Show 1 tn au inch I 1 4 t Bom aksu I 1 I 1 bomarsund BoMAR SUND aug you will have beard from 0 ther other abler pens than aih mine i ne that the large lage fort of ag gos called bom boin are ai und sund surrendered to the fleet on wednes I 1 j day the idith instant I 1 x ifal therefore I 1 confine myself to the principal wonder of the siege na namely niely the fiot fact of a 10 inch gun I 1 I 1 84 w landed frota from H U M MS S Blon blenheim beim and pl placed ged by the he seamen of that a turf battery 1800 yards 40 yards over the fort th the e enormous enor enormous mons weight of this gun used I 1 ain in a breaching battery is is quite unparalleled lin in bi history story I 1 aiu therefore give you youit it a de 1 flailed tailed account aach tint I 1 0 on alunday sunday the the first attempt wag w as made madd to land at a point which partly I 1 covered the men from the guns but they soon boand them the sheer heads showing alove above the point and made the place untenable hv a sharp fire fice of shot and shell waiting until darkness covered cojei ed the 0 operations P erabio erat ions ns was made with au success c cesek as the enemy being suspicious but no not quite certain of fired for the space of an hour hodr fimi fira t to the right and then to the tha left for the test rest of the night nothing was wa sheard but bat the tha strobe strake of thwan the ax and spaded with the low jow muttered mattered orders of the officers markin markings pathe the and directing I 1 them heinen he inen en I 1 1 I 1 rapidly did the he each man mai in this silent mass haass with his hia nei gab 0 r I 1 until the approach of daylight forged forsed the p parly arty to mask the battery with trees and retire 1 I 1 I having raised a wall of turf and sand sixteen feet thick nine feet high band and thir ty five feet long long monday night again found the alie party drao dragging C cin their pond ponderous eo us gun guu into the posit position I 1 ion using i r ropes and spars spara to tom move 0 o oui tons of dead weight ei lit as only sailors could move it and by dight 06 on morning they stood round their Oe gun re regardless ard lessof 0 o I 1 f vigue fatigue awaiting only thear the orders of sir cabarles Cb arles napier ito to open fire the the he this which was nearer asha fort than wv ant of our ships was tremendous arid and right well did the enemy return it with ahr and shot but bulj he wall bere rere aioo ob thick ano and the shelter too well wel labis constructed Wit eted for fai afi the enemy to damage d tm ie the th crela of df Ein english 0 lish lafot sai or 1 alteo although gh sir iante ald all t the 0 1 fleet thought certainly be cut t to 0 pl pieces e C es trees all around their battery were mown d down own lilee like grass granite gr nite foeks I 1 flew into a abo thousand said pi pieces ecea and tue tile g ground arid and were contina continually ally thrown up do into the air around us by bi the russian shot and ancl yet all escaped I 1 I 1 kt at 6 P M tuesday the firing ceased ceo ed on 1 both as if by mutual cons consent ena feeling that all h id had bad enough of powder and shot I 1 for the day wednesday at daal daylight the 10 inch bich gun apen opened ed the action this this day wa was to have been tile the grand attack and bom I 1 b by y sea and by land but the french 1 generals breaching battery not being ing I 1 ready he iea requested bested the affair to be put I 1 oar off s so I 1 0 tEes the ships his which we removing in hi lifie of battle were anchored again 10 loinch in eun alone tp stand the fird of 14 guns for bours the russians threw a perfect shower of shells till the english crew could hardly gat at their gun to load I 1 r it ic I 1 it was a terrible sight from th tha a fleet and all thought that nothing could flave the crew from being put cut to pieces inoes eo ao that sir charles napier sent in six six steamers to draw off their murderous fire ta d during dring ring the night had got two more guns into position out of wind 9 asto eur one gun gim batt battery battern erv 1 I 1 ut it wits was no use the russians fo fought U b hard ard I 1 and 1 nd well but no thing could stand the precision of the 10 inch gun with its shell the firing i ng was the admiration of the who whole e fleeta fleet the afie shells continually burs bursting tj g in the entrance of the embrasures embra blowing it ir into a perfect wreck and occasion occasionally illy being thrown into the interior aril and pt preventing eventino 0 t the e enemy from working their mortars soon afternoon alter noon the flag of truce wis was shown by the russians out of the only sound embr embrasure asuro e left to oppose the little battery clearly showing that chev sui rendered tp to the sea front ii ti aielo 41 elO inch ina 11 gun wan and steamers iu in fact beyond a few french field pieces 1 nothing was ph playing lying on fort bomarsund Bomar sund from the land aside but cut the blanhe Blen heims ims 10 inch gun indeed many of the chiefs in the I 1 fleet go so far as to say any that bomarsund Bomar sund surrendered to this little one gun battery I 1 which the incessant fire of 14 russian guns not silence I 1 1 I 1 |