Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-15


which is that called Port Tzee. ARussiau earth
work, Carrying guns, had been placed on the eos,
tern ptomonlOTYOf this bay facing The seq Uul
this battery was taken in funk aud dismounted ny
Tie FIRE ofthe Amphon aud Phlesolbon. In The
meantime Tie Decentralization was going on anu
III 900 men were landed In the boats Of the fleet
In the snace OF three bouts and hall. The Rus
sian troops appear TO have made no attempt 10 OPP
pose tue landing, though they might 1aYg ooca-
stoned considerable annoyance 10 our men DY pest
ing their Rifles in the woods neat the alOTe. Inc
British and French Marines, 600 VI each hag,werc
conveyed by II g Diver TO The North oil The forts,
and lnnded behind them. The next four days
were employed by The army 10 preparing ioIthe a.
tack The position OF lllB bhilefssweJe Selected,
sandbags and GALLONS were prepared, anl Use sail
ors brought m with great labor sOle thiIly.twO
FOUNDER shlp.gun5 whch weIepaced In posi-
uon 800 yards from the round iuf On The 18Th
the ire VI The French battery opened Irom The
southwest on Fort TSee, and the bOmbaTdmeni was
sustained inths most GnlliantmanneT iot26 LouIs
Will one very short interval. We pIe not inCIni'
ed al whatIonge this hle was opened, andthe DIS
lance was probably greaef ih u i would have
been II the place hal been approached bY regular
siete optIauOns The most remarkable laeI Is,
however, that this Ftenoh battery consisted ofonly
four is FOUNDERS aud four mOrlats or, as our own
correspondent states, OF three moTlars md three
brass field pIeces-a iUEce quite inadequate TO
breach granite tower Three Of lie enemies
guns wefe diamounled through the eHbfosules,and
lie fire of The French Rifles on lhese appenuIes
was So severe that the Russians had difficulty in
loading iheiT guns, aud suffered most severely 10
consequence. This circumstance Is oil great i'm.
porlnnce, and aofOunls loT The large pro- orion oil
the enemy killed aud wounded In Fort Iaee.-
Eventually tls part ofthe work was token 10y The
Prench ChasseuTs on tie morning Of the, t4lh 10y
coup de main, tie deins Of which will doubtless
appear in The French dispatches Meanwhile The
British battery under The orders OI Gen Jones was
in process OF CONSTITUTIONAL work Of greater lure
aud difficulty, because II consisted Of thirty TWO
pOundeI guns dragged up from The ships. we are
not told by tie AdpiIal Of how manygunS lhls pat
terry conss'ed, nor is us position accurately de-
set bed 1t must however, have been on Tie north
west font OF Tie place, aud within range oil Dolh
lie round forlsj fob as tie western lotl had Ueen
taken before General jones opened lis me, no
turned hisguns against Tie eastern Tort win equal
elect.
Tins Uatlety was manned by matine allllleTy-
men from The lour bookadng shlpsi their pTao'
ice was excellent, aud IN 81 hours one side OF Tie
tower was knockydin. IL Is moi Clearly stated
however, by the Admiral, (Whose dispatch IS not
remarkable for prtoision) wleIht this result was
caused by tue fIe Of the SO poundeIs, oTOy the OK.
plosion mentioned by our cosresponden'i but u
appears from subsequent passage lhalh VIsaeh
was made by tue guns, aud that they were three IN
number. The elect Of lie breuching batteries
erected by General Paraguay Utilities osainsI Tue
principal foil was mol Tled, because Tile place ca.
pilululed before the attack Lai been carried 10 the
list eXiTemilies In fact, II was wholly unienable
from the moment iltat The round forts, commanding
uereir Of The position, We're IN Tue hands Ct The
allied armies.
Tile most obvious inleIrnoes 10 be drawn itom
Tie success OF hsallnck is, thnt The Russian forts
VI they are generally constructed OH the same pln-
plcs and oil tile same materials as those OF bornaT-
Sild, cannot Withstand for amy heightened me
close file OF heO'y gunsieyen when those guns
are very few m NUMBER aud that the difficulty oil
fighting ~ Cbsemalgd b9lefits is greatly increased
by The fire Of Minnie rifles, Which can now be dit
trcled with great precision into the eubrusures
The IRE oil the ships OF the long range ut which
they were were compelled 10 I've acted Chiefly, rs
diversion in favor OF The troops, and produced no
decisive effect ON the lOtsj but IL still remains 10
ue aScrllOmed what would be The effect Ol lie
broadsde ola three decker on lOIl OF lls de-
sCTipllOn, aud whether The results produced IN
ii, 1T llours and halfby three 80 FOUNDER guns
could not be produced In half an hour, 10y hTe
OF greater rap dity end twenty tunes u al weight oil
metal. No breOcling battery that ever was con-
suucted rs OF all equalto the fire Of lneQl ba'ie
snp, Oul, on The Other hand, land battery - ilr
more Protected from tie fife ofthe enemy and the
question is whether a shi cOalj float long enough
under a severe fire fToul land batteries 10 snenoe
and destroy them. In the late operations, alto
tile SHIPS wtte several tunes in very very chucal
positions, IRON running on the gTOuud within
rnge Of The ehemYs TED hot balls, none Of them
appear 10 have suffered matetinllyi and, although
lie Admiral was compelled 10 order the Penelope
10 throw her guns overheard, which was done
with gIeat presence ofminl, he probably relied on
Tie probability Of recovering lbemW lien the Al
and island were in our pOsSesson Upon the
Whole, ihs experiment. is mol only bi, hly saislac-
tory aud honorable to all those who were enjoyed
iinl, but 1t leads us 10 anticipate more important
achievement. The season IS still long enough TO
nduit oflurtber enterprises upon The Russian coasii
The led forces are now On lie spot, and Within a
lew LOUIS sail Of any point IN tile Balnci and we
hope to eatll that the allied commanders ore In.
king Steps 10 pursue thai career VI success Which
las been openrd by The fall OF BomaIsund.