New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-13

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| t.ysd cssy 10y tho esHisnas-o f w0plnp houses a"i
lsfe. homes three rio' isa high mai anhnd.
| HHu,ueoiin, their plan. ordered. hom Tho corn
menctn,ni Of Ito cfnbhi on' pa 'fhs not '" h,' "s
lees The ,nemvs yer ia which Offered hut ANAL Tar
| oct cn,n. ,,ilin ,,,' % vhiab would allow our mr.
| ullcfy 10 do them serious hS',h' ,
| "1hi- order wns ob~,ed with u,at pr,!.csor'h,
| coone,s which Distinguishes Ionny goou "r.nr,y
| and with such success, that " HsncvcI an ofeiny
weasel scvnIced from is line 81 bap!e, me "si
cir,cbd FIRE OF our batteries immedcqe'y cYm pe'ah
| 10 retire The back flags hostcd on ~nIu 70. a''n
| aged vessels, tie steamers which took feerh w ,o~
| ard FL allS the quantity OF wreck hoeSas auou',
showed that every attempt TO app osch ts tor'fess
| caufed loss and damage to the assaiisnt-
"Shnrtly after the opening Of the enemy hc con
siderable confagraton burst forth IN me iorI, a
cont, ned with out inter- ois, despite tbs ecSs oi
detscl 70 Of 6emen, fed by day by IN lace s@ht
| borbarcn ent and at night by showers OF congtve
rrekets AZ soon az a building csught hire the AT sa
snt concentrated bis fire on the SPOT bnt THANKS %
the presence of mind ana excellent arrangements
Lieutenant. General Sorokine, Acting Commander o'
Sreaborg spd Of bis aojuDcr, Major. General Alex
eie The provision stores Of the land troops were
.lso the ocers barracks Of the CURTAIN and that
of -Four Stories.
"Despis the hail of shells constantly pouring down
upon The the powder magazines ress,ed 10 he iasi
with the exception Of four small deposits OF charged
magazines Of Swedish construction. On the 2oth OF
Juiy, August 81 about noon, the explosion Of an
ept nys shell charged with iacendary matter set hre
TO ore Of those ceposs; the hre sPIeaa iinmealaeX
10 The thre others in the immediate vicinity, aad all
four blew 40 almoet at the same time. BY special
mercy Of God our loes by the explosion was only one
m, killed and three wounded.
1.-THE violent bOmbsrdme nj OF the fortress contn-
ned without interruption for "a hours at nights on
The 2s,h 10Th Of Aug it had somewhat slackened but
10 be shortly renewed with increased vizor and then
in the interval between the sheis the enemy Kept up
continual fire Of rockets to keep up the conhagra-
tion. ,
Durisg the bombardment the enemy attempted
to approach the Islands VI Skansland and kunxshoi
men, near The fortress on the one side, ana on the
other side ibe Long entrencbmept, The NlcOoias
tarery, apd the ship Ezechie but the well-drected
fire of those batteries and Of that vessel prevented 1t
On tbs oceason the entrenchment, or Longofn ISL
ard fred with particular success and preye 1ted inc
ep,nys gunboais from approaching to take the Ci
terne battery in flank.
The ship La Russie stationed opposite the Gustsvs
w.ro Pass 30 TO rake it, could only bring few OF
her guns to bear owing to her position and being Ia
the line of ojeciles fred against the fort and against
The Islsnd of Sksnsand, che received great number
in her bull shells Of enormous caliber passed through
her decks ard Of them almost penetrated in'o the
powder mag azine. Tbis chip was only saved from
blowing mp by The wise arrangements OF her COM
mander Cant. Psplonsky, and owing 10 the presence
Of mind of Lieut.. Popoh Of the Naval Artillery who
sent to Examine the power magazine, and with the
aid Of the there exhDgulshed the nIe Is sooh as
the sh. III bad exploded.
