Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-13

of the squadron steadily engaged the fort
| Pharos, Ras FL Teen and Ada. the Invincibls
having aon. ~ E aid OF the Sultan, Supert
and Alexandra with her fire. The Egyptian
batteries replied steadily and rapidly, and
the rosr OF guns was almost continuous
while the rush OF heavy projectiles through
the air resembled the low rumble of distant
thunder. Fort Pharos early showed signs oil
the heavy battering TO which it was exposed
! One of the towers was knocked down, and the
| fort soon ceased firing altogether, while the
FIRE from the other forts also greatly slack
ened. At 1880 o'clock
THE KHEDIvE's PALACE,
Ras Ell Teen, or harem palace, lying behind
| the forts. took fire, and at the time L write is
| burning. The fight was nearly over all
along by ~ O'Clock, although the ships all
continued to fire in order TO complete the
| dismsntlement of the forts. Several small
| magazines, In the course of the afternoon,
were blown up by our shells, large one in
Fort Ada being destroyed by lucky shot
from the 1nvincible. At / O'Clock volun-
teers were called on board the Invincible to
go ashore TO epike the guns on Fort Mexs
which the fire OF the ships had failed to dis
mount.
THERE WERE PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS,
and twelve men were chosen for the adyen-
ture, Lieutenan. Bradford being in COM
mand and Major Tulfoch being lieutenant.
Lieutenant Lumsden accompanied him. This
duty was skillfutly and rapidly performed
OF the ships engaged with Fort Mers the
Penelope was sssuck five. times, and had
eight men wounded and zone gun disabled.
The Invipcible was struck many times, but
only six shots penetrated.
THE MONARCH WAS NOT HIT ONCE,
probably owing to her ability 10 shift ground,
while ON the other hand she was in move
ment and practice of her guns inferior to the
lnvincible. Up till o'clock the ironclsds
kept up an occasional fire, but the forts did
not reply during the latter part of the after
noon. One wing Of the palace is in ruins;
this was inevitable since the palace lies be-
hind Forts Phares and Ada. L have only
been able to write fully of the doings OF that
portion of the fleet with which / was present.
By signal, however, we know
THEIR CASUALTIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
The Superb was struck several times, and
from where we now lie we can see her armor
penetrated. The killed and wounded are as
follows: Superb, one killed and one wounded;
Alexandra one killed and three wounded;
Sultan, two killed and seven wounded;
Infexible, one killed and two wounded;
Invincible, none killed and six wounded
Penelope, none killed and eight wounded.
Thus the grand total of casualties were
evening the whole feet drew off from the
shore and approached each other. Their
first days work was complete, and the
whole of
THE BATTERIES OUTSIDE THE HARBoR
of Alexandria were destroyed. Our success,
although not bloodless, has been achieved at
much smaller cost than could have been
expected, considering the formidable nature
of the works we attacked. The most inter-
esting incident was the fight between the
gunboat Condor, comm anded by Lord Charles
Beresford, and Fort Ada. His little vessel
went close under the guys of the fort and
opened tremendous fire, but was unable to
silence the guns. The admiral then signaled
the other boats to assist 10 the engagement.
The events of to-day show the determination
expressed by Arab and his party to
OPPOSE THE FLEET TO THE DEATH,
has not so far been a vain boast. / think |
they fought their guns to the last, but the fire
Of the feet was so crushing and the weight |
Of our metal 80 superior as to make resist |
ance ineffective. Tomorrow we go in to en- |
gage the forts within the harbor. Outside of |
US are merchant ships and foreign war ves-
sells, most of whom will return 10 the harbor |
alter we have destroyed the last of The |
threatening forts. Over Alexandra lies
cloud of battle, partly caused, no doubt, by /
he smoke OF guns which the wind has not |
yet blown clear of the town, and partly from
hat arising from the burning palace. No
message of news has reached us from the /
own, and we know nothing of what is pass
ing there; what loss has been suffered, or \
What feeling hEs been excited among the sol
Tiers or populace by the events. The last |
news which reached US before the fight COM
nenced was to the effect that the nationals |
we're about TO cut the wire with India, and :,
we're considering the advisability of blocking I
Up the canal.