The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-08

stes quCk nriDS No exefasneh Every gun v accu.
ry pointed Gter many minutes rs strike Or sweep
the syfon.sd wall m TO avoid the habits;ous The shells
sre obed>ent TIP round sho What the opposing
guns doing cannot see for the smoke gathers hk
below us, and the bx guns 10 have brought down
the wind Vainy do the mortar shells strive 10 reach
these hill forts which ssec to be sleeping in tranquil
Guilty sganshe cold gray sky They all fall short That
red hve s,crieo ba,p which is called the five stored
pagoda aud which Ia said to be the barrsck OF 500
TaTt&rs, nearly touched. shell burst half way up
hill Bat Cough Fort has never yet been approached
Some who must have keener sight than have say that
the Cansse are eHdsavorng to bring their monster guns
10 bear th way The strength OF the armament OF hose
forte placed u bear upon the eastern face when
recO ed them on Wednesday last. But It is useless,
evehn Practicable to change the bearing Of those guns
range, with our motars they will never reach MS The
morning and the smoke thickens, aud sti this
dull monotonous minute gun sound continues Still no sign
of surrender These strange Chinese actually socm TO be
getting used TO it, Sappans and even cargo boats are
binary exercise Of their calling people are coming down
O.the baax and watch the shot and sheIny over their
heads Even the great kites which hover ABOUT mere al
day have returned, and are circn8 above the smoke
LANDING OF TIE TROOPS.
Now the gunboats leave their stations, embark the
troops and hurry down the river to the landing place at
these nasty memoranda as ny. strong body has al
ready landed. ana hre ugh my glass can distinctly see
.ckets and rodcoatseiiher marines or 5Sth, can't DIS
nguish which, for they orouched on the ground
pushing close reconnaissance 70 Fort Lin.
FIRST FIRE FROM TIE CHINESE
Csntco River Dec 2o) Correspondence or London Times
broke of in my arst despatch while the bsmbardmeni
was still proceeding, while the troops landing at
kupcr Creek, and while the General prosecuting q
close reconnaissance OF the East (or Lin's) Fort.
SO near did the reconnoi'erns party advance
imagined the fort must be deserted l suppose,
however, the General had TO think otherwise,
posted in the broken ground to the le while
Of the Naval Brigade and marines who had formed
upon hill side, were advanced into the village on the
RICH, OF the fort Immediately this men took place
mating which covered square building the top
Of the round stone fort removed aud three from
the lower embrasures and voey from ngalls on the
top told tina; the pace occupied Our men were
well under and skirmshers were pushed forward,
who with the deadly Enfield made IL dangerous for the
guupers appear in their large em5rasres Tney con
tnued their fire. however with great pertnscy until the
nine FOUNDER field pieces were got into position and bat
tered and sheled the place (from the village side and
the which separates the village from the
ort at close quarters s;orming psry formed
but the Cinnamon hat had enough OF IT, and alter firing
general voey at the advancing column they absconded in
some way aud were seen swsrmibg up the hill
towards Cough Fort: moment after aud two men ap-
pesred ia the embrasres waving the English aud French
flags.
NY view of this operation from the river side of
The fort What happened Afterwards saw less DISTINCTLY
About hour after the fort had been possession
blew with loud explosion The occupying party aud
also the roope encamped on the Hill side were put in mo
tos assembled the hill and decended the other side.
captain McClures and Captain Osborns men, con-
spcuous by their white gsers over their blue rowsers.
gather a little summit aud disappear into the valley
beyond. There lost sight Of them vo!leys OF mus
kerry and flights OF rockets continued nathat direction
obstinate fight which lasted till down but whether
this occasoned by the discovery OF some unknown
fort commanding the east fort and rendering necessary
TO blow the latter, whether some body OF Chinese
troops had out into the open, shall not know
TIL draw out the separate threads Of this widely
spread ENHANCEMENT
CANTON on FIRE-rHE SCENE AT NIGHT.
