the gone ° .
the nit
Termagant for her upper decks.
Desultory firing has continued
picturesque village, in which the advance
the troops, and their shells have sealtlfidreayt°7llhtssts°oatigisteret
a 6'
ito
were killed lig
tlohceawtehde.leTnhigehhtowuistehbueninmgitoifgadtreyd
fwuood, theY .-510
August 12.—Two French soldiers
0,, ~,otalo a
wounded in the night by a clumsy error P" eloP°
relief picket. the
the Fer/f he
06'
weLreasetarnriigehdthtybetortewho.imighent
tkeilslesdran
D.L'
ral rites performed ; they were silently
ted Woe. i! to;
amnodrnpilnagntae(bi osaotm'secerme walllafinrdeedvetrhetrheeiarngdriejvleialf,dopP ts- 'a
at the foot they carved the words " W°°' 11i
tree." 0 been evgago °
The Artillery of the Chasseurs have 300 30° °air KO%
day in filling their shells for the mortars,
rocks, 10 •
which were ranged under shelter
°f which they 1840dt cl
heavy planks up to their advance, wh.e u,o all
of sand, as a platform for the guns to ru.ne r-toe sP"
sa the
of gabions were also transported to tb
filled with earth.
tossing icHie°
latter pso , . b aa
TchhAraesuesgenrusrratelnarthmAeiotrr4tfiaare.slmd.aptnihdeeeefitahrsrwteeerrll febrtrass/Ifietee'hit:
were now planted in their batteries,
were
upon the fort, while the mortars Iv. t`iTtfig on,
mofeautgienntrleeasilitoype.
After Tho Fhraelnfchannohwunbueeogairendatiicesti4tano
tamed a beautiful range, and kept P ';`," ert+._ w°—
done esunonade, the Lobelia burstin - • 1