The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-09-07

strong. $50. -
August ro-since twenty minutes after midnight the
aggssors fred Congreve rockets on sweaooIs Accord
ing to approximate estimate there was hrsd on Inc
9th, from TO p NJ. at least 10 900 bombs Inc enemy
now fires thirty rockets per minute.
240 A. M-fhe stream of rockets on the isle and forts
does dimnish that of bombs il less consideraoe
The spirit Of our troops is excellent. a..
7:Si A. M.-From two to four A. NJ the enenny's hre
sells and gunboats augmented with fresh intensity
$50 A. MThe enemy has disposed his mortar vessels
and gunboats more IN 70 MS ,e,. Sut
thanks be to God he has Lot succeeded in doing much
nsrm. All our batteries are intact.
The bombsrdment lasted till the morning OF the
1lth and this account is only TO the morning oil the
10th.
continuation Of the Geographic unt OF the lombard
ment Of sweaborg;--
enenys fire has redoubed in vivacity Up to noon our
assaiiants fred chiefly against the works Of Weser.
swar,ho and the Nicholas battery upon the Island o.
Rentan but without His cannonade was then
again turned against the fortress. uo
According to approximate estimate he fired S0oo
times yesterday against the island Of Sandman The hre
was chiefly by broadsides, or rolling hre.
To-day he has thrown nearly 900 shells against Inc
all the Shells to Judge by their explosions being seven
TO p M.-The cnemy's cannonade is eebler.
iol7 P. M.-The bombardment Of to-day has It Is
certain occasioned damage either to the
the batteries or guns During the last two DAYS tne
fire has destroyed buildings upon the island oil
Stura- Ester-Swarth-o
TIE SCENE AND INCIDENTS.
Uantzic lAug 17) Correspondence Of London Tunes
rather rocks called Iange Lila Savarto
East sayaro vago and Gustasvard the last five are CON
yards vargo tie capital the strongest fortress and also
the central The works Of granite and as massive
ont Of the rock sweabog
said to mount $40 cannon has classmates ior from
to 1000 small arms and barracks for garrison Of l2ooo
men, On the 7th of August, at $3.50 A. NJ, signal was
made from the flag ship "Outward and eeward most
ships weigh The eet consisting Of nine British line OF
-. nd
mortar vessels equal number of gunboas, sailed
from Nargen and after pleasant run OF I'VE hours an.
chored at distance Of about 600 yards from the Tor
ess Of sweaborg In the Of the evening the
French fleet joined, and Immediately commenced throw
me ooe yards to the north Of the cluster i've islands
which form the principal part of the fortress of sweaborg
During the 9Th both vessels were busiy employed pre-
PAIRING action; the vessels owed into po
sion about 700 yards from the fortress with 400 Ia
thoms each of cable to yeer and haul on" as crcum
stances might require This arrangement proved of the
greatest advantage The line ships remained In
| the order they had at first anchored in The
steamers Magicienne, vulture and Euryaus took up
pc ton in rear the vessels for the purpose of
beng ready to give them and the gunhoats any asss
they might resoire The Lightning ana Locus n
any sun mortar vessels that might be injured, or
oheiwice render cd incapable ST longer remaining under
fire. in fact, every possible arrangement having been
made which pi and for sight could suggest the
signal FRI IN the flagship at 715 on the morning OF the
| oh" Gun and mortar vessels open fire with shell"
At 7:aO A. NJ. the first mortar fired and taken up
along The whole line the gunboats running into within
4
ed ,ely brisky with red hot shot and she'll but
although their range Was good, the damage niced was
hsndipg Of the gunboats and mortar vesseshe former
terg continually the move and the latter hauling
,eering their 400 athom cable they found
the Russian shot falling TOO close to be pleasant
At l0:Ghe first Russian magazine explode and a. lire
broke out in he arsenal at second magazine ex-
plodcd and at 12l5 most terrific explosion took place
followed by succession of minor The force OF IN
immense that battery of guns en- tdrtate was lite
rally blown to pieces by it. At 124O magazines
p,oded. At this time the dockyards arsenal barracks,
all the government buildings, storehouses &c, were
The sight was most grandy imposing. The yards and
pops the line of battle ships crowded with the
excited as who cheered vocerously after every ex-
Iloeion only British sailors know how to cheer. To
add 10 this riabtul din the liners CORVALLIS and Hast
pgs and steam frgate Amphon opened their broadsdes
Arrogant, Cossack, and Cruiser, chimcd in with this
toody chorus, by commencing heavy fire. with good
elect, large body OF troops which they chanced To
eIy on a mail island to the eastward Of the fortress.
