The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-07-16
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III ~ hiiuk Onr buu.
A heavy boom came scros, the water.
Ih'n there was an anxious psus--
wouil the Egyptians answer. or would
they rvaeuaie ,be forts? No ssund came
from Fort Ada. bnt on the batteries op.
posite We could SEQ men loading their
guns. They wonld fight. The ord.r
was given to commence Independent
FIRING and = signal WAS rnn mp Tor the
fleet to b'gin a general engagement and
n d. afrning salvo from nve nine-Inch
guns Went from the aide Of thu Inrinei.
Die, while OVERHEAD ten Yordenfsldt
guns in the tors swelled The din which
burst forth from all the SHIPS.
os'r Alexandria Giles aloud Of battle
partly Caused, NO doubt. by the smoke
Of The guns. which the wind has not vet
hio~n clear Cf the town. aud psrtly
from that arising ir, n the burning pal
ace.
~" message Il NJ VS. has reached us
frNm the iosu aud We know nothing of
what Is P"ssius h-rr, W n los es hny-
bern 'uf-red ar What feeling excited
among the s,lGi is or POI lace by the
events OF To-day. The last which
r'ach.d W. before the fight compr.nced
was to tie 't-ct that -. Nationals ue,e
cutting the wiz. : with Ind "A an | w,rr
'"niSid rnS The advI>ab lily # bl,cG
adm: tie Su. Z canal. Tic eveuts of
I" day SHOW Ihrt the Diet, ruiLa.iuu .x-
pr'sS'd by ArnLi and hiI ra-,y to op-
pose ih' feet TO the dcR'h has un, be II
d y"in boas'. think til. y fought their
r"ng TO The | -. but the fire OF tue A-,,
was =" c:uSbiug and our metal SO IN
rtr;or as o. make resistance ineffective.
Ih y al ard TO p sSess no SHELF.
which was fortunate for us. for had III,
ns-d these instead Of round shot. the
casualty W uli have tc-n much larger.
Asi: is. our success. though not blood
lrss, hns been achieved mt "A much les
cost tLan could nave been expected from
tie formidable nature Of the forts W.
had to nit OK.
The loss 4 the Egyptians must Lave
been fr adfIl. A number Of shells re-
peHi'diy s'rucE the works inst about
the guns. aud threw up vast vDlum,s Of
yellow dust II Was often thoush, TINT
the guns must have been demolished,
tn y NJ p ard uniujarrd when the
smoae ei' arrd away. The funnel Of
the superb is Iierc-d and the plnte be-
low h-r for. In st tom away. One Of
the boats OF the Inf .xiLl- is US less and
IL" other badly damaged. The IufsIi-
bic bore the full bruut OF the west end
OF h"s]"t:n for three and a half hours
Ii Snltan bus a shot clean through
t'r III ANNA I snl another through her
funnel. The Tor. n adjoining the II =
seiiin aud the adjacent rifle tower con-
timed 20 burn all night.
The most interesting incident Was n
fight between the gunbo- It Condor. com.
manded by Lord Charles Irrr.fast, with
tho Agent fort. Ths little vrsacl went
close under the guns Il the fort and
OPP ned II iremedous fire, but was unable
10 Hence it. The Admiral then zig
nnl!ed The other gunboats to assist in
the engagement.
Thfs morning the whole feet drew of
shore. ard approached zach 9th. r.
Their first days work il complete AID
the whole line Of brtteri. = Un,side the
haIbOr Of Alexandria have been de.
s'royrd. Tomorrow we 60 in to engage
the forts inside the haibrr. Outside
OF u* are mt ~rcRutile ships and foreign
w'r vessels. most OF whom will re
enter tho h"r6or after we have destroyed
the last Of tho thrrnt~ng forts.
The Tim-S' cofr, sprnd-ut at Alexnn.
dria describing ye-tsrIay's bomb nd
m"nt, particularly mentions the dotdly
effect f the electric truHdsides from the
ships which attack d TIE Pharos and
Rasstiiin ivris. The Irf 1ihle being
the fHithsre1t westward, was nLls 10
shell the M,xs trrt With ono tu-Trt md
Rnss"iiiu fort With the other. After all
the enemy's guns were silenced the
men-Of-war continued shellins the fotti
hcn'ions aud used shripn-I. probably
al tho r.tr"aiing soldiers.
4 disp nch from Admiral S. ymour.
'nt Mt 2 o'clock in tn, Afternoon % .ys.
"Ih Re was no response TO to-day'a A.
ing. A nag Of truce WINS Loip,,d nj
noon at the Arsenal where the Minister
OF War AMI the official diyan are. A
sunboa, under = flag OF truce proct eded
at once TO open com uunioiions."
Gan'brta is repot,od a. s.,iug in n
spe' CHI. Tues lay, that the most serious
fontnr- was thnt England ard France,
after having noted topcth.r in AlrIan.
drin in presenting thu u'tnDatum. .l,nd
parted company, and that " the separa
ton proved deRnite never would France
be In = more serious position.
NJ. Goblet in replying to Gambettai 10
regard to Egyptian affairs said that
France hid not co operated in tho BON.
bsrlmsnt. because Enelani's cour.e
did MT Seom to her jns'iaoi. nud be-
cause Fronco did no, d,sro to emerge
from the European concert.
THG rHil.ry freight grievance com.