The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-12

A telegram from the Eastern Telegraph
Companys steamer, tho Chiltern, sent tnt
ll:l5 this morning. says; 1.-THE lombard.
nent still continues. Tho forts are grad.
ually being slencod. The l.as.El.Tin forts
are suffering severely from tho hravy and
disastrous fire Of the sllips Alexandria, Su.
perb and Temcrairc." 9 Z. - ~. (
it S sooS slLIScEp &GliEyT
ALEXANDRIA, July Shortly utter
noon all the exposed guns OIL the forts were
disniantled, and only those In sheltered
position were ablo 10 return the british
fire. Fort AIarsa.ct, Kanct, which YVES
blown up, was only completed II week ago.
The Moncrieile battery and Pharos fort
huve been silenced by tie guns Of the Tenn
peraire and lnilexiblc. /. Is reported
that the khedive'G yacht has been sunk 10
the harbor. Up to noon four forts in all
were blown up. No casualties to liic fleet
are discernablr. ~
Aumlrll seymour rCc0mnlGnces thu ut.
tnck on Fort Guberrari and the Ilarbor
forts In the morning The small effect Of
the eighty-one ton and other heavy guns
on the earth works caused some lisap.
pointment in the fleet. The InvinCiblc
had four men wounded. The Inilcxible
was hit five times. g...ts2fE.- ..Gl'
Tho afternoon report OF the sinking OF
the khcdive's yacht Is untrue. There were
forty British wounded. The Egyptian loss
Is unknown, but Is likely to be severe.
Port Ras-cl.tin Palace is In ruins The
light house was slightly damaged.
'".' RFSULTs or THE DAYS WORK. !
LONDON, July ll.-A special correspond.
ent Of the Associated Press with the Brit
isl, fleet telcgraphs: 'FOlf Alexander ll,h,
Q p. m:-The British naval officer has fur
liished me with the following account Of
the days operation: The bombardment
commenced at 7'i5 this morning. The
iron.clads Superb, Sultan and Alexandria
engaged and totally destroyed Fort pha.
ros and the light house batteries, which
are ut the entrance to the new port aud
were intended to dominate the approach
to the new harbor Tho iIagllips
lnvincible, Monarch and Penelope
took up a commanding position
inside the reefs and assisted from the out
side by the Temeraire, attacked with de-
structive effect the strong position OF Fort
Mex and light house and shore batteries.
The lnlexible was stationed SO rs TO com.
mand the light house batteries, Fort Pharos
aud Fort Mex ut the same time, and was
thus'in position to cooperate both with the
division outside and that inside tho rueis.
The gun vessels Bittern, Condor, Beacon;
Decoy and Cygnet attacked the Monadont
batteries ut the entrance 10 the harbor, und
taking a;Gclose and destructive range,
soon silenced them; after which they ran
in and shelled Fort Mex on the southern
side OF the entrance TO the anchorage or
outerharbor. The Invincible under cover
Of her own guns and those OF the Bittcrn
then landed n party Of blue jackets and
marines, who entered Fort Mex and blew
up the heavy. guns. u
The ho'nbardmcnt practically ceased at
noon, though SOME heavy guns are ut this
hour still shellins Fort Napoleon, Il large
work situated at the southern angle OF the
inner harbor, and dominating the town.
The tort does not reply. On the whole the
Egyptians fought their. batteries with more
detcrminationtlmn was expected. Several
Of. tho earlhYorks, behind which guns
were mounted were found TO be mere leans
OF sand" et'tt ;-4N'.i.it- ss'1-i