Tie cannonadc continued, with little Abatement up to
Of the also found to be in
ured from the quick and ncessant firing and had to be
brout out to uIde 50 repairs those however which
ton it'll the french mortar battery, until 1880 =. NJ
which hour the rocket boats from the feet went In and
Kept their part Of the performance until daylight
The during the night grand beyond descrip
ton he whole q sweabog appeared one mass of flame
the rockets and shells adding not little to the awful
| spl, Moor Of the fiery lands scare.
AT $50 A. NJ on the 10th, the ere again opened from
cur whole line and continued throughout the day,
the nd which little appeared left to be done; all the
morars fier CHI and English were more less injured.
ne iSea however of the service rendered by the 70
veg ols may Lesgahered from the fact that during the
days bonbardmcnt not less than 900 tons Of iron
were thrown into space Of about bali mile in diae1er
Irslh mortar vessels and does not include the guam
thy (Which was equally large in proporton), ussa by
cur gallant allies on that occasion.
On Friday night the 10th instant, the rocket heats
again went in and played with great effect. On Saturday
no Iing took place, and Sunday day of rest. On
that day everything quiet and in repose even the
mighty doep bowed in reverence to holy influence, and
Was eth.
The iong Of The bells Hel-ingors distinctly e
be heard tho Gull and plain,ive sounds, mingled with
the strains of sacred music from OF caant
foaiI tie calm waters and offered strange, but
soothing contrast TO the noe, turmoil, and excitement
IN Monday morning the 18th inst. the two fleets go
uTder way and returned The day to Nargcn. iL'
sucned order of the day issued by Admiral Dundas
inns diately after the bombardment:-
prkE or WinSsror, Orr swrAnone. Aug L, 1854
CONVEX % Rear admiral sir aie 81 Seymour G. b.
arns sricry and those s%pioysd il he sastoa moss
creaaeie in which hey have executed the various
las been Obtained and severe injury Unlisted upon he avs
Of he enemy The Commander Chief
repre- the Inc Admiralty M
servers ""'' nave ' r. !. DTNDAs, Chief
LETTER FROM BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER.
The following Interesting ,ss Extract f s,s gsats letter
August II, was posted in the underwriiers' Rooms,
| LIVERPOOL
You will be glad TO hear 81 great at Swea-
borg at all events is eredi;able and satisfactory, and
o. not losing man is very extraordinary.
The gunboats were repeatedly struck, and French
ortar-boat ard the &. owlcr got a heave from sh
each that made them lelievc they going up How
| over neither hurt Az times til. Russian fire a.
very hot and nothing but tremendously rapid tire
prevented less TO except Gods mercy and protection
\ The Practice made by the mortar vessels and gun-
boats as!onjsled all ny its excellence. From the
English mortar boats alone 200 shells thrown in
- hours and al least 500 Is Zach shells must have
allcn in the place from the fgsh and French mortar
boats In The first hour Tie summary Of the business l.
,hs1 100 men destroyed dookyard la - hours, de-
| tended by Of the strongest .ofresses in Europe.
| mounting 100 guns Captaia Wenyss, Of the Marine
| Artillery, commanded the noe ais, and his gem
| eaai arrangements wtse silefaid u hard
| vNsk for nn in the boats, and al tho end ihcy
| all out with fatigue. Their wese
| ,addsd during the bombardment, and ] do not
eaxm that any ones Of hearing suffered much.
Most Of them felt pain Ia the ciest afterwards, but that
has PASSED of. Lieutenant Hcrsey, OF the GROWER,