New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-14
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Journal de st. Petersburg gives the fot,ov;Ta !
ofheial account of the. affair at sseabore
which differs materially from the French and
English accounts, but, all things considered
the former must be regarded as nearest cor
rect -.= .-..='.....--
| The enemy's fleet, which was anchored n
I Nargen, and is composed ii all of seventy. fiv,
vessels, raised anchor at midday on the 6sh o
August, and the same day al 4.45 NJ, left !
squadron of three ships and four steamers an
chored before Sandman -. -
BY Two telegraphic dispatches, dated the 9th
inst. at 9 and II O'Clock, General de Borg an.
ucances that the enemy, after having formed d
line of bombarding ships from 7Ronskher 10
GIokhar, and having constructed during the
night battery on the LoDgorn Rock, com
menced at z o'clock in the morning to discb arge
bombs against the fortress Of Sweabore. TIE
two vessels anchored before sandbam alan
opened their fire against the Island and apainst
battery No We espect farther details
| "A supplement extraordinary Of the IauaLide
Ritsse OF the llth August, publishes a dispatch
rom sweaborg' dated July rs: 1t states that
| about mid day on the 18th the cannonade ef tI,e
| enemy against SWeabtrg had become yery yio-
! lent, and redoubled inr activity, discharging
| from Ii to 70 shots per minute. Our artiilerp
| answers them with success, particularly from
fthe Nicholas battery. AT 2:40 the fire of the
| enemy became more violent, the number of
shots being about 36 per minute Two of the
snemy g frlgates have been brought to bear be-
| tween Molko and Drumso, and keep up a yery
rapid cannonade against the latter Island The
] fleet has already fired Ave thousapd boubs Az
| $50, the cannonade of the enemy was cones n
tIated against the fortress, but slightly diuin
ished since three o'clock in the afternoon. Our
batteries on the Isle of Sandman fred with =
asaseEsd aee spaSssI sSs Iy y125 ns
| reach Of our fire. At ffteens4 hes p,sseel sat
| the violent bembardment had not ksed.
At nightfall the besiegers commenced to FIRE.
besides bombs, copgreve rockets inro Swea borg
According to the nearest calculations, thew could
rot have discharged less than 10000 bombs be !,
tween o'clock in the morning and o'clock in
the evening, and at midnight they were firing
dongreve rockets at the rate Of thirty minute
At 2:40 A. NJ. the rapid discharge of rockets
against the fortress the islands, and the forts,.
had not discontinued, but the numter of bombs
was less considerable. The spirit of the troops
Is perfect. At Z o'clock in the: evening of the
29th July. (1Oth August,) the fire of the enemy
had become much weaker, but Mt half past four
p>clocd tae bumbardment was kept up5with re.
doubled intensity. At ten o'clock the enemy
brought his bomb vessels and sun-boats round
towards the left, concentrating his fire against
the Wester swarthe work, but. thenks to God
he did not succeed in efecting any injury All
our works and batteriesrema intact
July 20, (Aug 10y 2:10P. M.-iThe fire of the
enemy was renewed with double intensity after
A NJ. Up to noon their fire was di.eetea
chiefly against the works on West Swartoe, and
the Nicholas battery on the island of Rautaw,
but without success; their eannonade was then
again turRedagainst the fortress According
to an approximate calculation. about 5000 shots
we're fired yesterday against Saudham Island :;
the firing consisted chiefly in bSoadsides or roll
ing FIRE. ..n.. ..s. -
TO day about 4 500 shell we're thrown into
West Swartee, and the Nicholas battery, which,
to judge from their explosion, were all Of the
weight of seven pounds. @@'-
7:6 P. M.-The cannonade of the enemy is
weaker. 10;17 P. M.-Tbe bombardment to-day
has positively done no damage, either to the
Notifications or to the batteries or guns In
these twodays the confagration destroyed some
buildings on the Island Of Stura- Ester -Swartoe.
July Both, (August l1th) $3.50 A. M.-Yes-
terday about 10 P NJ, the enemy recommended
firing rockets, and opened fire from the mortars
of their battery en- Langorn rock, which fired
from 100 to 100 shots per hour The rockets
ceased at half past eleven During last night
about 366 rockets we're fired This morning at
$3.50 the fire against the fortress ceased Du-
ring the night sotne rocket, boats approached
close to the Nicholas battery on Rautan Island,
but were firea on with grape, and withdrew.
~ f. M. evening -dhe-pbilioAiuuent'wa was not
renewed during the day. : The ehemy's heet re-
mains at anchor in its old poaltion, and counts
the same number of vessels.
July 3lst, (August l2th) vi. morning
At one this morning the enemy fired u rockets
into the fortress, which did no damage Some
of their gunaoats are getting up steam.
no A. M.-The bombardment has not been
renewed the enemy appears to be disarmlng
the battery they had established on the Ian
gorn Rock. Ihe ships that bombarded Sand
ham on the 18th July (august 9th) continue
their repairs; =
Ten O'Clock, evening. - The enemy remain
AZ their OLD anchorage, ana DO not renew the
attack
FROM LETTER
A few incidents fromp private letters are worth
notice The gun boats drew close in to the
batteries, and kept steaming around in five diff
ferent CIRCLES delivering their fire as they pro-
ceeded The mortar vessels were outside; the
gun boats were moored stern and stern, and
continually altered their position to destroy the
range Of the enemy. The fleet was at anchor
outside, beyond the range Of the batteries
The men employed had, as is usual, their ears
padded with cotton, and few eases Of deafness
are reported, but all employed experienced se-
we're pain in the chest, and in two days some OF
the m hAd not rpcnVprpd vnicpsz fTht