The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1871-09-02

mails bring details of the second
fight in Corea.
1t appears that OH the morning
Eof June 10 the expedition started
from the feet. 1t consisted of
nine hundred men, of which seven
hundred, including one hundred
and five marines, were TO operate
on land--fnur hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve from the Colorado and one
hundred and twenty five each
from the Alaska and Benicia-all
the'crews of the Monocacy and
Palos beihg'required to work the
guns on board.
The Monccacy took the lead,
followed by the Palos, with all The
smaller boats in tow except the
steam'launches. The main object
of the attack is built on top of a
small c6iiical hill, on a tongue of
land'that projects from the right
and west bank of the river, and
extending out into the water
about half a mile. IT'S average
width, from north to south, is
about four hundred yards.
The river makes a sharp bend
l;around the points of this peninsu-
la, and during the rise and fall
of the'tide the water rrIshes past
it with fearful rapidity. About
three hundred yards from the ex.
IRENE point of this a small conf.
cal hill rises about three hundred
feet high. The 'Coreans have
Fortified this in such a MANNER
that, looking from the water, the
walis'of the fort appear but aeon
tfhdation of the extension'upward
of the steep sides, only approach
ing more nearly TO "a ,perpendicu.
lar, the sides of the hill forming
an angle Of aboit fofty-hve or ff.
ty degrees with the horizon, and
the fortso built on top as to &C.
chpy whole level space of about
eighty feet ID diameter, leaving no
level ground. Outside of the par.
apet wall the ground between this
and the waters edge is very rough,
steep and rocky, aud difficult for
military operations. The Coreans
had water battery of twenty
four and thirty-two Founders and
a small old brass piece, command
ing the channel past this point,
and protecting the approaches to
the fort from the water on the
front. .H
| AS this was the grand object of
the attack, it was determined to
land several miles below aud take
it in the rear. Accordingly, when
the boats reached the first fort,
about two miles below the point
! above mentioned, the Mon0cacy
and Pailos opened IRE On it with
viger, but the Palos unfortunate
y rHhh1ng OH a rock, was held
fast there, and her effectiveness
Impaired for awhile. The Mon
ocacy's FIRE continued, silencing
the fort and driving in its defend
ers, and under cover OF this fire
the smaller boats, which had been
tOwed up bY the Palos, cast off and
rowed rapidly to the beach and
landed portion of the force desig.
mated to operate by land.
/ The landing was effected in good
order and without difficulty, but
the men had then to toll through
some two hundred yards of mud
from one TO two feet deep, and
over sluices in some parts mach
deeper, before reaching good, firm
dry land.
This done, the first fort was
easily occupied, its defenders
having been silehced by the fire
from the Moiiocacy aud Pal6s, and
retreated on the approach of the
skirmish line of marines, who were
thrown out in advance Of the at
lacking party, firing a few harm
less shots as they fed. Nigh
now coming on, the whole lane
force bivOuacked till next morn
ing, posting strong guards in ad
vance. orr
On Sunday, the eleventh ia
slant, the whole g lpeditiOn movet
forward on the next fort, and tool
it withouJ resistance. They thel
extended their line across TIL
peninsula, and advanced on tn
main fort, called by the Frencl
Fort dEl6oetf, from its being 10
) Gated in the bend or elbow of til
) river. This being a place of grea