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LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
Bomburtincnt OF Alexandria by the British
Fleet
ITGUST 1852

AtFNANDut, July iO.-Admirnl Seymour sent
Arabi pashi an alternative, 10 which no reply was
received. During the forenoon the men-of war
were cleared Tor action; sand bags were piled NJ
toprotect the seamcu who were to work the Calling
guns. Throughout tho heet, officers and sailors
were in the best Of spirits. and the preliminaries
were conducted in the most quiet and orderly man
ner On the shore. trere were signs of panic dur
ing the afternoon and evening. About o'clock,
tho American fleet weighed anchor and steamed
on, Of tho inner harbor exchanging salutes with
the British vessels ne they passed. The departure
u the American vessels left the British ships with
nothing 10 ohstruct shot being thrown directly into
tho forts and f.IsT. The only other vessels in
tue hafbor were those u Germany and Austria,
which wore the last to heed ADMIRAL Seymour's
warning that fighting would commence this morn
ING. As the American vessels passed out, their
bands played God Save the Queen which was
bands.
NEv YoRK, july l2-Iho H,,,iFs special dated
on board the iHrfHrb's has these details; AZ half
past siN. quiet order passed round the deck
10 load with common she'll and CLEAN OF salts
faction shonu on the mems faces. At seven clock
signal WAS made 30 the tle1'idra to open the ball
by firing one gun. 4 heavy boom came across the
water Ihcuthcru was an anxious pause Would
the Egyptians answer. or would they eyacuate the
forts No sound came from the fort, but at the
batteries opposite We could men loading guns.
They would fight. The order given to com
tutncc Independent firing, and the signal WAS run
up for the neot TO begin general engagement
Tho dcafcning salyo from the five nne-inch guns
went from the side OF the Lripcibis while over
head ton Nordenfeldt guns in the tops sweled the
din which burst from all the ships.
The bank OF smoke, which at once arose like
wall FROM our ship, prevented me from seeing the
results Of orr fire. but from the tops it was seen
that the shells had struck rather low. and the
sights were raised from 1 $50 to 800 yards. The
Monarch and Penelope had both been at work. and
the ccasoless rattle Of their Gatlings and Norden-
foldt machines, and the shrieks Of the rockets
which the Monarch was discharging, added to the
sound Of our own guns, made up n deep continuous
din impossible 70 describe and bowIldering to hear.
In any momentaTy interval, the sound of guns
from the other division of the fleet told that they
also were bard ut work Hardy, midshpman.
posted IN the maintop, signalled the direction of
the course of the shells, and the firing improved.
Meanwhile, the enemy's shots were coming thick
and fast, their aim being directed chiefly against
the Psne'ope and i'Hsribr. They were firing prin-
Cipay round shot twenty minutes after the first
gun was fired from the fort the royal braces were
shot away and Immediately after "A shot penetrated
her forward n splinter wounding stoker severely.
At this time they appeared 10 have got range
pretty accurately, and round and conical shot
whistled thickly between the masts. lwent round
the ship and found the mon fighting the main deck
guns all stripped to the waist Between each shot
they had TO sit down aud wait until the smoke
cleared. They were anxious to know the result of
their work, and asked eager questions of me as to
what could be seen from above. but | could tell
them little, for the smoke hung like veil between
Us and the shore.
The events Of the day show that the determine
ton expressed by Arab and his party to oppose
tho beet to the death, has not so far been vain
boast, think they fought their guns to the last,
but the fire of the fleet was crushing. and the
metal SO superior, "a TO make their resistance in
effective. They appeared to possess no shells,
which was very fortunate for for had theS used
these instead of round shot, the casualties would
have been much larger. As it is, our success. al
though not bloodless, has been achieved at n much
smaller cost than could have been expected from
the formldablenature of the forts we had TO attack
The most interesting incident was the fight between
the gunbont Condor, Lord Charles Beresford, with
the Agorni Fort His little vessel went close
under the guns Of the fort and opened tremendous
tire, but was unable 10 silence IT. The Admiral
then sgnaled the other gun boats to assist i'll the
engagement.
