Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-12-08

with the heavy metal brought to bea,
against them. ..-.=..
at 10 A. NJ, the Warren Of 32 guns
the Commodore's ship, and which as ye,
had not been in action, get under weigh
and with three more ships showed an ap-
pearance of entering the harbor but
hauled by the wind at long shot dis.
tance. A brisk fire was kept up for hall
an hour, when the enemy bore UP and
came to anchor again without. The War.
rcn suffered considerably, her mainmast
was shot through in two places, the gam.
moning Of the bow.sprit cut to pieces, ,and
her fore-stay shot away Their contus.
10 appeared to be great, and very nearly
occasioned her getting on shore, so that
they were obliged to let 60 an anchor aud
drop into the inlet between Majorbasuy-
ducc head and the point where the ship
lay, this and the next day repairing the
damages. The battery Oh the Island st ]
keeping up heavy fire, and the ships
crews being exposed wi h 'ut the
lelst service. Capt Mowatt thought
propcr.to move further up the harbort
which was done in the sight, and the line
formed again, he being firmly resolved to
dispute the harbor to the last extremity,
as on that entirely depended the safety
of the garrison. whose communication
with the men Of war was of the utmost
Importance. The dispositions on shore,
and on the water cooperating and per.
iectly supporting each other, foiled the
enemy in their purposes; their troops
were yc. confined to a spot they could not
move from: and while the harbor was S..
cure, their intentions ofmaking approaches
and investing the fort ON all sides, could
by no means be put in operation. The
present station of the men of war bcin.
such as rend cred il. i'm possible for the enc.
my's ships to act but at certain periods,
the marines, (whose service in their par
ti:ular line of duty was not Immediately
required on board) were ordered on shore
to garrison duty holding t emselves ready
to embark at moments notice, which
with ease they could have effected in ten
or fi!tc,n minutes Guard.hoats, as usu-
al, during the night.
July 29th At 6 a. m, the enemy's
ships weighed and altering their position,
came to anchor again. The state of the
fortress requiring more cannon, some re.
naming ti'-side guns were landed from
the men Of war and dragged by the sea-
men up to the fortress for its use, and
that Of the batteries and this, the task
to be performed was up steep hill over
rocks and inuumerab!e stumps Of fallen
trees, was laborious, yet their cheerful.
hess for the service surmounted every
difficulty. In the p. m, the enemy OPEN
ed their batterie. on the heights of Ma.
jorbiguyduce ana kept up warm and in.
ssant fire against the fortress, The
comm 'ndiug ground Of the enemy's works,
and the short distance from the fortress
gave them some advantages with their
grape as well as round shot which consid.
erably damaged the store.house in the
garrison.
Six pieces Of cannon at the half.moon
battery near Banks house, and which be.
louged to the trtross, being now found
necessary for its defence, were moved Up
to it, and replaced with somo ships guns
under the direction of the gunner OF the
Albany, with a party Of seamcn. Capt.
Mowatt, having obtained intelligence that
the enemy in despair of reducing the
Kings ships by means Of their own. or OF
getting poss ssion of the harhor, had
come to the resolution Of joining their
whole force, in ;roaps, marines and sea-
men to storm the fortress the next morn
ing at day break, judged it espedicnt to
reinforce the garrison with what seamen
cou'd be conveniently spared and for
this purpose at the close Of the evening,
l40 men under the command Of Lieut..
b. ooke were sen, into Carr son part OF
these we're Immediately detached to re-
infurce the troops on the outlines aud
pickcts; and others manned the facing OF
their own bas.lon, while the remainder
were busiIy employed in raisin. casaliers
in fort. In all the operations a bro,herly
affection appeared to unite the forces both
by sea md land ; and to direct their
views to one poiut, much to their credit,
and to the honor and benefit OF the ser.
vice, during the night the enemy threw "a
number OF shells into the fortress. A.
10 p. ~, few shots between the en- my 5
guard. boats aud those from the King s
ships,
July so. The cnem5s ships preserve
their disposition Of yesterday. \ brisk
cannonaic the whole day Between the
fortress AMI the ciacmy's batteries on the
nights ami Il number Of shells thrown
on botA siles. Tae store.aouses being
lpplehcn led TO be in danger, some SEA.
men were ordered to move the provisions
out OF the fortress into the ditch in the
rear, as likewise Il great quantity at
aLother stole-house. Glard boats as
usual.
July 3lst. st ., Il. m, til, seamen
and marines OF the enem,'s feet landed
to the westward Of the hali.moon battery,
and under cover Of the night, attack ed
the picket; afd by heavy platoon firings
obliged them to retreat; but an alert re.
Enforcement Of 80 men, who were detaeh-
ell from the garrison under command Q.
Lieut.. Graham It the 81 Regiment t,
the support Of the picket, drove tn,
enemy back with some loss in killed
wounded aud taken, amounting on IA,
whole, according to the best in ormation
to about 100.
The loss on the part Of the Kings
forrrs a,nD,n1tipu IN 13 killed. wound ad