LATER PARTICULARS.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 10, 19 July 1882, Page 3

LATER PARTICULARS.

Lo.vuox, July 15. The bomba-i-dmeut of Alexandria com mien cod at seven Ilia morn ng, and continued till three in ihe v. (■ ernoon, when the order to cease firing was g ; ren. All tlie foias tronting the sea we - c silenced by tlie fire of the British yes.els. The -magazines of tour of the forts erploded. The Egyptians fought plucui'y. bur rthe'r fire was badly di-ecicd. and fai 'ed to do much damage. The firiug of tue Briti.h licet was aduT'ab'e, aad well Tbe official list of casi:..'' : -s oi" die British fleet gnos 5 killed _T wound'd. The Alexandria Mistai-ied supero'y the brunt of tlie act. on. beiu_; repe. tedly -struck by the. enemy's shot. The .supcrioritj' of her gunnery and weight of jaietal fold in the maideu acJ<-n. The Inflexible demonstrated the terrible energy of her 80-tou guns. j>he carries 4. Twelve officers and men of the Invincible swam ashore and burst two spiked six-gun forts - 'J liemen were unopposed. It was a daring exploit. The Queen ba. lias requested special inquiries to be made on behalf of wounded oilicers and soldiors. Germany and Austria approve of the action of bombarding. During the explosions caused by t\w bombardment, a battalion of the Egyptian army was blown up. Alexandria. July 16. In the Grand Square, European quarter, the Exchange Telegraph Office has •been destroyed. One hundred European -christians, who had taken refuge ia the Ottoman Bank and adjoining building. ■were massacred. The convicts released irom the gaols are piliaging the coy. iind the Egyptian troops are also doing so. The Knglish sailors have eapfured a number of men who have been engaged in looting the cit\\ and the luiter have received a severe Hogging and are detained in custody. The ironclads comprising the C'-annc squadron and transports, conveying four i -thousand British troops, are now near- \ ing Alexandria. Sir Archibald Allison has not been unpointed to the command of the land forces an Alexandria, as previously announced, but will assume the command of the force which is being organised for the protection of the Suez Canal.