"On onr kft flank, at the same time that the Ore
opel ed gahst The fortress, two screw shps-ohe.ne
SID frigste placed opposite Sandman lslsno. APP
proacbed within two vess OF the e0ut1 batteries Oh me
tlaDd snt, advancing in par allei line with those
batteries opened q tremendous FIRE against them and
a. aipst FIVE gunbeats Of the LIST battalion anchored IN
the vicinity.
"Batt.ry No. ,, situated the centre Of the space
Tins attacked was covered with shower of proieo-
tiles but il replied with much activity ond precision
that on the 2eth august 81, towards nooa, the
eDeuys vessels were compelled TO cease hring ana get
bevo6d range of our guns and one Of the
had to take the her in tow; neither oil them took any
further share in the combat, and up TO the 3Oth Of
July (Aueus III were occupied IN repairing damages.
Fragments Of these vessels foated up to our batteries
"Niebt did not pat end to the comost; on the
contrary the eDemy, taking advantage o. obscuri-
ty AIMED battery Of mortars whies II hed eonsuuc.
Cd befo, eh and in the night between the 9th and 2en
of July 18th and 9th Of August on small rocky island
of within their postios, and on the folloT
ing night it opened FIRE, ADDING TO the vivscy vi the
BOMBER meut from the ships. Their guns set hoe 10
The buI % Of the port with all th cir wort shOps ard
mag ezines inside the Notifications OF Stura Ooler-
Sworro. =, .
"On the asth of July (August lo,) at 10 A. H., the
deck of RuLbOat in the Gusavs- wizard, which served
as a depot for shells and ammunition, took fire. FER
ceiyipg the imminent danger which threatened the
Citerue battery and all the Notifications Of Gusfavs
WE ard Leutepa ant Genera SOrokiDe made an appeal
for volunteers put out the fire. All The officers near
the Citerne battery were the first 20 give the example
of devotion, which was followed by the men, and, de-
spite the heavy fire directed on the spot by the enemys
frst 10 jump on the blazing roof was an artileryman
OF the u, NE Of Nib beieff.
"Durirg the whole of the 2sh of the July 10th of
August the most violent bombardment did not cease
for minute, and il did not sacken TIL dusk, to cease
completely the following day at A. NJ
90 in the night between the 29th and 30'h 10th and
llh Of August the eDemys fleet threw congreve rock
ets into the fortress and Notifications belonging to it.
but with little success
"In the second days bombardment, the goth l0h)
the ec,ion Of the enemy confined to a cOnnonade
az aiIst The leland of Drums from NJ. TO L. NJ;
that canponsde resumed on the 3lst OF July 18th
of August, as Z, NJ. II damaged the Telegraph ana
set I to lie forest in different places but 1t was soon
ION the left flank Of our Ii ne of defense the enemy,
driven back the 2s'h 9th from Sandman Island,
MADE no further attempt, and our batteries limited
themtelves to firing few cannon shots against the
bosts which we're taking soundings, or throwing
rockets against the men al work in the intrepchments
ION July 30, August H. during the day, the
tery on Loneorn Rock, and in the night they fired |
rockets into II ssDds OF KuDgsholmen and Skands-
land without, however doing any damage
ION the 3lst OF July August ~ the enemy shipped
bis coats ard took the mortar-batery 10 pieces; On
the let, August 49, at A. NJ, the whole fleet
weighed anchor and retired in a southerly direction.
siTbe enem,s large vessels. as ships OF the line,
frg ates and steamers, owing To the large sua tny
combat with The fortress, carefully avoiding receiving
any damage Tie gun boats which bombarded us
also took the precaution Of continually shuuhg 'nen
position by Utsrs Of their scfew-propeuers
at results from these united circumstances tnai,
With the exception Of some confagrations when IL |
was impossible TO prevent, the damage which TINS |
violent bombardment Of AZ hours duration has done
10 the works Of The fortress and " the oa''efo
general, Is Insignificant ,,.; !
According 10 q moderate average calculation, |
there were fred least 900 projecties against the