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mately granted to gain reinforcements from ti"
tower, and a further supply of ammunition. mryig4
The engagement was then renewed with great but Cielj'd
eight p.m., when another truce was demanded; bred
Baraguay d'Hilliers, incensed at their former •
to
faith, declined to afford them a second opportur" s'eP
long the contest. The bombardment and land atttbecelo
continued through the night, and at nine a.tn.,°ll„„rs.
the first round tower yielded with fifty-four Prls°l- ecor
On the 15th the guns were pointed against the' s se°
round tower, the fleets doing considerable daraag. to oct
skilfully-directed shelling. The fire is dese,,_rin', not
°,
been tremendous, proving that granite wails
impregnable as stated. In the evening the sec°-•,006
surrendered, with one hundred and eighteen Prl'i
ote
Eor
who were placed on board the Termagant. The n
render of the large fortress seems to be in a gres,
due to the precision and accuracy with ivhien.,„" otor,
Captain Pelham directed the fire of a ten-inch g`'"go,
had been erected on shore, and of which Sir Charles

in terms of great admiration.
On the 16th, at the commencement of the Attila
main fort showed a flag of truce. Captain
Bulldog, and the Interpreter-General, were sent
on
boat, with a white pocket-handkerchief flYing_i, 061
boat-hook. They landed, and were soon aftersvaTi'v
by a parlamentar from the French Admiral, anTeniatts
junction, proceeded to the fort. After some on'A" toy
with the General (Bodiscoe), the fort surrenders.
allied representatives "unconditionally," and 01/40
wards upwards of 2,000 Russians and Finland 10°'
•

down their arms in the courtyard. •
The French soldiery then moved in and took N"'",,plo`
A line was formed from the fort to the embarkatlo,,,,o4/
by means of the Royal Marines and French troops
which the Russian prisoners marched with their '-'ll
The loss of the allied forces is trifling comPr-red:rt;tek
magnitude of the operation. The French loss is -1.e511,,:'
12 killed and 25 wounded. The Russians must 11,9,,Astiv
tamed a heavy loss, for they were quite unprovia'aois
medical assistance. The interior of the fort pre
most appalling and disgusting spectacle; ever3Z:Vaki`.
in the greatest state of confusion possible.
the number of 60, were deposited in casks of I,'",tir,
piled all round, one above the other, and th,e,,,:ers;
emitted was suffocating in the extreme. Nu'ci:sec',
wounded men were strewed about unattended, 011 iv3io
ingly, uncared for, amidst piles of masonry, aulra
and dismounted guns.

the English killed was the Hon.
Lieut.
:al Engineers, a young officer of great
Lieut. Cowell also was severely wounded by the lesdl
discharge of his pistol ; and Lieut. Bond was shot ;4 di

among
z,

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the Cress:

It would seem that the fortresses of Bomarsund nod Se
defective in ventilation with those of Cronstadt 009
topol; With respect to Cronstadt, it is stated that
01]
from a Russian officer has been placed in the hantlslo,
Admiralty authorities, in which it is affirmed that
of of its defenders were ready to rise in revolt on then

ance of the allied fleets. This may be but a r118,C;
Czar to inspire our commanders with false confide
private letter thus graphically describes the effect SSIS
Pelham's " beautiful fire :"—" Three or four slints,y,bl'
great stones visibly chattering, as I could 111°-
pocket telescope: one block then fell out, then
then a third, fourth, &c., and these were folloi,"0,
avalanche of loose rubbish, just as you see naacau,e
stones pour out from the end of a cart when t'
board is removed."
_OlOl
On surrendering the forts, the Russian Gene' Aeeej
an assurance from General d'Hilliers that he ha
"broil
duty. As an acknowledgment to that question,
and staff were permitted to wear their swords. ectott)/
three or four days before Bomarsund surrender
French outposts met at night, and, mistaking e3'tid
for a Russian detachment, had an engagement, tr
one officer, six men, and several wounded, boa'
discovered their mistake.