Connecticut western news., 1882-07-19
THE BOMBARDMENT.
The British Fleet Before Alexan-
 dria.

The British Fleet Before Alexan- dria.
 A British naval officer furnishes the following account of Tuesdays opera tions: The bombardment commenced at a quarter to eight this morning. The iron-clads Superb, Sultan and Alexandra engaged and totally destroyed Fort Pharos and the lighthouse batteries, which are at the entrance to the New Port and were intended to dominate the approach to the inner harbor. The flagship Invincible, the Monarch and the Penelope took up commanding positions inside the reefs, and, assisted from the outside by the Temeraire attacked with destructive effect the strong position of Fort Meks, with the lighthouse and shore batteries. The Infexible was stationed so as to con- mand the lighthouse batteries, Fort Pharos and Fort Mex at the same time, and was thus in position to cooperate both with the division outside and that inside the reefs. The gun ves- l and Cygnet attacked the Marabout bat
 teries at the entrance to the harbor, and,
 taking close and destructive range,
 soon silenced them; after which they ran
 in and shelled Fort Meks, on the south
 ern side of the entrance to the anchor
 age, or outer harbor. The Invincible,
 under cover of her own guns and those
 of the Bittern, then landed party of f 1,IY1o iooEotc and s,oorinos who ortoro5
 Fort Meks and blew up the heavy
 guns. The London Daily Telegraph
 Correspondent, on board the United
 States steamer Quinnebaug, says that
 the Egyptians fought spIendidly and
 the ships behaved magn16cently. The
 Qqinnebaug was anchored only five
 cables on the port beam of the Temer-
 aire, and had fine view of the contest.
 The bombardment practically ceased
 at noon, though some heavy guns are
 at this hour shelling Fort Napoleon, 8
 large work, situated at the southern
 angle of the Inner Harbor. and dominat-
 ing the town. The fort does not reply.
 On the whole the Egyptians fought their
 batteries with more determination than
 had been expected. Several of the
 earthworks, behind which guns were
 mounted, were found to be mere heaps of sand.
 At 6:5O p. m. the action was finished
 for the day. The casualties on the
 English side were as follows: The total
 number of killed is 5 and wounded 27, distributed as follows: Killed-on } the Alexandra, |; Superb, 1; Sultan, 2; and Inhexible, l. Wounded-on the Alexandra, 3; Superb, 1; Sultan, 7; In. vincible, 6; Infexible, ?; and Penelope,
 8. Twelve officers and men landed ) from the Infexible, under cover of the l fire of tho Condor and Bittern, anG
 destroyed with dynamite the heavy ) guns of Fort Mex. The Egyptian loss l is at present unknown.
 The tStand0rd's correspondent or . board the Invincible telegraphs: The
 forts and batteries on the sea face are {
 heap of ruins. The Egyptians stuck te
 their guns until the forts were crum
 bling.
 The aim of the Egyptian gunners wal
 chiefly directed against the Penelop,
 and Infexible, and they fired principal ly round shot. Their elevation was bad The Invincible was seldom hit. I'm :, armor of the Superb was penetrated . The Egyptian officers set good ex ample to their men, often jumping upo1 the parapets to see the effects of thei fire. The party of marines whicl landed from the Invincible to blow III Fort Mex saw several dead lying insid the fort. The Egyptians had no shells which fact accounts for the smal
 number of casualties on the Britisl
 vessels.
 ,, The Porte telegraphed to Musuru Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador in Lon
 don, as follows:
 "The Porte has learned that Admira Seymour has opened fire. It is super
 fuous to dilate upon the extreme gray ity of this fact. In view of the urgenc, of this matter the Porte confines itself t requesting you, without a moment
 loss of time, to make pressing represen tations to Lord Granville to issue order
 to cease firing immediately in order te avert still greater misfortnnes."
 The United States steamer Quinne baug was anchored only five cables distant from the Temeraire on the DOT beam of that vessel, and fine view O
 the contest was to be had from he1 decks. An eyewitness stationed on th' : Quinnebaug states that the Egyptians fought splendidly, and the British ships behaved magnifcently. The United States vessel was so near to the scene O action that shot from the fort frequently
 fell in the water quite close to her. : The result of the engagement has by 3 no means fulfilled the expectations O. 3 artillerists, and there is much surprise
 that the shells fred from the eighty -to1 8 guns of the InGexible had go little eff 3 feet on the earthworks.
 : THE SECOND DAY.
 At eight o'clock on Wednesday tn Admiral summoned the captains of tn 5 fleet to consultation on board the In . vincible, and the result was that 1t wa decided that the sea was too heavy fo - serious operation. The rolling of tn iron-clads would unsettle their service - and the town lying behind the for might suffer severely from the shot an' j. shell flying too high. Admiral Seymou
 deferred the intended attack upon tn 6 Marabout forts, but directed U 5 Temeraire and Infexible to watch tn a Ras-el-Tin and Ada forts. At half pas . ten the Temeraire signalled that partie . of soldiers were at work at the hospita I battery, near Fort Ada, which was arme with guns on the Moncrieff principle
 The Temeraire asked: ''Shau we fir n upon them to prevent repairs ?" Tn - Admiral signalled his consent and tn e two ironclads opened fire. Only si 7 rounds of shot and shrapnel were fired A |, :, ooI