, 1864-06-01
THE NAVAL
ACTION
4 Desperate Fight, and Triumph OF
the Danes

loa cuzha7sn tnss, u T;%ss Go5ssspopaeaes Of the
The telegraph will have Informed you Of
the sea fight which toek place OF Heifgoland
on Monday afternoon list
Tho Austro. Prussian fotil1a returned to
their moorings at the month Of the Elbe be-
tween three and four o clock yesterday morn
veTely handled. The following particulars Of
the engagement may be relied upon as On
theutlc:
On Saturday last, May 7, the Austrian
frgatcs- 8chWarzenberg and Radetsky, In
company Of the Pruaslan gunboats Adler aud
Blitz LEFT their anchorage of Cuxhaven for
cruise In search OF the Danish heet. Captain
Teggeto1, under whose orders the combined
German flotil1a Is placed, Is described by the
Esglish pilot who brought him up channel a.
very smart fellow, and the crews as bent
upon fighting. However, the D1nish heet
was not to be found, and on Monday morn
ing the ilotilla returned to Its anchorage at
eight hours. They had scarcely dropped an
cher when telegram reached the Austrian
Consul at Cnxhaven, informing him that
three Danish frigates Were bearing do Wn to-
wards Heligo1and. This intelligence was in
stantly Forwarded to Captain Tegsetod. who
gave orders to get up steam and put out to
sea at once.
LIE CCA NslAtuoefs u SeTe" BLeAtQ 1TSSNte
carrying tlfty guns. Her crew amounted to
five hundred aud forty men on the morning
Of the engagement. Between decks she is
fitted with heavy guns, mostly sixty pound
ers, her upper deck guns being twentJ.four
Founders. Of these last, two fore and two
aft, are fiHed. tho rest smooth hercd-
The Radetsky Is also screw steam frigate,
carrying thfrty.tWo guns, and Is like Wise tft-
ted With two riled twenty four FOUNDERS on
her upper deck, fore and aft. Her crew
numbered three hundred aud ten men.
The Ptufsian Gunboats Alder and Blitz,
both cased With iron plates two and half
inches thick, carry four rifIed guns each on
the upper deck
A little before two p. m. the German 10.
lila caHo In sight Of the Danish frisstes,
which showed every Willingness to accept
the offered battle.
Tie schwaszenberg opened the proceed
ings by firing three blank shots, which #eFe
unanswered By the Danes. After this warn~
ing, Capt. TeggetoH. taken the schwarzenber5
well In between tho Danish trigates, the
Nicls Juel aud the Dagmar, handling his ship
as Admiral Lyons was wont to do the Aga
memnon, fired q double broadsida against
the enemy's chips on either side Of him
Although somewhat taken back by this dar-
ing bit Of seamapshsp, tho Danish ffigates
engagement soon became general One Of
the first shots fired By tho Niels Juel struck
the officer SECOND IN command of the
Schwarzenbcrg full In the breast, aud Of
cou1se killed him on the spot. BE WIS
buried yesterdny in the cemetery at Cn1-
haven, large concourse Of persons attend
ing.
Shortly after two shells struck the Schwar-
zepbeyg near the same spot, hy one Of the
heavy guns, which was served by aixteen
men. Out Of the sixteen men 1--WE were kill
cd on the spot and niue wounded, only two
getting OF unscathed.
This episode was shortly followed By
disaster which Threatened the destruction Of
the ship. The sails were, Of course, furled,
aud, ~ il1-1uck would hare it. shell forced
Its way into the canvass, and, bursting, set
The whole rigging Of the foremast in blaze.
came 1ecessary to put her about to prevent
the flames communicating themselves to the
mafnmast. in this manner the Schw.rzen-
berg was temporarily reduced to the sole use
Of her two aft ri1ed guns.
While the forcu1ast WAS still burning
shell burst In the outer chamber Of the pow
der magazine, settling the timbers on FIRE,
and creating momentary panic among the
crew. The flames, however, were at once
extingnlshed, and The danger aycrtcd. 10
complete the discontinue OF the Schwarzen-
berg her bowsprit was carried away By a
round shot
During the course Of the engagement the
EchWaJzepbeYg YVES struck seventy times By
slot and shell, and once BY Chain shot, which
is preserved On board. Her foremast ID
burnt down to stump, and the side Of the
mninmast turned towards the flames Is bll5-
| tered all over from the heat.
The actual loss on board the Schwarzen-
berg amounted to thirty-one killed, forty
| four severely wounded, and between thirty
and forty slightly wounded. Although moth
| ing is known for certain Of the D.nlsh loss
it nust have been considerable, or the
! S.fxr tn hore 1d4 Inn
! must have failen into the enemy's hands. II
seems tue general opinion that officers and
| men behaved with great bravery and cool
| ness, and the Emperor Of Austria has already
shown Ills sense Of Capt. Teggetof' service
by promoting him to the rank Of Admiral.
| While it Jared In this manner with the
Swa1zenburs the Rudetaky did her best to
dta~ 1.-THE attention Of tue Danish frigates,
which showed considerable unwlllingness to
| attend to other business, until they shon1d
haye succeeded iu completely disabling the
s,wa1zcnbcrE, However, before the conclu-
sion OF the engagement, the kadetzky Waa
struck by twenty eight shot. mostly on her
I port slde. a young naval cadet, who direc-
I led the fire Of her TWO riilcd cannon on the
quarter deck. WIS severely wounded In the
early part Of the engagement, and died Of biz
wounds yesterday morning, at eleven The
shell which fractured the thigh ofthe young
nffscer Dassed clean between the legs Of u sea.
man, who was hauling back his gun to re-
cha1ge it. In spite of, his desperate wound,
The brave Young fellow cheergd on his men,
while be lay himself in agony on the deck
The gunners of the Radetsky showed great
GOODNESS throughout, and more than once re-
charged their gqns With Danish lt bails, which .
chamber leading to the captains cabin, and,
curfously enough, smashed to atoms por'
limit OF Field Marshal Radetaky;; which vas
hanging on the walls. A second sho1