Then came the highland such night The ships al
most ceased their firing but the city soon became
Like GU. own iron countries sal al nshs pam o.
bent upon reducing the place to ashes but little oy htt,e
gained by change of position some idea of tne scene
whole, the destruction not without plan There
great blaze al the northwest angle of the city The
gate there surinounted by Chinese guard house, with
the usual gro.esaue upward pointed roof Shells aud
rockets we're poured in voeys upon this structure
became sheet CT fame through which the roof the
raers and the walls stood out in dark outline. By con
slant showers OF rockets the flame led up and down
the city wall and in incredibly short time the long,
n line Of FIRE shot high into the heavens, ana then suo
sided into Acknowledging smoke
While this still raging those vengeful rockets de-
scribed new psrabOla. They came hurting through
The moonlight along the line Of the eastern wall They
objects the triple assault OF the English AMI French
troops to Az those dreadful twenty four pound
rockets flew flames They seemed TO lead the fire
about tame eephsnt, precisely they willed and
strange TO say never seemtd TO spread inward OF to
stray the line OF the city walls expect that whom,
al some more convenient season to the int
rior shall fDd that ali the couayratols have been
watching 20 night with an awe stricken pity have destroy
SIDE OF the wall and afforded cover TO those ginga
whence all great losses affairs with the Chinese have
arisen
THE STORM AND EsCALADE or THE WALLS.
mark the change Of days but they not divided by
repose. All night the city was grt by line Of lame
Tie approach Of morning Indicated by suspension of
the rocket practice and by the reopenng OF the mortar
battery with redoubled energy. As the day broke the
flames sank down and the rose upon aperecty smoke
less city.
The charges Of powder have been increased the
mortar batteries for The shells few high up TO the
hill forts ono Of them at daybreak burst upon an en-
brasure Of Fort Cough, and another went right IT,
Tie ships that had been eDnladng the eastern wall How
A,sR Nka In
neehborhood CT the east fort the three divisions formed
the rush made For hours nothing is visible
and locd cheernr what deeds are done among this
broken ground among thtse trees and brdshwood-on
The tops and the niertcee OF these grave covered hill
ocks-how fare these forces, spread over more than
a mile OF attack, what divisions ate hrst, who
fall and who survive, must tell hereafter. AT eight
O'Clock the wall In gained, aud see the blue Jackets Eng
sh and French, racing along Il northwards
Coughs Fort gives out lie fire, let US hope without
wall There IL a check and silence FOR half an hour
recognise the blue trousers Of one CT the dysons OF
naval brigade. The leaders are probably teaching
how take that five stored pagoda upon the north
wall Along the city wall, and protected by Is
battements they pass, think, unscshed the are from
cleaning white battery, newly built and fun OF guns,
erected upon ledge OF the rock upon which tue wall aud
the Eve stored pagoda here stand. II the assailants
would only go 10 oper distance how these would
riddle them. But with rush an cheer detachment
strikes nom the OF the WALL which the guns do net
command itself safely the foot OF the very
rock which bcars the battery Not sbo, fire. The
rinemen from the walls now ply this half moon for
some minutes, aud 10 quarter Of an hour the
detachment at the foot Of the rock has gone round
and taken the position from behind. Relieved from
those guns, which might have swept thcm.d by
hundreds, men in serfed masses are now swarmng
along the wall. The five storied psgoia (Which ID no
more psgoda according 70 notion OF pagoia. than
II is bum boat, but an old squared building divided into
storics) carried by The oayonct, and the French and
English coors hoisted simultaneously Nov Coughs
Fort opens sulkiy upon is late ally but the assa
ants rot waiting TO reply, hurry along the intervening
wall westward can follow them for some time from
my position and hear them cheering when lose them
IN the hollow few minutes Of sharp fusillsdc and blue
jackets emerge from the trees and buildings upon Maya.
zine hill A moment after, and up go the two bits OF
bunting which tell that this key OF Canton Is our own
II ~ now twenty minutes after 10 In four hours,
therefore, the hill deences OF this city have been cap
tlred. Coughs Fort yet holds out, but this Is mere
question Of q few hours minutes more or leas. The
Magazine hill commands u, and i IS within point blank