On the 20th, the French frigate Semiramis and corvette Tancrède entered the strait, and on being fired at returned the fire. The first broadside blew one of the earthworks to pieces. In two hours the forts were silenced, and a landing party spiked the guns and blew up the magazine. On the 5th of September, 1864, an allied squadron of English, French, Dutch, and American vessels, 16 in number, mounting 200 guns, and carrying 3500 men, anchored in the straits and opened fire on the batteries. The batteries were silenced and deserted in about two hours. The next day a force of 2600 men was landed, the guns were spiked and the fortifications were dismantled. Casualties, 12 killed, 60 wounded. _Earthworks at Kagosima, August 15, 1863._ ENGLISH. Guns. Euryalus 35 Pearl 24 Perseus 17 Argus 6 Race-horse 4 Havoc 2 Coquette 2 JAPANESE. KAGOSIMA DEFENCE. One fort containing four guns. One fort containing twenty guns. The corvettes advanced in line ahead on the four-gun battery, delivering their broadsides as they passed, silencing the fort and leaving it to the care of the gun-boats. Passing on to within 1200 yards of the twenty-gun battery they bombarded it for six hours, having to contend with a typhoon at the same time. During the action the city of Kagosima was accidentally set on fire and nearly half of it was burned. The fort was not silenced at dusk, when the squadron hauled out of action, but the next morning the Japanese came to terms before the attack was renewed. _Earthworks off Charleston Harbor, July 18 and August 17, 1863._ FEDERAL. INNER LINE—IRON-CLADS. Guns. Montauk 2 New Ironsides 20 Catskill 2 Nantucket 2 Weehawken 2 Patapsco 2 OUTER LINE—WOODEN GUN-BOATS. Paul Jones 9 Ottawa 5 Seneca 4 Chippewa 6 Wissahicken 4 CONFEDERATE. _Fort Wagner_.—A strong earthwork, containing 10 heavy guns, and supported by three 4-gun water-batteries. On the 18th of July the iron-clads moved in line, taking up a position abreast the fort and within 1200 yards, the gun-boats firing at long range. At 4 p.m., the tide serving, the iron-clads moved in to 400 yards and completely silenced the fort. Drew out of action at dark, the object of silencing the battery being accomplished. On August 17th the iron-clads moved in abreast the fort to within 450 yards, and silenced the fort in two hours. Drew out of action at noon, the object having been accomplished. _Earthworks at Fort McAllister, March 3, 1863._ FEDERAL. MONITORS. Guns. Passaic 2 Patapsco 2 Nahant 2 CONFEDERATE. _Fort McAllister._—A strong earthwork containing seven heavy guns and one 11-inch mortar.