The New York herald., 1863-06-04
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THE REBEL POSITION In TaE GULF.
How Mobile Is Fortified and How the
Works are GarrisOned.
THE NAVAL WORKS At SELMA.
THE CONFEDERATE RAMS AND GuNBoATS.
Sketches of the Fort, Batteries
and DISTINCTIONS.
The Rebel Forces and Their
Comma mders.
| PREPARATIONS FOR A GREAT STRUGGLE.
A SAD PICTURE.
Tho French Consul Asks Relief for
Starving foreigner.
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Tho French Consul Asks Relief for
Starving foreigner.

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me repcls arc determined Intensity thsf strsassh
On several wcre, oardigi points of their % called
souedsracy and of the principal Of thsss po'ns
Mobile. large Of moncy and great amount Of la
Dor employed since the breaking cu of Tho re
bcion The dcsnces " this place already wed defend
Cd BY tho fors by and NJ tho cscnss Of the
United states From tho Gulf Of Mesioo hsrc three
channels hArbor Of hobs two o them (shs NOES
sasssry) being by Port Morgan while the w"s
srp one il fully guarded by osscnsisd work known -
Fort Gaines Tho swash channel which s tho prlnoipas
ono by which vozses o sine can cnisr he harbor
runs directly under the guns of fort Mogsn and oy
shis nearly A ,s vessels thai have ressosy
pun the blockade Of the harbor c Mobile have s6"otsd
their object II Ia foreign consa especially tho
Spanish, heavily engaged Ia ths business 10 fannr
dcsond the hArbor bay line Of spss has bean driven
bc,wcon tho channels aud thor tops cut or 70 that
they cannot be when tue tide u sn. ana
arc but barely visib.s whom y Ia out, spiics have
also into the Dog river BAR along tho channel
uc and on side Of the entrance 10 the bay - thas
Il would bo almost matter OF ,mposslbiy for vcsssi,
unaeoonpAnsd by q thoroughly ver-ci pilot. 70 rsseo
Mobile oven passed tho forts Farthm thar ms .
s,oop loaded ridos ., anchor q, tho entrance
and al the sign Of Invasion she would be scu'isd and
sunk channel II ia true the rebels place but lh''s
reliability in ,he power Of resistance onred by Fors hor
gan and Gaines ysi they would prove -uecutay strong
10 10 complete % siuplc an operation ss
the snsng Of a vesssI prepared for tbs purp,'e
From some cause 10 unknown The rebels si Mobile
expecting early attack upon thsif Hronsnh sa
70 repei any they now putting for'h 'hs'f Ut
nosl energies 10 be prepared whom ths time comes.
But once history d the war has sny preliminary
pAns been made reduce this place, and that occurred
sbo,iy sf,cs the capture OF New Orleans by Admiral
yasrsxus whom he Commander ID u. Porter with .
portion OF his n,,is TO asoertao vas pssei
cable 70 use "bummers" the open radssssd FAr
rsxus himself intended attack tho city by running ss
forts and large portion Of his net ~n mArshAisd -
the portsh tba rsbslIIoa, ellg but the over~ss
powers tha, be orders that tho attack should bc
postponed and consequently the Gee, Withdraw,
and the rebels have unnocstsi N their preparaoss
for the dcfsnco n the city snf hsrbof
One ot the Afse. stations "a the onnfedsfsey 70
located scIms distance Ebo,e The city o Mobile
on tho Alabama river whore i@Ns ihsn ous ram shd
-four Tnbais have tesn oonstfreed for the navy
a tho oopfeseracy T. da Z 'r fnfofaiei of
tss naval ,iaifn ~ have oss 20 appeal Mt q tho
q duly there
CommaHd.r-I Tatsnd.
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