New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-08
THE CAPTURE OF BoMARsUND.

feat on over the capture OF bOmafaiul' lHrJ soy
that more gallant and brilliAn: operation has se.-
"dom occurred The folio Slg are the faeb of the
caee:
The fr.t Decentralization Of French troops took
place on the morning OF Aug g, a.. landng place,
selec-ed BY the General and ADMIRE, N bay about
three miles in width situated TO the souh.Se't OF the
Russian forts aDd at distance Of 200 yards from
The vesternost fort, called Fort Tree. No efficient
resistance could be offered by the Russian garrison TO
the lancng of so strong loice, covered by such an
nIo strength OF ships. From the dary KEEP: by an
officer are informed that al ci0cA on ue even
ing If tie .th the whole feet stretched tcF0ss me
month of the Bay of BOmarsund and brought their
force to cover the west shore on which the landing
was to take place. soon after clock slShal VIZ,
IT ode 10 The whole feet to get out boats. Al lO3
O'Clock the Termsgnnt, British steiner, cTept ST.
l.ut. under the headlsnd Of the western prOmont)ry
and brought up within two hundred yards OF the
shore, but protected by the promontory IRON shore
fre 81 succeeding intervals OF duuter o. an hpur
the steamers Strouboli and sphynx likewise crept IN
and took up similar position. At clock On the
morning OF the 9Th the Russians c0Imencei hring
from tlree heavy guns in the earthwork battery on
such boats passed within range. o'clock,
morning the Edinburgh, British steamer, to wing
boats, rounded the pTOmOniGry, followed by the
French line-Ofbat,le-ship Duperre, towing pontoon-
boats containing field guns and horses. Edinburgh
threw shells into the woods 10 dlsOige ritemen.
! clock, morning, EhlegefhOn tfnencul ana AM
phion III -sh steamed through intricate passage
aid moored west of the eerthwOrk battery, wnere
none Of lis guns could be brought to bear against
them From this safe position they threw shell with
bo6utfal precision for half an hour, and thea sent
three boats 10 81 ke the guns. On landing waving
"tbe French and English flags, they found the Rus
sans had saved them the trouble By blowing up the
battery. ; O'Clock 4. VI. Of the 9Th, the Stromboh
vas sent 10 clear the bush Of rdemen. on which the
fist round tower and the main fort had an opportu-
at Amuhnn AMI Pile Fefhou
causing he latter 10 move her berth. In the mean
time Napier, in the Bulldog, came up and as
sisted the Srombol 10 engage the round tower,
while the troops were being rapidly landed on
smother part Of the beach, By clock coo troops
had been safely landed formed, and Married through
pine forest tO a village on the nights, about twD
miles distant from the fortress. II o'clock the
Bulldog with SIR Charles Napier on board IAN
aground, within range OF the forts Although the
Admirals flag was flying AZ the fore the Russians
did not FIRE upon il, which was considered rather
"incomprel ePsible;" and at o'clock, u. VI, the
slip oated Off The ships at this time IN front Of the
foris the English lall steam BallIos, Admiral
Nap.erD Edinburg, Admiral ChaoZ,l Hague, AJAX,
BlenheiIn, Amphion, Termagant Belle Isle, Pene-
lope Spbynx Gladiator. Yaorous, Vulture, Pymy,
Iig' ming transports Prince Julia, Columbia. Cor
nelius Fox; cutter Sparrowhawk; yachts Mavis,
Foom, Eemeralda, and French ships IDfexible, flag
ship Brt slau, Trident, Tage Dupere, ST. Louis,
AgtIine; steamers Pblegethon, Daien, Souiiieur,
AsmCdee, Dan, Refine Horense. On the north side
Of the lrdId were ItOphTu. ATfOgdni, yum, nr'lhf
Locust, Porcupne, Otter Alban, and Cuckoo. Dur.
ing the remainder Of the sth the small craft were en-
plo, ed in carrying provision, ammunition, &c, from
the ships TO The shore the AmphOn moored in front
of the disabled battery to prevent the Russians from
repairing H. and Sir Charles Napier finished the days
work hy dining with Gen. paraguay Hiers.
