The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-14

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The Great Naval Engagements In the Canton
Rivsr-Defsats OF tho Chinese The Bravsry
OF the Cslsssials-A Fort and Fleets a
Junks Dsstroysd-The Killed .ad Wound-
ed, &c.
progress OF the In China than hose already received
BY telegraph from Halifax.
The (actpg) English Consul II Trieste elsgraphed 70
Lord Clarendon on tho 23d Of july from Aexandria ~
follows
There have been brilliant and successful operations On
the Canton river On Ny H. 10 junks, and the ash ~
our naval force engaged and captured fot and Or
destroyed l27 juDks, mounting 300 guns 5000
We lost three officers eight men, and had ay-
six men wounded, some MORALLY.
In the nrs expedition 10 unts were taken and II de-
stroyed; each was armed With 81 FOUNDER. In the
cond expedition % junks taken In . creek and de-
stroyed There was heavy fire from tho houses, and
many OF our men were wounded In the third expedition
Commodore Elliott and Admiral Seymour sormed fort,
and boat expedition attacked some junks and there was
sharp engagement.
and destroyed about 127 junks, mounting 500 guns
Three ofhoers and eight men were killed, and three
officers and ffty three men wounded side.
FIRST ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CHINESE JUNTs.
The Chinese feet has been destroy cd two decisive en-
gasenens, but ne sentiment Of our nayy Aas undergone
EnolIhms hape ben killed and ,oouNded N ese huo con-.
fic1 han weye dtsabkd b.tore Ae pa,h Of Acre
The operations lasted during the 2stn 26sh and 21h q
Nay. The second was under oomnodores Keppel aud
Elliott commanded By the Admiral In person. The nzst
nyou win refer The small chart OF The CAntoa rvsy
recently pubished By the Admiralty, and which, r =
y running from the Canton river eastward me sorsh-
ernmost Of these Escape creek next 70 Tho south, 10
about miles further % the south : an entrance osIsa
Second Bar creek, and four miles SUI seslhwards
these four nles marked the chart Thsy sre sup.
posed 70 communicate with each oAer further inland bat
ASoa, nve miles up E.sspe creek srre sss. Of .oa..
nm tunks had AID for some tins, and here w has w
operations were commenced.
Bastard, he saunch The s.rhns and he FORBES ssS
Horned and the Tbuns steamed into The creek and cae
upon Al mandarin junks, moored aOroas he stream Each
sS WI. 1ss u gun A. ss
nred after she Goa Within asge struck hs hong Kong,
and for minutes the shot cane nick aboasd of her,
order possible, i'm msdIaely opened are ms iuns
stood fer some lime and returned the nre with spart
work that large exposed gun, risns In he bow q hs
cnk and without scrap OF profession 10 Tho who
crease they all swim vssses in psIIsd By oar. or
ssib. Several Of them got under way AMI turned for
digit up the creek Imnodt.sly hey did . hey
Prescd on pursuit, bu. The vsisrs shoAsd Tns gun
ed Mandarin juns ai In three fes< One By oos Tho
steam runbosu grounded, but the Oomnodores cry was
.he Of he AIssr ,hips Quickly n ssssmss sos
fAst In the mud The men swarmei inio ine
Of 10 pursuit. A last there w was '' na '' ussm amer
ahoai, the tunks we're In foil night up .ne creek,
ne rowboan were In no, pursuit. II was hA,d vors,
for these are swim vcsseis, and with 70 Onineso
pulling for dear fe, they pas deftly through TIE shallow
and uescherous channels. Tho guns, however, IN No
get alongside tho Grew aways fred broadside Of sraps
mped out on The oher side, swan ashore, and o3
Sixteen jGnks taken and destroyed In :hs main
crek Thirteen escaped by dnt Of ~f rovsg The sun
vas Tremendous ana cases Of sun stroke were oocsrnsg
among tae men. Ono junk had In turned up
little inlet 70 tho hght, and being folio we'd politely sd
out squadroo Of ten van. up pssss. 10 me Ion,
ton. rhey now however, utterly pa,,o stytoksu
tha. upon being approached By four boats .hey wore al
mus ended Tho nrst days work.
