The daily gazette., 1882-07-12
A FLAG OF TRUCE.
THE CONTEST ENDED
And Egypt Shows Up
the White Flag.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
How the English Gunboats
Silenced the Alexandria
Forts-The British lose
Five Killed and 81
Wounded--Moye-
ments OF
Vessels.
[AssOcIntea rreaa aIspaLch to lhc linzctte. ]


A Gag of truce Is shown from the town and
a vessel steaming toward the ilact is also
displaying flag of truce.
PARTICULARS OF THE BoMBARDMENT.
lAssocmted Press dispatch to the Gazette
LONDON, July 12.-The Times CORES.
pondcnt, writing about yesterdays lombard
ment says:
The gunboats played an active part in the
operations creeping close up to the forts and
sileneing several guns. The lnflcXibe made
splendid practice, firing at range varying
from 1000 to 5000 yards. The Temeraire
was ashore for some time but was foated at
8 o'clock in the morning.
The gunboat Condor ran within 200
yards of the Marabout fort, single shot
from which would have sunk her, and be-
fore the signal was given to cease firing she
had silenced three great guns on the fort,
Admiral Seymour signalling "well done
Condor" A sailor has christcned Arab
Pasha Horrible Pasha." The superb has
two holes in her side.
LONDON, July 12.-The ThacS' cores
pondent at Alexandria describing Yesterdays
bombardment particularly mentions the
deadly effect of the electric brOadsdes from
the ships which attacked the Pharos and
Ras-El-Tin forts. The InilcXible being
further westward was able TO shell the Mex
forts with one turrett and the Ras-El-Tin
forts with the other.
After all of the enemy's guns had been
silenccd the men-of-war continued shcling
the fertilization and used shcrapncl, proba-
bly, at retreating soldiers.
DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
The special correspondent OF the Asso
ciated Press with the British fleet tclegraphs
as follows
A British naval officer has furnished me
the following account of the days opera
tions The bonbardment concluded al
40 this morning. The ironclads Superb,
Sultan and Alexandra engaged and totally
destroyed Fort Pharos i,;fi inc lighthouse
batteries, which are at the entrance to the
new port, and were intended to dominate the
approach to the inner harbor. The flagship
lnvincible, the Monarch and the Penelope
took up commanding positions inside the
reefs, and assisted from the outside by the
Tcmeraire, attacked with destructive effect
the strong position OF Fort Mex, with the
lighthouse and shore batteries The IuficXi
Bile was stationed so as to command the
lighthouse batteries, Fort Pharos and Fort
Mex at tine same time, and was thus in d
position to cooperate both with the division
outside and that inside the reefs. The gun
vessels Bittern, Condor, Beacon, and Decoy
attacked the batteries at the entrance of the
! harbor, and taking close aud destructive
range soon silenced them after which they
ran in and shelled Fort Mex, on the southern
side of the entrance to the anchorage el
outer harbor. The lnyincible, under cover
of her own guns and those of the Bttern,
then landed party OF blue jackets and
marines, who entered Fort Mex and blew
up the heavy guns. The bombardment
| practically ceased at noon, though some
heavy guns are at this hour still shelling
Fort Napoleon, large work, situated at
the southern angle of the inner harbor, and
dominating the town. The fort does not
reply. On the whole the Egyptians fought
their batteries with more determination
than had been expected. Several of thc
earthworks, behind which guns were
mounted, were found to be mere heaps ot
sand. One shot went clear through the
Inhexible.
''By special permission of Admiral Sey-
mour the Bittern was allowed to take this
dispatch out to the telegraph ship, the Chill.
tern, whence it was eabled to the New York
Associated Press.
A dispatch to the Daly Telegraph from
its correspondent on board the United States
steamer Quinuebaug says that the Egyptians
| fought splenddly and the ships behaved
magniflcently. The Quinnebaug was an
chored only five cables ON the port beam oi
the Temeraire, and had fine view of the
contest. Shells from the forts frequently
fell quite close to her.
The Standards correspondent on board
the Invincible telegraphs "The forts and
batteries on the sea face are heap of ruins.
| lie Egyptians stuck to their guns until the
forts were crumbling. The aim of the
Egyptian gunners was chiefly directed
against the Penelope and lnfexible, and they
fired principally round shot. Their cleya
tion was bad. The inyncible was seldom
hit. The armor of the superb was pene
trated. The Egyptian officers set good
example to their men, often Jumping upon
the parapets to see the effects Of theh
fire. The party of marines which landed from
the eInyincible to blow up Fort Mex saw seyera
dead lying inside the fort. The Egyptians
had no shells, which fact accounts for tn,
small number of casualties on the British
vessels"
$50 D. m.-The action is finished for thu
day. The casualties on the English side art
as follows: The total number OF killed is
and wounded 27, distributed as follows
Killed-On the Alexandra, L ; Superb, l
Sultan, 2 and lntlexihle, |. Wounded
On the Alexandra, b superb, Sultan, Z
Invincible, G.; Infexible, 2; and Penelope
s. Twelve officers and men landed from
the InheXible under cover of the fire OF the
Condor and Bittern, and destroyed with dy
Mantle the heavy guns Of Fort Mex. TIL,
Egyptian loss is at present unknown.
z p. M.-The unarmored ships silencet
the Marabout works Mt LAO q. m. A par
of the Ras-el-Tin palace is in ruins, aud tn,
light house is slightly damaged.
THE PoRTE's PROTEST.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July ll.-Lord Dui
fcrin, the British Ambassador, notified tn
Porte on Monday OF Admiral Scymour's in
tention to lombard the AleXandriam forts
Arab Pasha remained obdurate The Port
on the same evening telegraphed Musuru
Pasha, its Ambassador at London, tina
such an act would constitute gray
inlraction of the sovereign rights {
the Sultan, and that it expected tn
British Government to order Admiral Sey
mour to abstain. The Porte has telegraphe
TO Musurus Pasha, the Turkish Ambassadc
at London, the following; "The Porte ha