The New York herald., 1863-01-25
OPERATIONS OF THE NAVY.

ID ths simple nHrfatlve OF boinpmumcnt ana ius
vesmsn OF the fort where the troops aud the gunboas
blazing away at once not easy TO separate
distinctly the operations Of tho army and the navy, and
a, the same time preserve chain and
Incidents as thsy rAnsprcd the water and on land
But tho gunboais commenced tho fight, will hrsi al
lndc TO the operate Ions Of tho navy.
IL was Ave minutes past when the gcntoats
Barren DcKaib Cincinnati and Louisville. all iron clads,
steamed up within about hrcc hundred yards of ihc
fort, opened Gro upon Il. Just the gun
boats hove In sight and bcf ,rs they nred shot tho ;o
opened on them. On sort VI sandy seasai, by the
tho river the rcbcs had erected trgcs.
which assn, them iu aiming a the gunboats Bar
cAdes bad also been placed tho opposite tho fort:
but the high water had waihcd par, thc away and
lsfs tho channel open Ti,s bonbsrdmens incfspssd
rapidsy other vessels oe the squadron nto psr
ton. II took timc 10 get good range of the
mated guns and tbs barbe,e gua tho fort Tho Ra
DsKsb had orders fro0 tho Admiral 10 nrc ~ tho right
hand casemAte the Louisville M tho middle ooc aud ths
Cincinnati n tho great nnsnch pahgrcn gun tarb~
IN half an hour asr the bobsrircss
struck by tho shri from tho xunboAis whea
tho range obtained the shsis from the ganb cts
struck the guna In the almost crcry shos every
soccd and smashed. Tho Cincinnati AIRED sbrs
nell At nrst and cleared ths crew away from tho
Dahgrcn gun tho parapct, whsu tho inron lie Ksib
broke Of the muzs with tsn.inch shot The Icxostcp
Ugh, draught, L,cu.cnant Commander James W. sh.rk.
msved up n two O'Clock and with her rred gnBs rcr.d
10 the Parrot rnsd gus the tort whii the na,te
Lieutenant Commander Waite. smith, and The Ghis,
Lieutenant Commander Woodwork, threw IN shrapnsl
sns company with the Monarch colone Charles b.
ElIct of the army commanding pushed W The
fort. Zach ~ tho guni,oa,s sl,ncci the run
srueted 10 hro at about tho time ~ t~cay min.
past two all ,bs sayy smooth bore rned gus a
Lieutenant Commander X n Brsose. the Adnrsis Gar
ship. steamed up and took par, in the hight The Adm-
raj hnself with his secretary, DR. Heap, ,ns ~.
,ug which all tho time screaming ard aasepg sboa
among the gunDoa,y directing and superniondsg tho
fight.
Tho Baron D-kaib, nore than any of ,ha othss noa
clsds perhaps, bore the srurl of the lghl. Th- tho
lourteenth nfeenth bornhardrsnt which she has
engaged she tho old s,. Ios,.. hsvspg
been recently changed the BArgn DcKsib To Asy
lay right under its guns of the fort from ths
msnl u the bail. the csse. shall The ssrt
struck tho gun The port bow and srcse tho syls
render uselcas passed through Tsrko.s
gun deos and sspoded. smashing vvssyiSisg bers i.
killing two ADD woandng nfieon. ADoibes shell
Tho iron armd tSo ilhes aud hAH II sh;chs~~s,
brok. tho plate, hot eh nos pcnsusis uss ye~sss. a
third sbsi HIT usss the gill Of another porshos cared
away Dukkcad Of deck tbs port bvxstss
Of the gun carriage, bst did nos nJurs either The xss
OF man striking the gun, however, glanced ~ " ihs
right new s ~bols lsush " tho gun deck ,oeh~i sss
cylinder chamber and passed on, the spsr aocs.
Parrot sbo, struck tho pi, house and made qaiis
lndcntaion 10 the Anotber shot carried tbe besa
u the launch away and damaged Woodwork ne
d.sh 1i-s sassoAi h,i nfisea sx.ss1 ,isss "
heavy sto, tho as u The gun .ns ouiy s~ros M
jgry sbe sustained.
The Cincinnati lay close 10 ihs bsso1 DoKalb Ds Ca
ennAil fred on fori 0nly vim ssf srr~ b~ Suss
"a Cred sLo. and shrapnci 81 lns runners, asd efc~
.rsps over The fort sbe asacs sous sins~ isn
time. %. shell nev deck, vent casr ihrv~gh ,bs
hcc do~n iulo csgsass cabin. through ha ss@spng
APARTMENT luto tho sssssasai ana thsrs h~iGed Nae
shots struck the igyn ssnor but the pis,ng s~se-
rally creased the balls glanced ~ -isbosl dssg aug
damsgs. Nobody bsu 90 sosra tbs sibsssastl.
Hsv gsaosrs made soms splendid shots st The fort
Tns fsalsv1s did esssi,sas sw,oe 70 tbs sRbi sbs
hss more ,nsn aoz~n scars sbsa entered lbrsaSs
hs msds part rrck the tob ese~~si1ng - the pro-
,esscn a the bo~s snd thsrs sapoasc ~ossdns ssfsfi
nsa Anosbsf snes,, gpiss 10 ibs rri bSs aA~i 90
man irss~nty AsA wonod~i ssssfesy ms hos
.iraes lha gsnboAs smsrsps 90 ss pgi 49, .~a ~e"
swsy ~ rs.lnx 90 ,hs aecs spoab~ shxh'el - 10
ssa,ard qsar,ss 10 %. p~y uAs'' rcn a0S sSsn
vent Overheard. A sbos nsem toe MAS Aneh y~hsts
gun 90 tss fosi lcsctnz -" S''~ ""s' 's'"Nsh 80
.,oawors h~,ussn fosr braas'ae soEa. srsss 10 ssn
,,.s ,.eo~tstsd sud x"u, iuto tbS scsga 80.
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