sB0csD GREAT NAVAL FIGHT AND rrs RusuLrs-
TIE BATTLE OF rArsHN
Uommoaorc hi,oss, hoge,cr wss no. ssssnsd .sous
were great many more In those creeks
me next day vN employed in stopping The four boz
net len 70 guard Bsoape creek fSs InasrIoie
bad her broadsides bearing upon the entrance he
Of he wsSss channel All ,ss e Do n o oss oA we
Canton river being thus closed Commodore Elliott suA
bis gusbose, with all the slps boas Of his squadron in
Avshss ohaDnsL For Twelve miles hs rupboss
found water, bat found nothing else; bu, The oomms-
The day before when running up Tbs E.ospc cresr.
and he feh convinced thai these creeks were ell In
,Ss, ln ~. hs so met nnsm.n .ee sa nun
away 70 to-n whereof this p~soda tho princip. build
ing, and wnich We now know 70 be rung kcon Aesadon
ing bis steamers, therefore he took 10 his boa and afr
rowing Tor twelve miles between paddy folds rounded
point OF The creek and found himself close In with tho
town Of Tung koon and also with feet OF unks Zone Of
Them OF great size and spendor) and under bsa,ery
The Chinese we're utterly unprepsred for this sudden
cheer, and made rush; the Chinese Jumped overheard
without firing shot
was necessary destroy these unks, and wss desrsbl
10 take away The chief Junk But The boats we're IN tho
mld, city me ores, Of the junks established them
selves In houses and nret upon the ors with Rnss
The ms,ines were obliged TO form and charge in no
streets. The mandarin Junk found 10 have powder
upon her deck and trains communicating between her
the streets Then house close 70 her wa set On Arc
and up she went, neary carrying English pinnsos up
Who had no sam In her'rov boas bs Az nov sooe
her work hardly cared 10 pail back again sails, there
ore vere mProysed out Of the mats and other spcs a
ne Junks and they came sailing down swshee enamel
. guise which might have puzzled The master Of sach
hip 10 recognise his own boat
In this Affair." one out Of every ten engaged was hA
"A large average even in Earopesn warfare soch vas
ne result OF he expedition OF The Escape creek
~. maj describe the battle Of Fsshan In all IN setas
rot only because was the mos desperate cutang "
air tina, has happened In waters bu. also
enable. me to describe at he same a@e pe ossi.e Of
Dur Operations and the present position thesrsh o,oe
n China have sent home BY this mail plan Of the
operations, and Mr. VIVID publish . cheap form
and people will refer 70 O. while reading my narrative
believe can make the Incidents clear 70 them. III do
notn must be my own fault for no one had beer op
portupity OF seeisg them.
On Friday the 2sh Of Nay, at Q O'Clock In tbe
moving Admiral sr Michael seymour, Command
ing In. Chief left the Calcutta line q battle chip
and hoissed his flag board the CoronAndeL
me Admiral accompanied By Commodore kspcel,
Commander Roland Of the Calcutta M. Fo~ier, Sag
lieutenant; acting signal beuieosnt and ".
Anderson star surgeon Lieutenant D,ugls Of the oal
,us., commanded The ccrOmsndeL win me srcsraou
VI Mr. James the Adpirals Secretary, and OF ind.
ridua Who there the Admtras guest these we're
he only occupants Of me quarter deck.
rHp BRITISH FLEW sIasALLxp--srKAxrre ZIP rae
CANTON RrvnR.
Bang goes the signal gym and the Coromsndel 10 unaer
-Four low, black, vixen loosing iIssely
how signs Of movement md they are soon following "a
he raAe Of he Admiral These are he Haasny, Ne