The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-08-12
Capture ~ the Chlnese Fcre.

Inc Friend OF China, nJune ID, hasan secount
o. the assanlt and capture of the Chinese fort. oa
tns Psi-Ho river BY the French and Epsli.h. Ne
EQUATIONS between the allies and the Chinese yer,
keps up until the 10th Of May, when, aotbinv
growing ont Of thsm, Il was determined 70 storr.
the forts. The Friend aye: 5
= iistie sfter ssven on the morning of the ao,h.
sp.. Heii (Ftag TO Admiral seymour, puIIed IN -
ths nearest of the three 5orss built vithn shs
yeafs on either side Of the Psiho, ssd dema M
q =, peaceaoie surrender Could such thinr -, !,
I'm. ne snswor .a vas pronpt-csrtsinly mott sTsks
o. ours are terrible fellows YOU viii rns s ~
aetermine on hghting. Tske an hour. tsks to
.ske .s tnree-say nine~ O'clock" "Come on.r wss
turned r S'"si si;aJ,s ySms one come al Capt Han 70
pa,nea when they think Of the probable efInsinn
Oh blood; and Capt. Hall had now .aen soo ,,,.. -
tne prowess Of the Chinese not TO know thar : hsn
M. ns our shell and rocket practice
VI niAasraoie natives have no chance Tho nId
picture o. 2 skeleton with his scythe mowinr
Gown sli before him giyes the aptest ,i1ails g
what follows: ssA"o VI
Nine O'Clock came-no sign Of Welding no,..
was expected-Tsu! Onl Like The srashasas
IRON the lash away started the Britiss Sisn.,es
boat Cormorsnt- II was high water and ths,e -.
ample for her close to the nearest fort. Plynr The
French cpIors 1t the FORE on she dsshedns.s.S
the rst fort, receiving on the way the bcIa hIss -
hsr metal, fortunately with but slfeht casn.l,,
two wounded and dozen shot holes-nnd - : in.o
the mud with her broadside Oh the next. Next
after the Cormorant went the Fuses and Drsooone
French boats, then the Opossurn, and afterwsrds
the Nimrod. The Fusee was fearfully manlea
willis MIR. prckstt, Master of the Opossum. was
struck By grape shot which took away parts of
one siae ana thigh Inc other guuboats ssch
took up positions as directed, only the Saney re-
msined behind, the fiag ship OF the two Ad-
mirals. One hour WAS given for the batterinu.
and the precision with which the Allies III rev
their shells is spoken CT by American aud Russian
arActAforR a i.dsa Thn hos
went the Slaney, towing boats from the chips
outside, with landing parties from the Andaceu se
Nemesis. Phiegeton, Primauget Calcutta, Furious
Fury, Piqus,-ons portion Of the English blue
jackets, under Capt Sir T. Nicholson, of the last
mentioned ship, the senior Post Captain present,
taking the fort on the right bank-Captain Hall
with another section of the boats the fort on the
left. The business ofdriving the Chinese out was
soon over. Cunning rascas, they had laid trsins
for heavy charged mines and direful were the con.
sequences to intrepid allies the French no less
than ffty-eiEht Of whom were blown into the air:
four Lieutensnts, one of them first Of the Fusse,
glish had twenty-five killed and wounded, the
only officer among the former being carpenter (of
the Fury E5E
On the Nimrod, slauey, Opossum, and French
gpu-boat (name not menifoned) devolved the task
Of capturing the fort highest up. Half an hour Is
bombsrdment was sufficient to induce its deser-
ton. BY quarter past twelve the whole affair
was over,-e,ghteen hundred Enropeans had dri.
Vcu ouk tdu SHuushuu Vi tuS GtftS OF the chinese
! army The weight of metal, however, was all on
our side, saying nothing of experience at working
The two lower forts contained about seventy guns
the upper one thirty, In all huadred-two thirds
OF them being OF brass or composition metal, val
| liable as prizes. ks5a
| In letter which We have seen. the writer says
| The way in which Saumsurez ran the gauntlet,
took up a position In the mud, and played his me-
| tai, was the admiration Of every one. Admiral
| Rigault De C. was very Wild with the leading
man of the French gun.boats, aud when it was ali
over rubbed him up one eide and down the other
| from the Slaney, in an extraordinary way-"Why,
the Cormorant had silenced the fort sir before you
get abreast Of her,"-was one of his expressions,
| aud she had, too, or nearly-not only before the
French, but before any Of the other boats got up
/ to- her. --.-....--s -st ssf -Fsra-s
| So much for the battle, row revert We to neso-
tiations and prospective movements. The neso-
| tiations were very brief Three days were re-
| quested for communication with the Court " Not
An hour" was the reply of the Admirals. ave
| told you II you did not comply with our demands,
We would take your forts;-we have taken them
| aud now We proceed to Teentsin."