Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-05-25
tFrom the English papers.l
The Bombardment.
Monday. April 9th

a,,r r;,It ot,onL In soc-rd oetor,yords
s,,;sr, ,r ond ao,rn ~ l;no--rro,, ,La
i;,,lo monnd. and billocks noar Inkerm,n
from the broad commanding nositions of
Green Hill and Gordon's Bat.eries-from
quiet picturesque rayincs, where no one
- -, - ~
dreamt OF guns lurkihg-hish from ,he rear
on steep anu ioity rruses, uhu away uoWh 10
the ieit, "here tne french WORKS s'retcn out
over low marsh ianus 10 h"'niescn-ifoin
every pouht oi our INES came hunures
streaKs oil name ana masses OF smoke for
minutea ai'er 'nerc was eiience' anu '"en
the great concusslon cano runoilnS on,
slowly mastering ooth "lnd ana ram ana
swellng into roar that seeineu TO snake
both heaven ana earth. Inc shells ana nul-
lets OF the hrst discharge mace OF themselves
perfect uproir, as they iell IKE an IRON
nan tull upon tue enemy batteries. some
shot were short. and went bounding toWdri'
lhe "orks' scattering lhe earth li"' "h'er'--
I'm 80 - -
wv, .nins III, VIZ Wv, D"' ~ -
ihase nNm "ele "cii aiinVu % anu - anu
iuii INV tno , oic"l'S an "t'o,
,i,' ,ien. uo e"vi' "uls. w ny
IKE li craohers, anu tl.o s'uhi'l"s W
VIC e'o"' '''o' ''i' oi"'o
uouI o'eI 80 ot.ei ~ ;'7,,
Vohos eCrIaihou t"iouS" t"' ~ ~
Mahkou' After 'his hrs' 'rtihcnuouo VIZ
icy eacn gun WORKED as IL coulu, anu iesu
lar nie nrco Vi mortar anu "c"'y guns e'
nehceu oPoh TUE p'''e' i"o euc"!
gu cohIleteiy SurIriseu' IN ''to ~
awful saiVo general con, WiS snmr ,ninutns
III thelr D"itg1irusd irtaI1itad fbcn tho N,,nclou fred
tbree or C,ur at oncn and tho Rndun and
Nalakofr also beoan n slow IRREGULAR cannon
ade Tho Flacstaff BATTERY was also Quick
mass of .he gnn, in all the Russian works
were silent t;radunllv. after a apse of five
or ten minutes their fire extended but.
before half their ordnance was manned. ours
Rad frad n dozen rounds so that somo of the
encmv's gun, were struck before they fred
| n .hot. and mast all manning. 1t was nearly
.;v o,cIock haCnra ali their works wore in
tuIl nlov. and then each battery reltinr
against it's assailant. fell to business in
| earnest.
TLa tb,r
| ''i, ,b;ai' IA ,nn,.arss s+;il nncort,;r
was ''H. ."'IA 80 ~ 'i 49, 49,. oo, sad
s sneu n'EnI E., s,o 49, 49, 20 ao,,',,.s lot
niis ~. ho,t p,as;.,na AZ liz
eisn.' az .t;n r,,ns Tho fr. oe thosn
o.'' s0u w. n;,,,;nni nlI n;,t,, /, "a soma.
-; 81 49,. .,,,'.i m,a,, tI.o LiIIs which
arnrtonL H., to,,r ard watch tLo rrnvrcss of
the nightly boluhArdment. The Cuurreve
rockets rush from the French batteries with
dcafenng roar, leave a light trail ot fire
| behind, lust sufficient to trace the course of
the missile as it darts vaguely hither and
thither through the air, settling down at
last with loud crash in the flagstaff
This wild erratic course occasionally lands
them outside the Russian lines, and now and
then forces them clear over everything into
the very centre of the town. From both
4 Al. ,l,,tr, .l
with a heavy painful explosion, and with n
flash which, even at a distance, is almost
binding. As the dull boon shakes your
yery frame, YOU hear the shell with kind o
whistling roar mount higher and higher into
the mir. till having reached its zenith il
, dcscends with A double speed and force int,
the enemy's works. The shock with whicl
/ it strikes the ground can be distinctly hearC
even in the allied camp, followed in secunC
after by the sharp ringing explosion, in thu
bright Glare of which the earth is thrown vi
like cloud. The enemy are replying t
each shot with many long guns, some NOR
v tnrs hut MS. no rockets nt all and when
I evor n nause occurs in the caunoualc, tn
U sbnrn nuick rattlinp of the inusketry make
itself audible To the advanced trenches, til
e the recommending roar of artillery drown
h, all other sounds.
= ,rho rd,nont continued without inter
4 ,,;..;, ,Lrnnchnut tho ,i,ht and the enc
}. M r ,n,o cNnssouantlv nreyented renairin
It ,ta;, da,no,os Nm. nrartirc nr our mortar
Ls w., ,no,I r,ssod y,;thnu
g. 10 ~ .hoIl h.;,,, tbrown intn the Nnla
l. - Mnaia,, ,La clnsa.,F N,ud,
d orar;nc,s srn tho Nuakof was almost con
e ,io,ni,ns ns;lor,oJ and ra,t mnrnin, il r.plie
l. r. tno,,.,,rnnnode Win only two GINS. whic
n ,raro i;sn,nurted ar eight For several houl
IS 60, d;d no, Grs a Shot indeed the Ru
D. 80, e., alon, ,bo whole of the;r lines W.
'naat o,an n'. sia Ar .bout four o',locl
N ia,s.u OH ,ho .remv,s lines and batteri,
N snd5anIv snrune into life and yiror. Vo
= L. or froni Io6 to l5O onns ver, fred
y ~. e. n- ,h PaJar III. EIorstnY Bnrrlc
n. Gardan and MalnkofT batteries even ii
n W,mal,r Which ali Thought DESTROYED ar
he untenable fred five or six guns in raj al Su
n cession. Their shot came in upon our worl
in like hail On every point along our III
or balls were to be seen bounding and rlun
by ing, and shells bursting like fireworks in t
to air. Never, perhaps, was such coucc
er trated and destructive cannonade witness
VS. since the commencement of the siege. y
h, felt that, if it continued two or three hour
ng our works would be levelled with the dust
as, though both English and French kept
ID, a terrible fire, the enemy, in spite of .
mt utmost effprts, gave five gun. IN reply
er our one.
ad A strange and almost unexNmpled ac
ed dent occurred to one of our batteries.
m. l3-inch mortar, with moderate charge, a
err, not ovcr-h heated, burst on being fired, a
- flew into two pieces, splitting up longitu
Mt naliy. One OF the huge masses was thro'
tty 80 yards to the right, and another a gre
nd distance to the left, and yet, wonderful
in relate, though the fragments tew alon9
lil- traverses and rarapet, not one man was XII
or wounded.