New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-13
THE RoMBARDMENT RESUMED.


JoSpoy. July 1.-THE CORRESPONDENT y, ;t,~
Standard telegraphs from on board .no so,od
. at 3 o'clock p m, that the Au'ni'a' ,. Tho
the captains of the fleet 10 con'u''" doo;s;on
.os,,, az the deliberaton was oeciS'on
,hat tho sea was too heavy for serious operations
mr. roIlpg of the ironclads would unscttle .ncir
.;u, and the town might suffer severely irohi
49, Ayipo too high. Admiral seymour
th.refore deferred the intended a''"oA
on the Marabout forts, but uIIeo'eu
ths Temeraire and Ineexible to watch the haS-ei-
Tin and Ada forts At 1890 the Iemcra"e SIG
oled that parties of soldiers were at worh a' '"o
hospital battery near Fort Ada
Tgo t,ro ironclads opened fire. Only six rounds OF
shot and shrapnel were fired. All 'ooh on00''
49, nractice being excellent The troops
engaged upon the work at once aoandoheu IL anu
tho firing ceased white flag was now hoisted az
tbo byhtbouse. The Bittern was sent inside 10 IN
80 os 20 the intentions of the Government After
sho had steamed off the Temeraire made the
touo,v;uq signal: "The body of men we saw work
ng in the hospital battery dispersedafter our iast
.hrannel was fred. They took refuge IN classmates
s,osa NV We saw about 160 men armed
with rifles running toward the lighthouse tor''
,rbov carried bags We saw also an Egyptian sgen-
oral apparently Arabi Pacha, surrounded by his
stafi.'
Two 1s-ton guns on the Alexandra
,,ore disabled shot having passed through the
northoles. At o'clock the Bittern was seen
stoamine out of the harbor AS she
came out she signalled Negotiations
have failed l have accordingly informed the
authorities on shore that you Will engage the Dat
,.r;eo at halfpast g." From this it seemed as If
.ho ofics, and staff observed in the hospital bat
terv finding themselves IN dangerous position
and unable to escape, had simply hoisted flag OF
,rueo in order to get out of fire. There was
craot INDICATION expressed that five hours should
have been wasted in abortive negotiations while
In the meantime the swell had increased so much
that the fire from the vessels, II hostlllties
were resumed would be lnnecuVe.
The DAILY telegraph has the following from its
corresoondent at Alexandria: I" took an open boat
and went close along the land. l found
all the batteries facing the sea destroyed
and the guns dismounted An Arab informed me
that many hundred persons were killed between
Adiemi and Alexandria. An explosion occurred
IN the middle of the fort killing everybody iDside.
The lighthouse will probably soon fall The Arabs
Informed me that the noise OF the laiiing
,bells was like thunder, and they declared
that hundreds of people were killed In distant
,treets They stated that the obstinacy OF the de-
fence WAS owing to the fact that the batteries were
manned by negro Mahometans. They estimate
The loss of life am ong the soldiers and townsfok at
e,O0O.
A d;snatch from the Eastern Cable Company's
.bin off Alexandria sent at 11:4O o'clock this morn
inc savs: The Inhexlble and Temerare opened
fire this morning the Moncreffe fort, which, dur
ing the night had been repaired. The first three
shots greatly damaged the batteries The signal
has lust been given TO cease firing. The Achilles
has lust been sighted steaming towards the fleet"
d,spatch from Admiral Seymour, sent at 2
O'clock this afternoon, says: There was no re-
sponse to to-day's firing flag of truce was
hoisted at noon at the Arsenal where the Minister
Of War and the official Divan are. A
gunboat under a flag of truce proceeded at once to
open communications"
A dispatch from on board the Chiltern, dated at
5:15 this afternoon says: 1.-The flag of truce Is
still fying.n A flag of truce was also displayed
from the town.
A dispatch to Reuters Telegram Company from
Alexandria, sent at 9:25 o'clock this evening says
that the vessels of the fleet took up the following
positions oil the New Port before sunset :
The Sultan off Fort Pharos, and
the Superb. lremerare, Inhexible, Alexandra
and Achilles to the eastward The lnvincible, Mon
arch Penelope and all the gunboats in the outer
harbor. IL is supposed that this arrangement of
the vessels has been made in order that they may be
III readiness 10 smell tne IOrts commanding the town
tomorrow in the event of the failure of negotiations
II is supposed that the Egyptian troops have
evacuated the town, the fires tonight are assum-
ing large proportions. The town is reported to be
almost empty and. it is believed, has been left to
low Arabs possibly TO Bedouins, to plumber
Reuters Telegram Company received the follow
ing dispatch from Alexandria, sent at midnight
"The barracks, bouses and wind-mills around Fort
Mex have been shattered to pieces. A portion OF
the Ras-e-TiD Palace recently inhabited by Der
vsch Pacha which formed separate building from
the Khediye's residence, has been burned to the
ground. The lighthouse is still standing, but q
number of holes are visible in the masonry and the
light appears 10 be injured.
The Bittern, after taking Flag Lieutenant
Lambton on board. proceeded to the harbol
10 learn the object Of the flag of truce. Information
was conveyed to the commander OF the Bittern tha
TOulba Pacha, the military commander In Alex
andria wished to communicate with AGmira
Seymour Lieutenant Lambton replied that
as preliminary condition to further nego
tistion, the forts dominating the entrance
Of the harbor must be surrendered
Ioulba Paoha refused accept these terms ant
the Bittem returned 10 acquaint the Admiral witt
his refusal
" Ii was understood among the officers that hrinI
would be resumed at o'clock in the afternoon, bu
ho order TO that effect was given. The Egyptian
subsequently, hOisted second flag OF truce, and I'M
deiieon was thereupon sent in TO obtain information
The Bttern ascertained that the Khedive was
eate, having gone with Deryisch Pacha TO the
hamieh Palace. The store-ship Humber leaves herr
so-night with the wounded A large fire Is now Wis
onle In The direction NJ tbe Rritis ish COneulate."