The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-13
OK BOARD II. NJ. :. INvlxcmLE. ;

ALEXANDRIA, TUESDAY, 1880 T.. NJ.
The great artillery combat which has
RACED all day has ended in complete sue.
cess. The object for which we have Tough,
has been attained, the forts and batteries
on the sea face IL Alexandria being a hear
OF ruins. Considering the extent and
nature OF the works. the weight and mum.
her Of the guns mounted, and the logged
pluck with which the Egyptians fought
Them, he result has been obtained with
surprisingly small loss Of HE, the total OF
casualties in the fleet being five killed and
tscnty-seYen wounded.
IN POSITION.
At hali-pa>t the ships got under wav.
and the order was given 10 prepare for nc.
non. The Penelope, Monarch. and Irwin.
cih,e took up their respective stations,
The Penelope and lnyinciblc. being broad.
side ships. prepared 10 anchor. while the
Monarch. whose turret guns have an all.
round-nngc fire. was 10 fight under steam
A. the light increased We could see i'm The
distance the Alexandra. superb. and the
>uitsn living near each other. facing Forts
Ada. Pharo>. and Ras-cl-Tin. which II wa,
thcir task 10 silence. While the TGmGrairc
and lnhcNlDlc were stcamng slowly to-
ward us 10 support the attack on Fort Mex,
1.-THE adjoining batteries ashore. we could
make ont the Egyptians grouped round
fh.;r guns in the batteries, evidently pre-
pared to hSht.
SUNRISE.
The scene was glorious. The cleaning
riuarctS az Alexandria >honc ont >upcrhly
IN the golden sunlight. At a quaTtcr-pa~
.no Ilelcon was seen >tc1ming rapidly
toward IL. 8 she approached she Sig
nailed that lie had Turkish officers on
lo.rd. When she came alongside il AZ
r.rcd that the Turkish officials had
ie.n irving all night TO ind the flagship
and that they caTTcd letter for Admiral
SEYMOUR from The Ministry. In this com
rrrica,iOn the latter deprecated hostili-
tc,. and offered 70 di>mount the guns to
giyc satisfaction to the British demands.
The Admiral replied that The time for ncgo-
tiar;on, had pa--cd. His demand was that
tley should by yesterday evening a-rcc
IN The di>man'emont oi ail the outside
far... and the present proposal 10 q ,mouni
the Guns could not le entertained for IN
instant. The officer, asked the Admiral 10
Give them hi, decision inwriting, which he
did.
At TIE Guns.
III. perfect silence that prevailed was
yfry impressive. nothing breaking it save
tie occasional tinkle Of the cngine-room
lcfl or the uUci order oi Starb0ard." OF
Port" given iy the captain. some dis
tarce away lay The Temtrairc, stripped FOR
action. looking. with her low hull and light
,psr,. quite a small ship compared with the
huriv and clumsy appearance oil the two
hroll,idc ships. As the lIelicon lett with
lie Turkish official, we dropped anchor ut
4 bnvf
and prepared Tor fight in Nelson fashion,
hammer and tongS, hroadside on.
ORDERS To LOAD.
NJ twenty minutes past the ships OF the
squadron signallcd :" All ready but IA still
further delay was necessary to allow The
Egyptian officers carrying the AdmiraF'
reply 70 the Ministry To be put ashore.
Alexandria and the khedive'> Palace, with
Oh, other portions OF the squadron beyond,
showed dilnly in the morning sun some
ieW mile, away. At hali-pa>t quiet or
der WIS passed round the deck 10 load
with common shell. and 4 CLEAN OF saii-'
faction shonc on the mem faces. ~ :
o'clock 4 signal was made to The AleNAn-
.ra 10 open the ball by firing one gun. y
heavy boom came across the water. 1ncn
,bere was an anxious pause. Would tht
= .f -
The forts: No sound came from Fort Ada,
lut in the batteries opposite we could sec
men loading the guns. They would lght
A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT.
Then the order was given to commence
independent firing, and the signal was rii
ub for the feet 20 begin general engage
mrnt. \ dcaicning saly0 from iiYc ninc
inch guns went from the side OF the lhNih
ciblc. while overhead ten Nordcnicldt gun
IN the TOPS sWcilcd the din which burs
forth from all the ships. The bank OF snok'
which n once rose like wall from our ,ld'
prevented me from seeing the results OF on
ire but from the tops il was seen that th'
shells had struck rather low, and the >lght
were raised from 800 10 I 800 yards. N
Monarch and Penelope had TO work clos'
AZ hand and the roar Of their heavy guns
the cca,elcss rattle OF their Gating> anC
Nordcnielt machines. and the rush
rockets which The Monarch was dlSchuS
in. added 10 the sound OF our own gun.
made mp deep. continuous din, Whlch
impossible 10 describe and was most DE
Wildcring TO hear.
REPLY FROM TIE FORTS.
The smoke from the very commencement
a The engagement was 80 dense tna' '"
could see nothing OF the effect when on
fire was producing, nor OF what tle ehcn'.
were doing; hut soon a1ter we ptS"i
sha!J, scream overhead, followed y! IN
upleaping OF 4 column OF spray 10 "a
ward 40 the shots struck the wafer. hlau
Il clear that the enemy were replying i
,ur troo salute. soon orders were passed
10 Goose firing until the smoke CLEARED
away. Wind and sun were both IN VI
.no,ov,. tavor and il was some time bclOV
iheycjl lifted sufficiently for even aglmpN
90 tho sbore and This was lost in an III
tent The o1Ins again opened fire, an
notbino ronld he seen from the deck. MI
Hardy, midshtpman, posted III tilo nc. INCL
ION sionalIed the direction Of the strok
81 the Shells. and their accuracy OF the III
imuroyed Meantime the enemys Sho'
were comins, thick and fast, their ann Dem
directed chiefly against the Penelope en-
M0eyible. They were firing lTInclpai
round shot.
WITHIN RANGE.
Twenty minutes after the hfst euliI G ~
toyo-royai braces were sbot AWAY any, ~
mcdiatcly after a second shol Po" ,I'
forward, a splinter woundihg sI}HVi tay :,
yercly. AT this time they appeaIeu, w. 80 10,
gOi our range pretty accurately; an Iat,,no
and conical shot whisiled lhirhY De-" an
the masts. went rouhd III" my ,,,' ~.
found the men lighting the ih9iii-ueon o u,n
all stripped TO the waist Dcs"uo W,
shot they had 10 sit down "ii" "F''
the smoke cleared.
A DESPERATE REslsTANth'
The enemy were certainly stiSs,"1
thclr ems lnanfully, although anna inc IN
OF heavy shell and Calling ana NoIu 1o