Daily Republican., 1882-07-13
EGYPTIAN WAR
uu,C NAEsATIvE OF THE
IBAPhn,US Avs ENGAGEMENT.

nHY's ENaAGEMENT'
Work Herald correspondent
be NsTT M, S. Invincible OF Alex
board iIrss n, s a graphic eccount o
pdsyT 10y Dast six, he says, the ships Q !,
utes t.dr"p P%p, signalled "All ready
tqgauffUrt qiM ufUrther delay was necessary
still iuEsT uEEayptian officers carrying
Dog g,siTaI's sGT Tsi reply to the Ministry t
Adm.h%r nh"rs. Alexandria and thu
put %ISI palace, with the other por
ediVsss e.s. is%"usdron beyond, showed
: o. y Sn tbs morning sun some few
by ID Wv At half.past six a quiet
o awSy, a yr,.ssed around the deck te
sr TS dp"mmon po shell, and a CLEAN
'Tstt..tiou Tlsn yU sbone on the mems
satlSiaOTSSve sSveu o'clock q signal was
y Az ,,S a. Alexandria to open the
% WtuV a one gun. A heavy boom
BY nIlus nas tbe water. Then there
% ac'UpS UUvious pause. Would the
an answer or would they evac.
ptlsnss s,'ts No sound came from
'dS sS Int Sut in the batteries opposite
.HHIS A%S' soe men loading the guns
wVI'a .ES order was given to COM
nen itnDSsnepdent tD firing, and the
~ !, vas ,s run up for the fleet to begin
al wa wa arrangement A deafening
en'tn, fDoO i've nine.inch guns went
.hs h side of the Invincible, while
sa.S ',iT I tsu Nordenfeldt guns in the
noaJ ns%sIsd the din which burst forth
SJ Nj tSs ships. The bank Of SMOKE
y az AZ 'r once rose like a wall from our
~ urrsvsuIsd me from seeing the re-
P " Orr fire, but from the tops 1t
sssU M ,hst the shells had struck
W. low, snd the sights were raised
1850 to 1900 yards
y Monarch and Penlope had both
l cIOss al hand, and the roar oftheir
" Guns, the Ceaseless rattle of their
,u9s and Nordenfeldt machines and
nh Of rockets which the Monarch
iSbsrsing, added to the sound of
made no q deep, continuous din,
Il il impossible to describe and was
tbeWildSring to hear. In any mo-
Itsry interval the sound of guns
the other division of the tleeS told
they also we're hard at work.
n smoke from he very commence
tofthe engagement was so dense
We could sec nothing Of the effect
hi our Gre was producing, nor of
the enemy were doing. But soon
We began a sharp scream over.
followed by the upleaping of a
nn Of spray to seaward, as the shots
N the water made it clear that the
nv we're replying to our iron salute.
orders we're passed to cease firing
the smoke cleared away. Wind
sun were both in the enemy's ia
and it was some tim 9 before the veil
sufficiently for even a glimpse OF
ebOre, and this was lost in an in.
t. The guns again opened fire, and
hing could be seen from the deck.
Hardy, midshipman, posted in the
nNp, signalled the direction of the
Ike Of the shells, and the accuracy
be fire improved. Meantime the
my'S shots were coming thick and
their aim being directed chiefly
Inst the Penelope and Inflexible.
we're firing principally round shot.
wenty minutes after the first gun
fOTerOyal braces were shot away,
Immediately after a second shot
ptrated forward, a splinter wounding
Okr severely. At this time they
cared to have got our range pretty
llsaly, and round and conical she 8
stlsd thiCkly between the masts. II!
tround the ship and found the men I
ping the main deck guns, all strip.
TO the waist. Between each shot !
bad to sit down and wait until the I
ks cleared. They were very anxious !
noW the result OF their fire, and q
d eager questions of me as to what t
d be seen above, but l could tell 9
, little, for the smoke hung like a
between US and the shore. T.
ADEsPERATE RESISTANCE. a
pe enemy were certainly sticking Fl
pen guns manfuliy, although amid h
|lal Of heavy shell and Gatling and A
leltsldt bullets it must have been g
indeed inside the fort. But luckily IL
y tnelr lire, although good in direc- il
was bad il elevation, and we were 81
pn nit. By eight o'clock the Mon tt
lad Sllenced a small fort opposed b
Y anu set lire 10 the building and Ii
pVunted the guns, and she now ri
y Us against the formidable works ia
ON heks The Egyptians in that N
sy still replied briskly but fir
\ 'pugn several times struck, none Of
'uVS penetrated our battery or the
Y ilne' But where no arm,r pro.
y ner the shot scattered showers ofI ey
Y 't.s y lhrOugh the ship. One shot W
Y Y Ile quarterback close to Lieu. DC
y Y, hampton, who happened at the g.
'Dn, Vus 10 Dc speaking to me, but TO
'u.a numerous splinters flew Fl
10 one was injured. ne
ulne o'clock our fire had sileuced ar
,sglls in Fort Meks with the OK. ce
" " u iour heavy ritled pieces, the ne
,U' 'o", whose conical shot was easily 80
gu even in the din of com. in
'OT N, the rodnd shot of the smooth III
!. +9Sse N; four guns gave us great mo
~, s.a taey were all placed under ne
work. ''UoA "oiA W Is
,oe,u oomefalre was therefore signal. ma
,Suo ,ssao 70 the assistance of the three
Wv ,p'Ore engaged. 1t was difficult tn
) '1e y exact locality of the guns. :
,oy lucy were dinly and occasion. cit
rough the smoke. sr,
Gy half.past ten only three main I8C
al nte; These guns were concen chi
W. ,ouL Sns inVincibe and must have to
rust mSta BY their best gunners, for fro
ter 'H ii1 every time, often right on of
"a tbaU Tu
,uuy ~ Saey were silenced we had six the
with one foot taken ins
~ tSVInd ,1 Shot, the others by splin- DOC
y y;,s sieven O'clock the fort was in tril
MN MN the guns all silenced. to /
Unsfch sSn.a was signalled to 60
,bIU te :. and dismantle the fort In,
S FoSS, a. close quarters. An hour
SU,. war ISaIabout, lying about two r
Doa,i 10y, mad opened fire upon the .. =
IIsageG | fs with Fort Mex. The sGa, qua,
tbs ,'i. a.. Short and we took no no. WA WA
!, .VIa 10 Charles Bsresford. com. Sos s'
IStiis d tIe gunboat Condor, stood in Sei' ~
sh engaged the fort with his "a az =
ioir,I me gunboat Beacon ca me W ~ !, .
} 'o,utS on "a. him, making excellent o"n
,onnd sns tort, whose shot fell
VuQu tho h. ASAi