, 1870-11-21
TIE NAVAL PRIZE FIGHT 0EE
HAVANA.

Tho Contest Between the French
Houves and the PruAstan Nc
teor-
Harana i.Sor. l2} cor1fspondeset Of the St" 1o'k
The event Of the week. and one which has
caused the greatest excitement IN tnie local
ity, has been tho combat between the French
despatch boat, Bouvet, Commander franguet.
and tho Prussiau gunboat Meteor, Commander
Kunor. fought outside the limo Of neutral VA
tere, on the harbor OF Havana The p.useaan
resss arrived here tSa 1n the
Runaors thst challenge to fight bad passed
between the two bellgerents soon boear1e
current Tho French merchant steamer
Nouveau Monde. from St. Eazaire, bonnd to
| previous day. 1t about 10 .. n Of the 7th
abe cot up steam and moved ont Of the bar
! bor Ii prosecution Of her TcyAge The PIus-
sian, evidently With the purpose Of evading
The twenty -four hour law, and, OF attAeklnE
her, going out .t,1 10 sdsanse IA St NH H. pns
boat il the course Of the afternoon On the
s,nrning Of the sth, the Nouyeau Monde
aEain went cut and proceeded on her Toyage
un1nolcsted. Meanwhile it w1s officially An.
nouneed that tho ehallege nao nssssa s ss 1he the
Frenchnan vent ont to await in the ofang the
jspne Of the twenty-four hours which, "a
interuatioua law prescribee, must pass
before the rIusaian could ionoN.
and especially those OF the respective nation
alities became very great, and upon tho
morpine Of the eth had reached fever heat.
| TIE betting H4e very extensive, odds being
generally offered in favor OF the Prussian.
Enorte were made to charter merchant
steamer to ca1ry passengers outalde to see
! the fight. but these were rendered useless By
refusal Of the authorities TO permit any such
: arrangement It was announced that the
Spanish 1n-etwa1 Herman snat. Eortes hae,Gs nomS
. g. g. spannish Sntn 'e gan6o..s, and through
. the courtesy OF His E1cellency your CORE
: sropdent was favored with place upon tht
Z former vessel. Great crowds gathered arot
Z Trussiau, which started 1t precisely sevez
. minutes past from its anchorsge. Al ono
> | thn crowd dieapneared from tha vicinity ot tn
= : hasbo1 and covered the housetops, tho naua Q
tho Caosnas, Moro. and Principe. md ever
/; / elevated point AttAinahle, pros1ded VT
,, The Bouvet IL OF 40 horsepower, carrie
d. tiTo cuns-two Of small calibre on e1ch sid
respectively and e4-pounder mounted q
m 8 Meteor is Of eighty horsepower, three s~iv
~ guns and eixty nuen. The ca]ib1e Of tho Ii
de- fers guns il said to be superior and their COZ
stzuction moro modern. One Of them Is
K1upp, mounted on swivel: Ihe ae;nan !.a1 CO q
stely in tho wake OF the P1ussian- The form
had On board, in addition to the Captain Ge
Of eral, tho General Of Marines, the Intend en-
n- General, their respective etads, and laF1
number OF civil and military othcsse OF ZEE
In the Ffenchmhn wAsnot in sight, but At twent
m ayc minutes to a o'clock ahe VIE Gghtl
orv about nine miles on, northeast from the e
~ franco to the h1rboE. The weather WA nz
"a - fAah 49, n
oosan: Thle Light aeecy eloads & temper 7 =;
sighted the Bouyet w1s moving nort
'ess est, but soon changed her cou1
and came down to meet her antagonist, VII!
"a moving ai+sc,ly e. % to*s.ds :! hs5; ttsv 7
der pfosched each other AtAftesa minutes If
ces ), the vessels were two and hAH mi
M apa1t, md 1t TWENTY-FIVE minutes past,
nty- | Tepchrn1n changed his cousHe to the sou
AZ west, The Other stsads5 moving fe5"am: as, =
Hi course, this time moving directly down, I
inle throw out his signal aag. indicating his rea
I'M ness for The bstt1e, 1t half past 2. Tho
} io- to- WA then a.e miles f1om theNo1 and,
eonbatantss s some ~ fe tooa fh;ttV.h |
rninutes past the Freedman fired the
,.,e. / thnt which fell short, followed by &oot
Ifiea With lie result Tbs Ff1ssiaa mea1wl
;olv- continued On his way, Aftes the second eno
W the QthGfs I0elAb tA1 A@NAAa AAf.. Ae 49,
~ ared twice again, with 10 result, when, a.
Mug veesela czme within half mile Of each III
sn5 IN Meteor fired two shota in quick soo
~ sns ann. passing the Bouyet By the st'
IAN. Ts,esa also without result While moi
leath .Esy from each other the exchanges =
,wxy Ind. When about h4N : mile apart
, bnt ehsnced their courses respectively and n
mel, .nnr5s ched each other. the Bouvet mo
,... AKIN ss With the intention Of boarding;
,a7id f1ng meanvhile. ne ffenennaa m aaen =,
ne1y. more rapidly. Indeed, It seemed me o.
~ tha FruesiAo nevet to dte cut OF distf
Y, In The yeesels continued on their course
wned thsr colltded, the firing being
pres nd hesIy, Immediately the 11uss
'ss 70 -n ..;o sna uizzen uaAsts we're seen 10 S
X ,n,s ~ board. and the other lost ono Of
Bald- ton.nssts. They >oou separated, the Ffe
Al .,tn heine completely eureloped IN ~
1llaEe md stcaun' It soon became evident TIA
Guas mach,ne15 Of the latter w oisaoioa H. ~
Il b. magic, bis sails spread ous' ma Ge. no
ah L. Cd In the direction Of me port 1no 1et;
i na7, Who vas meantime striving V cie,r nts
arclay and the Eheel Of his ecteF, T hach n4o oe
Il and entxnrled with the rigging. tired tew
sftcr Fin. but they fsn short 4he y
eeanr Ieut ateadily On her course toEaEd tne
Tere franne Of the harbor, and It q nj
CnI NIL the Cortes fred = gun,
= 100. estInr that tho fight could not
oTesed ceed' u The Bouyet hsd entered nso1A
uTsnoe Tho GencrA Of Ma1anes On Ine - Vosse. ,,
| aigna1ed ths Bpanish gun6ost 70 aPp.
i tsuua and. On hsz axz4va1, directed as@ !" y