Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

For few seconds there was painful suspense.
The Egyptians could be distinctly seen at their
guns. In moment response in the form of
round shot which gaily tripped across the bow of
the Infexible. From this moment the entire fleet
let 60 avalanche of shrieking, bursting shells.
which, rising with the roar and wobble of heavy
projectiles, made the noise both deafenng and
appalling By tweve-thirty most of the guns in the
forts on Ras-et-Tin were silenced, and hour
later the magazine was blown up, causing the
retreat of the remaining garrison. The casualties
to the British fleet were six killed and twenty
seven wounded.
white flag on Ras-et-Tin announced the sur
render and conclusion of the unequal contest But
to the surprise of the commanders of the foreign
vessels anxious to debark their human freight, the
British Admiral manifested intention of landing
troops to occupy the city.
On the night of the twelfth, dense black clouds
of smoke were seen covering the city with
pail, and soon the heavens seemed on fire. The
refugees, half crazed at the spectacle rushed to and
fro. 1.-The Britsh-why do they not land?" they
asked. And this question had been asked likewise
during thirtysix hours by other unwilling spectators
by diplomats and by the officers of the foreign fleet
Going to the Stricken City
ITO see what could be done to save the CITY and
l. possibly lives, determined to go ashore under
cover of the white flag. saw suddenly emerge from
the darkness of the early morning small boat guided
and in low voice said, SENTRY viii YOU hail that
man quietly?" 1t was the work of an instant to
hustle the correspondent of The London Telegraph;
into the boat, and after him Ali the january.
We stopped on our way at the Palace Of Ras-et-
Tin, where 1 would have a look into the fort. The
road was CHASTITY, with swollen corpses. abandoned
rifles and accoutrements In the fort the stencil
from the dead insupportabe. which from a
hasty glance l accounted at three to four hundred
The place had been picked and battered by shell
The Armstrong forty Founders had been smashed
and knocked about in every direction. some of them
dismantled or thrown backward, their muzzles in
air seeming like monster dogs bayng at the moon
One of them. its carriage completely crushed. had
toppled over and caught beneath its ponderous
body a halt-dozen or more soldiers.
Thence we made our way to the Marina. The
scene that met gaze there indescribably
horrible. Hundreds of naked corpses of men. wo-
men. and children had been flung into the sea and
were imprisoned by the countless small boats
moored in the basin. Through this pestiferous
lugubrious death way we forced a passage to the
wharf The of the flames, the crash of falling
buildings conspired to make the situation
parable only to the Inferno. The wind occasionally
swept away the heavy smoke and disclosed the
wretches engaged in lootng and burning 1 crossed
the wharf and took position at corner where L
could see unseen. An Arab, his arms filled with
plumber, came running in my direction. AS he
passed extended my foot. and as he fell l was
on his back like cat. and. revolver in his face,
asked, Where is the army?
He said that the army had quilted Alexandria