New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-12
RESULTS OF THE BoMBARDMENI'
Inv CABLE TO THE rRIBUNE.I

prs1uTs OF THE COMMANDMENT
fry CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl
I'll. The attack on the Alexandra
torts booan at o'clock this morning. anu "no"
,,oven hours afterward, the order was gwen 10
cease firing. little remained of the line Oh ioi
.;ors bevond heaps of ruins The bomparuil0n'
IL. ON onoch in the history OF warfare
for never before has sucn ''O'"'
shot and shell been hurled against any
defences either on land or sea- The AieXanur" was
tbe first ship to open fire, and the shots oelne IT.
.urrea in n ouarter of an hour the action became
uonor., The broadside ironclads alone remained
~ onchor. The remainder of the fleet steamed 10
and fro in the roadstead. After twenty minutes
of firing two forts were silenced AT O'Clock
shel was lodged in the magazine Oh for'
Morsa causng an explosion which IeVelied
,bs works to the ground. The ARABS
stood to the guns of the other 1or's
with sturdy determination until nearly midday;
bnt their fire was very ill-directed. Most Oh the
sbots fell short or went the ships. and the lew
that struck did little damage.
The vessels cngdEeu NcIC thO 1iNihSi"'N' N-'0
eacsbip the InAexible Temeraire. Penelope
snnerb Sultan, Alexandra, and Monarch. The
Inaexible, which was in the tmckest OF the hght'
wss hit five times. By noon most OF the guns OF
'.ho sbore batteries in unsheltered positions
were dismounted, but spasmodc hre
WAS still kept up by others till 5, by which time all
were efectually senced. A party which was
landed from the Invincible destroyed the guns oil
Fort Mex
The casualties on the British side were five killed
and forty wounded. Little information has yet
been obtanabe of the loss of the Egyptians, but II Is
believed that it is exceedingly heavy The khedives
pslace was almost destroyed by the bombardment
Unless Arab Pacha shows signs of surrender the at
tack on the harbor forts will be resumed to-mor-
row. The fleet commands the line of retreat inland
and Admiral Seymour can, If he wishes, compei 'he
surrender of the greater portion of the Egyptian
army.
Tho resn,t Of the engagement has by no means
fulfilled the expectations of artillerists, and there
is much surprise that the shells fired from the
eichty-ton guns of the Infexble had so little effect
on the earthworks In considering that it ought to
be borne in mind that this ship directed
her fire from point two miles distant from the
batteries. The heaviest guns of the other vessels
are four of twenty-five tons ON the Monarch two Of
twenty-five tons on the Alexandra, and the rest
are armed with eighteen and twelve-ton guns The
heaviest guns mounted on the Egyptian forts are
eighteen and twelve tons, Of the old Woolwich pat
term but still very servicabe weapons of the larger
kind throwing 0-pound shells calculated to pierce
twelve-inch armor The days operations extended
over a line of four miles in length.
Early in the day Admiral Seymour issued an
order prohibiting merchant vessels from entering
the Suez Canal while hostilites lasted, 10 which
step Victor Lesseps agent of the company, i'm
mediatey entered vigorous protest, declaring that
the British Government would be held responsible
for all the consequences. The occupation of the
line of the canal by the British troops is momen-
tarily expected.