St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-07-29
The SECOND Day.

The SECOND Day.
OFF ALEXANDRIA. July L. 5 p IN.
! At O'Clock a. III. the Admiral summoned
/ the Captains of the fleet to consultation. The
result of the delibcration was decision that
the sea was too heavy for serious opcrat ons.
The rolling of the iron-clads would unsettle
their aim, and the town might suffer severely
from shot flying too high. Admiral Seymour
therefore deferred the intended attack on the
! Marabout forts but directed the Tcmeraire
and lntic lble to watch the Ras-el-Tin and Ada
forts. At half-past ten the Temerare Sig
, nailed that parties of soldiers were at work
at the hospital battery near Fort Ada. The
two iron-clads opened fire. Only six rounds
of shot and shrapnel were fired. All took
effect, the practice being excellent. The
troops engaged upon the work at once
abandoned it, and firing ceased. A white flag
was now hOisted at the lighthouse The Bit
tern was sent inside to inquire as to the in
tentions of the Government. After she
steamed off. the Temeraire made the following
signal: THE body Of men work ing the
hospital battery dispersed aft our last
shrapnel was fired. They took refuge in the
easements close by. We saw atout 1f0 men,
armed with rifles. running toward the light
house fort. They carried bags; We saw, also
an Egyptian General. apparently Arab Pasha,
surrounded by his staff"
AT three o'clock the Bittern was seen steam
ing out of the harbor. As she came out she
signaled: Negotiations hlve failed. | have
accordingly Informed the authorities on shore
three
From this it seemed as if the officer and
staff observed IN the hospital bait .ry. finding
themselves in n dangerous position and uri-
able to escape, had simply hoisttd a flag of
truce in order to get out of the fire. There
was great Indignation expressed that five
hours should have been wasted III ab0rtiya
negotiations while meanwhile the swell had
increased so much that the fire from the YES
sells, If hostilities were resumed, would be in
effective
At half past three the Ritteru arrived along
sue. Llcutelant Lampton reported tn;t the
evident obJect OF me Tag II truce was to gam
tune III " hen the Bttern vert IN LARGE h9les
the forts, gong out in full marching order.
The Ministers had no proposals to make
Lieutenant Lhmbton informed them he had
not come to offer conditions, but to receive
proposals. He Informed them we did not con-
slider ourselves at war with Egypt, but that the
Mex fort must be occupied by our troops, and
Fort Marabout be destroyed. They replied
that Fort Marabout had already been evacu-
ated. but they could give no definite answer
as to the Mex fort. Finding no agreement was
likely. and being unwilling to waste fu ther
time Lieutenant Lambton left. The Military
Governor conducted the conversation He
He admitted that the troops had suffered
heavy losses. Lieutenant Lambton Informed
him that, should he agree to the terms. the
troops would be allowed to cvacuate the forts
with their rifles and all the honors of war;
but, unless these terms We're compIet with,
~ ~ 4ssot atoms co'ili ue enteIei upon: 80
,ho 'I.tti >ttt'hcd out aud TIC EeS PblailS
nanled down the nag OF truce
Ofaers nave pcen given TO the lemeralre
ana Supern TO llie Two ROUNDS each at Fort
fnaroS. we snalt 90 the same II the Mex
tort. II there IS no reply we shaii anchor Ter
ine mght ana resume operations tomorrow;
IL IS a PITY we nave not two or three thousand
troops Tor IL "onld De easy enough 10 occupy
the town ana save 1t from destruction winch,
!uaglhg from the increasing conha2fatlons,
the MOB has prepared Tor it.
july -, midnight
The barracks, houses and wind-mls around
Fort Mex have been shattered to pieces. A
portion of the Ras-e-Tin palace. recently in
habted by Dervisch Pasha, which formed a
separate building from the khedive's resi-
dence, has been burned to the ground. The
lighthouse is still standing but a number OF
holes are visible in the masonry, and the light
appears to be injured.
large fire is now visible in the direction of
the British Consulate
In the khedive's palace is large gap
caused by shell. The harem palace IS COM
pletely Quilted. Inc commandment had evil
ilil."ls pluGeis. aho.ner mig OF truce mas
oat 49, 49, tahoiiel ne mas Just oroheh
o o' at ara.s lt a ,llou aus naslh 70 mage
. 81, =? 90 - pi esocu. InS t1uhitai -
80 49, - - -. ~ NIL " u liie u'h,i
a. iii ~ IL ~ I Sspo .e nag VI truce, Dtt ihit
81 49, h 'st "a use ~ WI WIZ Gu ne VIZ asict
= tsi ,t. ~. ne Wiit cohssu9t lhaE
smS ,n d I'M ias uhcohat4ona
'uiiohuoi' anu IN acI accordingly.