, 1865-01-18

4his division va ordered 10 prepare for acton
and more in close to the beach to shell the woods
at GENT decided upon for the landing OF the
Fiehes. Lear the s deserted af noon batesy @ f't'
In few minutes the whole division waa IA posi-
ton throwing shells into The narrow strip Of woods
about mile inland parallel with The beach. In
the mcartfme the iron clads moved into position
directly in front Of Fort EisheE, he iionsiaee
about half 4 mile Of in he following order:
New 1ronsides, Commander Radford, 20 guns.
b1unHdnock, Commander Furr0t, guns.
Saugrs, Commander Gotham, guns.
Cononfcus. guns.
before they got into position the fort opened on
them, but they secured their anchorage when nt
Ie fowed b. h ehe Monors wth vi p ter I 4emcadoas @
ehellE. Every shot struck in the embrazures,
and exploding threw clouds. OF sand high
did not send moro than one shot every ten min
utcs, and at times 30 rapid our 1ring that they
found It ippcstible to work their guns:
assist in 1nndine 81 he t1oops. Tie woods had in
the meantime been thoroughly shslled. and no
enemy appeared. The transports we're enabled to
soon surrounded BY not iesz ii an aoj boafs, sup
piled from alt the vessels Of the feet Several
Jugs also joined il. the work and carried the
vherc they were transferred to small boats. The
tcnte and camp cyupp1rc we're also landed with
several csys provisions for the entire force, 5000
s.Af9 o'clock the Eoats from all the transports
moved for shore. In few minutes The first 500
men eteppcd on the bench end plantzd their regf.
cheering from the transports and tue a:eL Not
sign Of any cnems could be seen attlfs time In any
direction. 1t 10o'clock. about ,00o troops having
hcen landed, sllrmish line was sent forward on
Admiral Porter signal1cd to Captain Glce-
Ss saa6sat ed Sysn e. e,eh to sGs
Seaen ii IN adv adsance Of the sHimisbcra 4he Voodsin
to Within Viii "a a mile md half of Forf Fisher. The
firing On the fort from tho tnonftoIs and New
11onsaes was mssncent s'Eht From ,h clock
the monitors poured in thef1 mn1derous shells at
the rate Of four per minute. The whole number
thrown in that time Was about = 600. Every shot
struck the embraeurea OF parnpet Of the fort and
the gunnery exhibited was nerer surpassed. Dq-
ring this time The fort probably threw 800 shells
IN return, but the difficulty they had In working
the clouds OF sand that constantly enVeloped the
work from our well directed shots. doubtless
EEL q he & y
scseels, however, received honorable scars In the
fight: ,.,,.o. n Nh to,+ ,v ,bc ortu.ra..nn..,
ance ms most distinct- Abaut4 o'clock dense
/ and confirmed emokc from the inside Of the fort
infiicated that some Of the rebel huts had been
qss:. y Dc ps ii s Cattle H. % Rs
.t;ons marked out for them On fhe chart and Join
in The bombardment. Following rapidly was an
order to the line Of battle 70. to taae pHstnGn
moved forward. presenting an aIfay O. tae iafgest
vessels in the service, magnificent spectacle o.
old OGDEN walls With their 2o1deroe@s @ 1aanae
divisions carrying 312 gunas1n addition 70 the iron
ciads joinedtn ths grind canronads n nqmee5 PET
Of thots fired while this great iasseq
four hourA and ha1f closing At ten minutes past
6 o'clock, could not have been less than four per
eecond. hare no d,uht that up to the W1ta. al,
drawal Of the wooden walls this cEe1lng, mol iess
general bouabardment commenced hut one ehot
was 1red By the tost IN return, consequently nous
Of the wooden yeseela were injured; me lronsdes
and Monitors did not Withdraw when Tie s1snal
Wns cven tor the wooden walls to cease firing, but
kept at work throughout he night: throwing one
ehel every ten minutes into the fort TO prcTenf
nebf e. 1oep have a1a 9
mile md hlf OF Fort Fisher, the camp-arcs e.
tending down the beach for more than tn1!o. AZ
| II it, xas found impossible 70 bring
our disItiou into The light, the nnchorlng room
being too C ntracted to proceed In shore to cove.
Se Sy praee snsaS {1om Whining rio noops, is
learn from officers who assisted In landing them
arc fn high spirits and anxious to be led forward
stain cast upon them by the Withdrawal Of Butler,
and to prove to the country that they did not be-
ltevc The fort could not be taken. The announce
relieved nom t6e command Of the Army of the
James and instructed to report at Lowell, MASS
caused great rejoicing throug bout fhe deet Some 70
ron-clade hase numeroua fndcntationa on thcil
armor End perforations Of their srnoke~stacks."
| "EEoosp DAY OF RATTLE.
'sAICnnAS Monx.xo, Jan. .{14.-Another brfgh
the night 10 the abard doned d rebel Fort TIA Andereoa
and now hold the whole breadth OF the peninsul,
~ III q sn1p N nIyvp,.. Saturday -, =,