The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-16

beng the formidable and nov far famed Taku forts tue
General wisely determined TO remain quietly where he
until he had stores sgh Of every hug the front
70 meet any cont ncy that might Until the 20h
thfreiore euf troops rensaed In the position they
had taken up on the afternoon OF 14,h Meanwhile
sioies ~ every kind got up abundance though
under difficulties, for want OF transport a1d heavy
Wen nah drIyins mspy mnor aassoSs,9s 70 esspsir
The french could not masAte 70 "hod oa" at all. be
believe, both their transport an miasariat breaking
down npesey, 20 large number Of them crofsed ths
river " large village, where fancy they subssted
chiefly BY oong-,hosgh suppose n is wrong % hazard
that largo body OF the Preach do cross aad
take up their position among the numerous villages
there at least two or three days before any Of our ep
and that without any other apparent object than merely
70 subsst themselves what they could pick up over
far have been abe % discover. ia. they should
advance However, must now come 10 tho grand SHACK
Of the a and here mus. give large mssd q es g,As s,y
bravely The hooor o. the hard dght have now 70
describe due entirely 10 those Of them who were en-
ment royal marines and 9th. By the victory OF the
2ls the key whole Of the enemys strong position
1t mouth Of the Peho gained and such terror
was struck into the souls Of our enemies that, within
three hours aer they surrendered Internationally toe
whole Of the res. Of the Issu Sr. and have since BE-
Peking and have declared themselves ready 70 d. any
thing we want Seldom, ever, have sncn great results
begin Al the beginning The plan OF attack the 2ls,
believe, that the LIST division Of English, vita the
rect OF the French should cross the river AID threaten
the southern FORTS while tho Fl division should assault
the nearest OF the northern forts Aocoi DINGHY, on
the evening OF the Goth, tho 81 division moved out
FORT but just Of range, while working parties were
thrown oct 70 erect batteries for the siege train and re
oonnorpg parties examined the intervening ground as
closely as possible order to eelect the favorable
points for attack The Chinese evdeotly had some ink
ling Of VIA, going on Tor they threw out showers
Ore balls from walls OF the fort In order to discover
| where our men were and what they about; but
whether that they either could BOT make them out
or did not consider the work they engaged In al
fecins them al oil seriously they only
guns during the night At daybrea< next morning the
division then advanced some our or I've Of cur batteries
having got into position aud pouring In Tremendous are
upon the fort with precision while tho infsntry-thst Is
say wing Of the Forty fourth, Royal Marines aai
sixty seventh and One Hundred and Second regiment OF
Frnchady the Bulls the other wing OF the Forty
fourth and Purj ubee regiment remaining In reserve,
the Chinese replying with great spirit, but lit.s
| short and their round shot falliog eyory
| where but in the right PLACES. o. arriving At 8
long low embankmeu about 500 yards from tne fovt,
the infantry were halted, and made 70 lay down, while
the batteries were all advanced TO ranges varying from
TOO % GOO yards, and operef ttiit more telng r
exploding impeuee magazines insiie fort
about hour nearly siicncing the euemys big guns
regiment and the wiog Of the 44th being thrown
shsptbcoters while wing Of the Kosal Marines al
vaSoed With seating ladders AMI noolo ns aud the otnsr
the aormng party got noe the IRE poured oso the fort
from batteries became absolutely terrific Five
sLoi shell went ing into every minute, and the
enemy could not show themselves above the ps-apet
al. Through the oopholes, however they kept up q
heavy Ore OF eineas which was bisky responded - oy
our shsrpenc otsTs Occasionally too, big gun from
the south side sent round shot plump IN anoag
The stoupg party bat the Tremendous explosions that
had taken place inside tho FORT and The terrific hre they
bad been subjected 10 bal PROBABLY prayzsa them to
great extent and their toos we've, consequently few and
lar beiween This fort Ike the wall Ut rousku, must
tel you, also iroo,ed By two wet bitches. both
egheen feet In width, aus about eight len feet Deep
the 0rst deiended moreover by strong sbstsas.
