New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-18
STRONG POSITION OF THE REBELA
DUB M0RTAR-BoATs AT wonk.
THE CAPTURE OF THE ISLAND
ALSO, ALL THEIR AMMUNITION
AND TRANSFORM
ANOTHER VICTORY IN ARKANSAS
Three Rebel Colonies Captured

Three Rebel Colonies Captured
Special Dispatch 10 The n 2. TIfbun.
wAsHrserox. Monday March II. -
The following dispatches have been receives
at the Navy Department.:
CAiso March 49, 1850, 10: % D -
A messenger left the F0tilla ct O'Clock yestsrds8
The feet were then in line Of battle dropping slowly
down and within two miles of the enemy. -
Island No. 10 two mortar boats were in position, aa4
four shots wers fired. Tho guuboat Benton fired
few shells try her range. No reply came from -
Rebels. Six Rebel gunboab wsrs in sight larJs
body Of troop. appeared eRcampsd on the mainland
close to the bead Of the Island. The Commodore b
in good spirits but the messenger did not expose
fight before to-day.
CArao, March II, 1861
The following dispatch was received from u
squadron at 3 o'clock this morning;
We have had some beautiful practice to-day wt0
rifles at their upper battery The nortars Gred sisA
There il no special result. The Rebels arc ve4
strong and it Is bard for "a to get at them Tbe up
per battery Is about two miles above leland No. ~
on the Kentucky shore. Gen. PoPe's guns at New
Madrid command the river, preventing the paasa0e
of the Rebel gunboab and transports which ars ~
tween New Madrid and Islsud No. 10.
10 '' cAIno Match is, ia
Tie reporter Of the Associated Press, cow -
board the flagship. two miles above Island No NJ
sen6s the following:
The fotilla got under way at 81 O'Clock this morn
ing, and dropped down slowly NATL about oe'oek,
when the flagship, being about twenty minutes
ahead. and six miles above the Island, discovered
siern-whee steamer run out from the shelter 'fa
point on the Kentucky shore, and steamed down IL
river. Four shells were thrown after Der, but Ne
distance was too far for the shots to take effect.
At O'Clock the feet rounded TO about three miIsa
above the islaod. The Commodore then ordsrs4
three Of The mortar-bosts into position.
At this hour 9 o'clock in the afternoon, We ~
within range, but as yet have heard nothing ffsa
the enemy.
There appears to be q large Rebel force on -
Kentucky shore aud we have counted thirteen gu
in position on tho bluffs.
A large number Of Rebel transports can also b
seen across the low point near the Missouri shore.
bu.ly engaged around the sland, but what they srs
doing cannot be determined
The mortar-boats are moraentarily expected -
open FIRE.
We discern tho much.talked-of floating Rebel bai-
terry VI the island.
CAiRo, March l6-p. a.
Commodore Foote is Smelling tine Rebeh ct Islan4
No. 10.
Gen. Pops's batteries prevent their escape dows
The river.
They are said 10 be Is 900 10 q, 900 strong.
Rebel gnpboats are understood to DO engaging
Gen. Popes batteries.
-Four o'clock D. r.-Tbe Rebels at Island No. u
have very strong position. Forty-six guns have
been counted.
Eight mortsrs sbelled the battery above the isAsl
to-day The enemy left it several times but returned.
They only fired with two guns.
Der shes reached the island easily.
Gen. Pope has sent dispatches 10 Conn., Foots, says
ing that bis heavy guns command the river, so thse
neither steamboat nor gunboat Of the enemy 90
pass.
Firing has been heard in the direction of New.
Madrid all day. II is supposed that the Rebel gun
boats are trying to force passage.
seven Rebel transports near Island No. 10 ~
hemmed IL.
The encsmpment Of tho enemy Ia visible, and 3
supposed to be large enough for 1900 to 0,ooe
men.
CAIRO, Monday, March. II. ls61
There is nothing later from Island No. 10 THAI .
dispatch to-day, which says that the accuracy Of he
firing by the mortars yesterday was fully equal %
previous expectations The mortar feet threw ~
shells and the Benton Al. 1t Is expected that C
more Of the enemy's works will be reduced to-d(s
and the place closely invested.
II is thought By come that the Rebels are msrcira0
across the neck OF land from the island to Assre
weahsrs landing the Mississippi, only Ave milsss
over u practicable road, and below Poiu. Plsssas>
where Gen. Pope has batteries, and that wnsa
they are embarked on the boats the smoke OF whisa
was plainly seen yesterday at or near M'riwessnsrs
landing from the gunboat Bentonl we shaiI mad sAA
Rebel nes, empty, and the river clear OF Rebels v
Randolph or Fort Pillow
ST. Lorra Monday, March II. is6A
I, ,esrou,e 20 serensds tonight, 0ea. Hallect
sn,,urc.d from the balcony Of the Plaxlsrs Hoss
,,., J.Laud NnmSev Ten 10 Ours, rak all ~
Ir,,,ni,ion and T'rdnsporfs The Enemy had AsrA
He said also that another victory hsd been yai,s>
IN Arkansas, in which three Rebsl Colonss wsss
captured.
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