The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-08
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THE CAPTURE OF BOMARsUND.
from the London Times, August rs
The dispatches which have now been received
from SIR Charles Napier, ana the more amp details
furnished by our own correspondents with reference
TO the capture OF the forts ut B,marsund, have
doubtless been read with the iveliest iateress by ali
classes Of the public, more gallant and brilliant
operation has seldom occurred: Iae destracnsn o.
one Of the stroRghoIds By which Russia hoped to
secure her oominion ,ver the Baltic and her ascen-
dancy over SweGen. has been effected with CON-
paraf,yely small loss u lf and in the short space
OF three day from the opening of the fire. Eaglish
and Ffspeh seidirrs and seamep, engineers and ma.
IN ti.is "a fsrprse: shSwSksvs no-dSaAs that the
yigos N sseir attack ard th~rapiaty Of their th.
uUph, arsAa esfsssE Of wllaA4 Aha Allied srmies and
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The first point was the decentralization Of the
troops, which took place On the morning Of the
sth. TIE lancing place chosen by the General
breadth, situated to the'south west of the forts,
fort. which is that called Fort Tzee. Russian
earthwork, carrying six guns, had been placed on
the eastern promontory Of this bay facing the sea,
mountad by the fro Of the Amphicn and
Phiegethon. In the meantime the Decentralization
was going on, and IL 900 men were landed in the
boats Of the feet in the space Of three hours aud
half The Russian troops appear to have made
no attempt to oppose the landing, though they
might have occasiOned considerable annoyance to
our men BY posting their Rifles in WOO u near the
shore. The British and French marines, 500 Of
each flag, were conveyed by the Driver to the
north Of the forts, and lsLded behind them. The
next four days were employed by the army in pre-
psiiog for the attack The position Of tina batteries
was aeiected, sandbags aud gabions were prepared,
and the Sal ors brought mp, with great labor, some
long 3spounder ship guns, which were placed in q
position 500 yards from the round fort. On the 18th
the fire of the French battery opened from the
southwest on Fort Tzee, and the bombsrdment " ~
sustained in the most brilliant meauer for 20 hours
With one very abort interval. We are not informed
at what range this fire was opened and the distance
was probably greater than it would have been 1.-THE
place had been approached BY regular siege opera
French battery consisted Of only 4 l6.ponnders and
mottaas, or, "a our own correspondent states,
Of 3 mortars and brass field pieces force
quite inadequate to breach granite tower. Three
Of the enemy's guns were dismounted through the
embraaures, and the fire Of the French Rifles on
these apeItures was that the Russians had
difficulty in loading their guns, and suffered most
severely in consequence. This circumstance Is Of
great importance, and accounts for the la<ge pro-
portion Of the enemy killed aud wounded in Fort
Tee. Eventually this part Of the work was taken
by the French Chasseurs on the morning OF the
14th, by coup dc main. the details OF which Will
doubtless appear In the French dispatches. Mean
while the British battery, under the command Of
General Jones, was in process Of construction
work OF greater time and difficulty, because
it consisted OF thirty.twcpounder guns dragged mp
from the ships. We are not told by the Admiral
OF how many guns this battery consisted, nor
is Its position accurately described It must,
however, have beei on the northwest front
Of the place, and within lange Of both the
round forts, for, as the western fort had been
ed his guns against the eastern fort with equal
effect. This battery was manned by marine artil
lery men fiom the four block shios their practice
was excellent, and in eight hours and q half one
side of the to knocked in. It Is not clearly
stated however, by the Admiral, (whose despatch
is not remarkable for military precisop2 whether
this result was caused by the fire Of the th'rtytwo
FOUNDERS or by the explosion mentioned by our
correspondents; but il appears. from subsequent
passage in our letter, that practicable breach was
made By the guns, and that they we've three in
number. The effect Of the bre aching batteries
erected by General Paraguay d'Hllers against the
principal fort, was not tried, because the place
capiiulaied before the attack had been carried to
the last extreIn.ies. In fast, it was wholly unten
able from the moment that tue round forts, COM
maneog the rear Of the position we're in the hands
of Ihe allied armies.
The most obvious inference to be drawn from
the Of this attack Is tina. the Russian forts,
If they are generally constructed on the same
principles ana OF the same materials as these OF
Bcmarsund, cannot Withstand for any Heightened
time q close fire of heavy guns, even when those
guns are very few in number, and that toe diff
Increased by the fire Of Mimic rifles, which eau
row be directed with great precision into the en-
brasnrfs. The fire of the ships at the long range
at which they were competed to lie acted
and produced no decisive effect on the forts;
but it still remains to be ascertained what
would be the effect Of the broadside of
a thee decker on a fort of this description,
and ahalf by three 80 FOUNDER guns could not be
produced in half an hour by fire OF greater rapidty
and Of twenty times that weight Of metal. No
preaching battery that every was constructed is at
all equal t, the fire Of lire OF battle ship; but
on the other band, land battery is far more pro-
tected from the fire of the enemy; and the question
is whether ship could float long enough under q
severe fire from land batteries to silence aud de-
stroy them In the late operations, although the
ships wei several tnes ia very critical positions,
from raining on the ground within range of tho
enemy's red hot balls, none of them appear to have
suffered materially; and, though the Aimiral was
compelled to order the Penelope to throw Der guns
over board which was done with great presence Of
mind, be probably relied on the probability Of re-
covering Them when the Aland isles were in our
own possession. Upon the whole, this experi
ment is not only highly satisfactory and hon.
orable to all those who we're engaged in it bat
it leads us to anticipate more important achieve.
ments. The season is still long enough To admit Of
further enterprises upon the Russian coasts; the
allied forces are now on the spot and within few
hours sail of any point in the Baltic and we hope
to earn that the allied commanders ara taking steps
to pursue that career of success which has beer
opeDed by the fall Of Bomarsund.
OFFICIAL DISPATCHES OF SIR CHARLES NATTER.
BULLDOG, OFF BoMARsuSD Aug. IL, 1854
SiR--Ry the mail nfOr their
anivai and debaikation Of the troops now beg to
quaint you that Wednesday morning, the 9th inst
the troops in position both to the north and south
and the western battery OF the enemy completely In
vested.
2. II was time TO land the guns and as had
TO borsee II vas necessary TO employ the ships compa
mics instead Enclosed 1. copy Of the order gave Il
Rear Admiral Chads, and his report OF proceedings
8. There were maty instances last Of guns being
placed in extraordinary positions, but DO not believe
that in any one case such difficulties
in the present instance.
4. The moving of the guns under the command o.
Captain Hewlett, Of the Edinburgh, bat Admiral Chads
with his usual activity was there to cheer them on
snd indeed ell The captains occasionally the bene