The cond by shnrp stakes 9TH sides Ga arriving
the nr ditch, great difficulty Of course, experienced
IN laying the ponioeps he men being knocked here
by the dozen The Fog neers under Colonel Mann and
the Royal Marines under Colonel rrAyers stuck 10 their
work. however and at last got the pcntoons over the
st d,ch aud they shortly amer made bridge over the
second believe, with the strongest OF the scaling lad
deIs The lighter ladders were then planted asan, ihe
WALL end they went, some OF the french and some
followed, however, by some Marines, and these by
the rest OF the stcrmins party The French
got Up come Of their Chlneee coolies, aud
made them stand In the ditch holding scaling ladders up
over she neass sssns, We wall ana 20 al once crossed
spears swords. web achocks aud were sho.
and bar oneted IN numbers They onAly fed, however,
through embAsures the southern aide OF FORT
and eIdavorsd TO make their eacApe TO the
about hsfs mile OF, few with succcm, however, the
greater number being shot the attempt, Our Ia
kied and wounded amounted 70 2oI, 10 mon being len
dead on The held Il oicors ard ISL men ided o.
these of ,ers and Is men belonged 20 ,b 4ia otcers
and % the Roy Marines OH ere All about 20
TO the 9Th and the rest 70 the Royal and
Artillery The French lefs about 80 dead the Geld,
believe and had up TArds OF 100 wounded The rarars
must have lost, should think, at least 1000 Their
fort ami where they attempted TO escape ths ground
covered With their bodies 0ne ',p,ak buttoned'
vino VIZ :sss q ;ss me
for. ! have since heard that Il was the madam
second In command" cer'ais "Lie1,eosrt General
T." some such name. Among the odlocrs who par
tcnlayly distinguished themselves ! mar meafioa
Captain Gregory and Leu<ensn, Rogers Of The tth Lieu
Ants Burs,em ana Chaplin Of the 61h and Lieutenant
kemp1On BrtRndier
rceyes Of the Foayh Brigade some Of these officers,
believe have been re for the Victoria Cross
and certainly deserve well The gallant OH B,gsdier
Reeyes wounded In four Places hear bot refused 70
DO removed 10 The rear, and SAL remains with ns br
gsde. Colonel Tavers, q the Royal Marines. Colonel
Mann and MAJOR Graham II is supcrauous 10 mention
desp chss VIII doubtless do them all justice Young
hayed win bravery To Sir bert Napier ana
his stan chiefly, however, Of course, indebted f
tho success Of the day They were ssays where they
wanted, and conducted the Operations with N
amount Of ooass and ntrepdy thsi called forth TIE "a
nirA.cn OF all Who them Sir Robert Napier had hi:
spygass OF his hand BY shot, ana the heel
Of bis boot away by another lieutenant Brooke his
aide De camp. shos seroufh tho thigh, and I'll mus,
have had harbreadth escapes, for they
greatly exposed. must not forget &, me1tou 100,
conduct Of the Chinese ccoe Corps few Of them
lies for the wounded they kept close their go
tive regiments throughout the whole day. and never
anohed even when they we're close under the fort and
| subjected 10 . very heavy IRE
| must nos realy-bcth 10 pity 10 myself and "
Jour readers, any Of them have been persevcring
4
| screed-shut up, or I viii be the death OF both
/ them and mye.lE l have only 70 add that, within
quarter of hour after the English and French flags
were planted In the ors Gags Of truce put up In eli
the other forte, and parsy held, which eoded,
have sreaiy TOLD you In their unconditional surrender
and DOT moment TOO soon either, - terrible thunder
storm shortly after on, which drenched every
70 the ssD, Converted The plain into perfec, scamp
again and would have rendered any further operations
that day exceedingly unpeas I, the least ring
Of the IN I'd bus The psubce regiment and
iey, were therefore, let 10 possession Of the fort and
the rect OF the al vion marched back 70 1aku for
the night And soh msrob. Through mud agas ankle
deep aud water In many places over the kncs However
u "a all row. and In few days more nearly every
viii be comfortably housed either board ship or In
Ten Jsn The natives already quite ., ease s'th
and bringing In fowls eggs, fruits, sc In abundance.
20 that the campaign may be fairly sat 10 be over,
hope and happy return 70 dear old EaslAni 81 hand
Tor Of the bravo fellows Who have ondur.
ipgy AZ well successfully fought her battles IN this
nlihy country.
Tom Sayers IN Trouble.
from the Birmingham rost, ost 81
The renowned puestic champion u ~ prcsert on .
visit to vasai, IN connection with Mcssrs Hoses aud
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