August 9, the French, with their usual foresight,
appropriated all the horses and draught cattle Of the
peasantry, in order to transport baggage, &c, to
headquarters and foragDg parties seat 10 bring
in evCr thing eatabe that could be obtained either
with or without money. The main body of the army
rested the pretty village of Skarpans, Sult on
eIninence four miles inland, and miles distant from
the eDemys first tower. Between the village and the
tower extended a narrow valley, with a long sheet Of
water, and beyond there extended ridge Of
rocks and high land 10 the hight of 2e0 feet, under
shelter Of which the advanced body were encsmped,
consisting OF 600 English marines, 600 French ma
rine- and the l2th Battalion of the Chasseaurs de
VineeDbes. At o clock p. NJ, Gen. paraguay Hl-
iers inspected the encampment, and was cordially
received He is described as noble looking old man,
standing firm and erect ali hough ~ of age minus
hand which he lost in the French war against Rus
ss in 1912. BY evening Of the 9th a bake house and
slaughter house were estabshed-the Nlyandieres
bad opened their tents, and the whole economy Of
camp life was in active operation. On the shore
pier built and cranes erected foI the purpose of
lar ding the heavy guns.
August the 10th was chiefly signalized by the Brit
ish steamer Penelope going ashore just within range
Of the long fort which kept up steady fire upon her
tyone shots having struck her in hull or rigging out
Of the total lumber of l2l fred During this affair
tie Edinburgh and Valorous, from their previous
safe position continued 10 throw she'll from ten.inch
guns into the fort. BY evening 200 men from the
ships had succeeded il landing six siege guns.
AsgHst ll.-Four hundred sailors ha.nessed them.
selves 10 the si1 32-pounders, and, with band at
Their head, marched TO the advanced camp, the Rus
SLAMS firing from the round tower whenever they
caught glimpse Of the procession. Desultory firing
Continued all day; shells set fire to "a very pc,u-
resque village, and burned il 10 the ground. Men
employed all day in filing sand bags and making
gsbions. Napier says in his dispatch
There were many instances in last war of guns
being placed in extraordinary POSITIONS but do not
believe that in any case such difficulties were
overcome as in the presen: instance
To-day Russian, in the garb Of priest attempted
TO convey lady out Of tse fort. The letter. writer
eOpgrausies hims eli that the priest was fred at aud
either killed or wounded, for he fell down in the
carriage, and the horse galloped back through the
gateway Of the fortress
AngI,t l9.-Some blockheads Of British fred on
the French relief picket, mstaking them for Rns
sians; tEo were killed and Eve wounded. Two Fog
lsh sailors killed on board the Penelope were hurried
b. torchhght beneath pine on the bark OF which
their companions carved the words" Woodmsn. snare
. thai tree During the whole day, the artillery ~
the Chaseurs were filing shells and building battery
Had 500 or 400 shells ready bt evening
AugDf 10 At in the morning, the Russians ia
the hrst round iUrt commenced fri1g on the Pre1eb
lhe French bad now three mortas and three brass if
pieces in bsieD, the latter in poiut blank rasys aad
sirr bait an hours practice they found The rlnre of
TIE shells aid comIneaced b0mbudmeut In ear1a.t.
hey kept Up irtpendoas eannOnade for so,ne
~ Give hours, their shells bgEstng in the sbrasures
AID ever the roo;, and their sh0t DESTROYING ths "a.
eing- II tie embrasEres at fsFery round. By I
7. ". they bad sileneed three Of the toyer's gnn.
md flag Of truce was hung out from a port-hoIe
Gen. Baresuay ililiers rode to inquire what they
wanted. ihe reply was two hours 20 bury the
" dead. ID HiEers gave them one hour. which the
btseged Dot only used FOR burial purpose but al.o
10 brng up endorsements from the fort below and
TO Obtain further supply of ammunition F;rio,
began sgsin viih red1ubied fury. Then the Rus
sans executed beautiful Oyeration tie lrtlIsrymsn