The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-09
THE SIEGE OF BOMARSUND.
The following is detailed account of IN

ctthe place. together with 2OOO Russians
an. thr Russian General Boii>co:
On Monday, 9TH inst. Admiral Sir c. Ma
,.,r hoi>'cd his ilag in II. Ms steam-frigatc
Bulldog. Capt. Hall. and went up to Bomar-
,unl. On Tuesday. sth, the troops landed
al! the boats ofthc Lewiston before Bomarsund
were employed in this service The opera
ton commenced at davbreak, and was sue
,cs,:uily conducted. No opposition was Of
itrcl by the Russian troops. although the To-
.ality was very favorable as position for RI
l,cmcn. II. VI. s. Amphon. Capt Key. at
talked and destroyed small battery mount
ing ,ix runs the Guns were destroyed by the
fire ofthe ir-a;c. and the Russians rctreatcd
~ the principal. fort. On the same dav. the
Bulldog. Capt. Hall, with the Admiral on
hoard. an! the Stromholi. tried the range of
their guns on the round tower While thus
employed the Bulldog got on shore: she was
90, q in ahout four hours, by the assistance
OF the l:ip!lon and Nulturc
On Wednesday. the 9th inst, stores were
landed. In the evening a detachment of
Er>-ian soldiers was Observed in Presto chan
ncl. Some boats endcayorcd to take them.
The Russians made their escape, leaving five
or TX small hoa'% in the hands of the English.
The Bulldog and Gladiator. hearing the fir
inI ran down. hut did not arrive in time to
attack the Russians. In passing BomarSund
HE steamers were fired at by TIE forts The
San lay Tie English marines were landed.
thursday. l0th.-t'uns and heavy stores
we're landed On this day her Maicsty's ship
Penelope. Capt. Catlin,ran into a rock with
n rance ofthc guns of BomarSunl. The
lIcrla, Gladiator. and Piemv went in to her
assistance. opened fire on Domarsund. In
the Penelope three killed, three wounded
In the IIccla. three wounded. Two French
men were killed in boats alongside. The
Penelope threw her runs overheard. and at
tertwo hours ana half cot oil,with consider
able damage. The forts fired rec! hot shot
One of,le>c passed through the mdshlpmen's
berth.
FRIDAY 1lth and Saturday 12th.-ScttinG
guns INTO position. and erecting batteries on
shore.
Saturday l2th-The French guns com
d. T. NJ the fort showed flag OF truce
Firing ceased.
Monday morrins.-Tzcc Fort surrendered
TO the French. The number ofkllcd and
wounded is estimated at about 80, but has rot
been asrertained. In the English camp ma
rine. who was living down in tent. was
struck hv a cannon ball. which fell upon his
chest. crushed and killed him. One marine
severely wounded. There were many very
narrow escapes. The ground was ploughcd
up in all directions by shot and shells and 1t
appears Almost miraculous that so few casual
ties occurred among the English and French
The rifle practice of the French Chasscurs
was admirable After the Tzce Fort had
surrendered. it was an object Of great curio>
itv. The sides Of ;hc cn.brasureS and the op-
,oSite walls were thicklv dotted with marks
made by rifle balls which struck so closely
and 50 quickly. that it had been impossible
for n Russian to show himself and escape a
wound.
Tucsd,v-The English field and preaching
batteries opened fire on Nottich Fort, which
was preached l,v =. ~. and i: surrendered
in the evening. During the attack Licutcn-
ant Wro,tlc,lcy, Il. f., was killed. lie was
stoopinc ,lOwn in Obedience to signal, when
shot. after Strkin. the trunnion of one of
the guns. bounded a.anSt him, inllicting a
dreadful wound His side was crushed. and
his hands, which were folded together at the
time, were torn to pieces died very soon
aftcrwarl In this fort there were five Kill
led and six or seven wounded. and l2j pri>-
oncr>. Capt. Ramsey was Slightly wounded.
The English ships Edinburgh, Ajax. Am
phon. Bulldog. NalorouS. Ilccla. and Driver:
and the French ships Durcrrc. Trident, Da-
ricn, ASmolcc. and Phlccethon, continued
firing at The sea face of the principal fort Of
Homar>unl. while ut the same time the French
field and mortar batteries poured an inccS-
SAINT fire on the rear, and an English S-inch
gun on the captured siX-grn battery MAIN
tanned an excellent ilankinG fire.
The captured fort OF Tee BLEW up about
=. VI. Some doubt appears to exist wheth
erthc explosion was caused by the French
or the Russians.
On Wednesday. TIE 18Th. TIE French bat
tcricS advanced considerably nearer TO the
land face of the fort and kept up an inccs
SAINT fire; the heavy Guns in the six-gun bat
terv served bv the English under Captain
Pelham did treat execution; the large blocks
ofgrauitc that formed the face OF the fort and
which iii appearance formed an immense re-
sistanrc. fell ont in masses. and the rubblc
with which the wall was filed in tumblcd out
in heaps. The Edinburgh the Ajax, and
the steamers fred at LONG ran.c on the Bo-
marSund fortress. while at the same time the
Leopard a::a"kcd the tort of Presto. on the
other side Of the narrow channel. 1t -, a
tlac of truce was hcl,! out at an cmbrasurc of
Bomar>Und. towards the tcct; boat with
an officer was sent on shore, and at about
haIt-rast , the Governor surrendered
Glen. Bo,Iis,o Is an old man, apparently st
years of are. lie was very anxious that tn,
French ccncral-in-cIIicf should certify tina
he had done his duty Gen paraguay dIIl
Tiers returned the Russian generals sword
and at the same time extoled the valcr witt
which he had defended his trust and the pru
dcncc which hal surrendered it when further
resistance could have done no more than
cause useless loss Of life. The Russia,
general then sent a priest to the officer i,
command OF Presto fort, with orders to sur
render. The order was obcvcd Thus I'll,
four forts of bemarsund fell into the posses
sion ofthc aliies.
MyEDEE At GREAT FALLS. N.H.-Ws
are informed that on Saturday evening.
party OF SIX. three men and tire,
women) went from Salmon Falls to Dover
n. H.. to ball. and after the dance was ovcl
they proceeded to Great Falls. and some o
the party went to their friends and stoned
William Alaxwel and IA man named Lovcrin,
went with the horses to the Mechanics ;Io,c
to have them PIT up. and were told bv Mr.
Hedge. the hotcl-kecncr, that he was all full
and could not put them up. Upon this Max
Al