The arnored ships we're in the following posi-
lions; The Alexandra, Sultan and Superb were
under way on a line northeast by east, and from
800 to 300 wards to northwest of the Ennostus
Point Lighthouse. The InfieXible in the
corvette pass, the narrowest channel leading into
the harbor. and 800 yards north by vS,ss IRON
Alasse Fort. The Iemeraire ia the central
channel $500 yards north to northwest of the
NlRsse Fort, and the Penelope. Invinciblo and
Monarch were 1850 TO 800 yards 10 the northwest
Of the Nasse Fort. The unarmored ships got
Niider way, working their guns to the best advan-
.tngc. Tho torpedo depot ship Hecla has arrived.
ALEXANDRIA, July llth--7:J0 p, M.--The total
number of killed is :, wounded %, distributed as
follows Hilled-On Alexandria !, Superb |,
Sultan ., GnheXible l. Wounded-On the Alex
andra 3, Superb l, Sultan I, Invincible 6, Infexi-
bic ., Penelope S. Twelve officers and men Ian
ded from the inyincibe under cover of tho fire of
the Condor and Bittern, and destroyed with dyna-
mite the heavy guns of Fort Mex"
ALEXANDRIA, July tlth.-Shortly after noon all
the exposed guns in the forts were dismounted,
return the British FIRE. Fort Marsa-el-Kunat
which was blown up, was only completed week
ago Sunday last, The Moncrieffe battery and
Pharos' fire have been senced by the guns of the
Temeraire and InHe&ible.
LoSDoS, July 1lth.-A correspondent ON board
tho United States steamer Quinnebaug says This
Egyptians fought splendidly and the ships be-
hayed magnfceutiy. The Quinnebaug anchored
only five cables on the port beam of the Temera
ire, and had q fine view of the contest. Shells
from the fort frequently fell quite close. A CORES
pondent on the inVincibe telegraphs that the
forts and batteries ON the sea-wall are a heap OF
rnins The Egyptians stuck to their guns unit
tho forts w6re crumbling
ALExASDRIt, July llth-The Penelope VA
struck five times, and had one gun disabled. Thu
inileNible was hit many times, but only six shot
penetrated her amor. Tho Monarch was not hit
owing to her moving about. After the actor
was over the whole fleet lrew oil from shore ant
the vessels approached each other. During the &C
ton one shot went clean through the lnflexible.
LONDON July l2th.-Ihe gunboats played al
active part creeping close 10 the forts, and sienc
ing several guns.
The Iuilexiblo made splendid practice Tn,
Temoraire was ashore some time, but hoate,
subsequently,.
The gunboat Condor ran within 10 yards o
Marabut fort u single shot from which woul,
have sunk her and before the signal given {,
cease firing she has sllenced three great guns il
the fort. admiral Seymour then signaled, g Wei
done, Condor"
Arab Pasha gained time by hosting a flag o
truce the Mttern was sent ia TO negotiate but NJ
conclusion was come to and five hours were los,
Arab meanwhile withdrew his loops from dan
gorous position.
LONDON, July i2th.-The Telegraph has the fol
lowing from Its correspondent dated in the even
ing took an open boat and went close along tn
shore. found all the batteries facing the Sc
destroyed and guns disrnounted. An Arab In
forms mo slat many hundred persons were kille,
by the shells from tho fleet. An explosion oC
Cured in the middle OF Fort Pharos, killing every
body inside The lighthouse soon fell. III
Arabs informed me that the noise of tho burstin
shells was like thunder and hundreds OF poopl
were killed in the distant streets. They state
the obstinacy of the defense was owing 90 IN
fact that tho batteries manned by negr
Mohammedans. They estimate tho loss of lif
among the soldiers and town folk at 1900.
ALEXANDRIA, July l3th-9.is A. M.-The EayI
ilan army Is greatly demOralized and IL in ful
retreat toward the interior
The European quarter of the town. includin
the Exchange and Telegraph Office, is entirel
destroyed by fire.
The city was sot on fire. by the released convict
who committed horrible atrocities.
The telegraph ship Chiltem Is crowded wit
the Survivors, who fought their way 20 the beacl
from whence the boats OF the fleet removed then
They report having passed dreadful night, d,
Tending themselves desperately.
One hundred Europeans and other Christian
in the Ottoman Bank and adjoining building
massacred.
part OF tho fleet Il now leaving Tor Port Said