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mately granted to gain reinforeemenL3
tower, and a fuhr suppl of ammunition. „root,
The engagemente was theny renewed with groat'
eight p.m., when another truce was demanded; bat 4, aE
Baraguay d'Hilliers,-hMensed at their former bre;lt'it.
faith, declined to affordoilhem a second opportunitYlu..r.ere
long the contest. The bombardment and land attacV,A,
continued through the night, and at nine a.m. on the
the first round tower yielded with fifty-four Prise/310
On the 15th the guns were pointed against the ,00
round tower, the fleets doing considerable darnrel3s.
skilfully-directed shelling. The fire is described tnorteo
been tremendous, proving that granite walls ared toter
impregnable as stated.' In the evening the seen. orate'
surrendered, with one hundred and eighteen I),..‘risii 'or
who were placed on board the Termagant. The 'l' Ise
render of the large fortress seems to be in a great rae`goro
due to the precision and accuracy with which 01%0;
Captain Pelham directed the fire of a ten-inch gull 'esr
had been erected on shore, and of which Sir Charles "
in terms of great admiration. the
On the 16th, at the commencement of the nf the
main fort showed a flag of truce. Captain ja
Bull& -4 T • 1, -e sent'

_tog, ana the Interpreter-General, were 0—
boat, with a white pocket-handkerchief flYing;noi9
boat-hook. They landed, and were soon afterwarusJ
by a parlamentar from the French Admiral, and, Irlatio
junction, proceeded to the fort. After some coffe, tle
with the General, (Bodiscoe), the fort surrendered ';iter
allied representatives "unconditionally," and sool.
wards upwards of 2,000 Russians and Finland treol,
down their arms in the courtyard. '01•
The French soldiery then moved in 'and took Posses:
A line was formed from the fort to the embarkation,TAo
by means of the Royal Marines and French troops, tD'u--.,n.,0
which the Russian prisoners marched with their 1.17, ilia
The loss of the allied forces is trifling compared wl'relit
magnitude of the operation. The French loss is St so
12 killed and 25 wounded. The Russians must 10
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tanned a heavy loss, for they were quite unproviled to
medical assistance. The interior of the fort preserl
most appalling and disgusting spectacle ; everythinieti'l
in the greatest state of confusion possible. Their uoier,
the number of 60, were deposited in casks of lime
piled all round, one above the other, and the of
emitted was suffocating in the extreme. nuregesr
wounded men were strewed about unattended, 00"1,,,itioll,
ingly, uncared for, amidst piles of masonry, anataw-
and dismounted guns.
Among the English killed was the Hon. Lieu.' rogit
tesley, Royal Engineers, a young officer of great Precott,
Lieut. Cowell also was severely wounded by the arel
discharge of his pistol ; and Lieut. Bond was shot de-l-
a similar casualty. Capt. Anderson of the Cressy', is
uylf
It would seem that the fortresses of Bomarsund are sets'
defective in ventilation with those of Cronstadt and lead
topol. With respect to Cronstadt, it is stated that leo
from a Russian officer has been placed in the hands e,',000
Admiralty authorities, in which it is affirmed that 1" $r
of its defenders were ready to rise in revolt on the 31'0
ante of the allied fleets. This may be but a ruse °
Czar to inspire our commanders with false confideneee4
private letter thus graphically describes the effect 0, ty
Pelham's " beautiful fire :"—" Three or four shots 6e
bf
great stones visibly chattering, as I could Iner'ele
pocket telescope : one block then fell out, then al,oo
then a third, fourth, &c., and these were followed ...44
avalanche of loose rubbish, just as you see macadal'or
stones pour out from the end of a cart when the
board is removed." isb
On surrendering the forts, the Russian General •
an assurance from General d'Hilliers that he had d 01,141
duty. As an acknowledgment to that question,l3lV
and staff were permitted to wear their swords. I'oo
three or four days before Bomarsund surrenderelod
French outposts met at night, and, mistaking each d ic‘t
for a Russian detachment, had an engagement an old
one officer, six men, and several wounded, before
discovered their mistake.