Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-11
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sseesess er tss large proportion OF the sssmy killed spd
wounded 10 Fort Ties Eveutuay this part OF ths work
ehen oy the Preach Cb.sseurs 90 the morning Of the
ltth by coup dc nas the details Of which will doubtless
appear 10 me freneh Dispatches Aeanw lille the British bat
terry under the orde Of Geo. Jones process Of con
s.rueaon-s work OF greater time and' difficulty, be-
cause consisted OF thry-two FOUNDER guns dragged up
from the ships We told BY tho Admiral Of how
many guns this battery consisted nor Is its position accu.
.a.ey oessroed Il must however, have been on the
notnNest oot OF the place. and within range Of both
the round forts foe the western fort bad been taken
before GENERAL Jones opeued HE fire. he turned his gups
against toe eastern fort with equal effect This battery
manned by marine arllsrymen from the four block
sp tncir practice excellent and In eight hou and
ha one side OF the tower knocked In. Il Is not
stated however. by the Admiral Whose dispatch
Is not remarkable for military precson) whether this
su WAS caused BY the hre Of the SO pounder by tho
explosion mentioned by correspondent; but appears
o subsequent passage In our letter that practicable
oreaeo wa made by the guns and that they three
In number The effect OF the preaching batteries erected
oy General paraguay d'Hillers against the principal
was not tried because the place cspulated before the
tack mad been carried to the last eKtremites In fact Il
was wholly unteoabls from the that the round
ors commanding the Of the position. weso In the
hands oil the allied armies
The obvious infercuces 10 be drawn from tho sue
cess OF bis attack Is that the Russian os they gen.
orally constructed the principles aud Ill
materials As those Of Bomarsund, cannot withstand for
any enghened tune close fire oil heavy guns when
those guns very few 10 number and shat the dicuy
OF hShng Ia cssenatcd batteries s greatly increased
the IRE OF MIME ds, which be directed with
p'eSsou uto tuc cWotsures nFe VI sn'ps
at the long range at which they compelled to lie
acted chiefly as divers In favor Of the troops, and
produced decisive effect the orts but still remains
10 DO ssceraned ~ha, would be the effect Of the broad
side OF three decker fort Of this description, and
whether the results produced in eight hours aud sh.
by 50 FOUNDER guns could not DO produced p half
an hour by FIRE Of greater rapidty aud Of twenty
that weigh, Of metal No preaching battery that
was constructed s all equal to the fire Of line Of battle
ship, but, on the other hand land battery Is far more
protected from the Ere Of the enemy; and the ques
ton Is whether ship could aoat song enough under
fire from land batteries silence and destroy them
In the late operations, although tho ships were several
times 10 very critical Positions from running on the
ground within range of the enemys redhot balls none
of them appear have suffered materially; and although
the Admiral compelled order tho Penelope to
throw her guns overheard which done with great
Of mind he probably relied on the probability
of recovering them when the Ahnd Island were in our
possession. Upon the WHOLE this experiment not only
highly satisfactory aud honorable to all those who were
engaged in it. but leads to anticipate impor-
tant achievements. The Is still long enough to
admit Of further enterprises upon he Russian coast the
allied forces are now on the spot md within few hours
sail Of any point in the Baltic hope to learn that
the allied commanders taking ,teps to pursue that
career Of success which has been opened BY the tall Of
Romarsnnd