Morris tribune., 1886-10-13
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| How Blake Ran tire BatteriestTHo Hundred Years
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Admiral Robert Blake; Of GROIN,
tWall's timie,t Is the Subject o.ff a, new
volume the author being David Han,
may. rBlakerwas anquiet country gen.
tIeman and M. p Until he7was" nearly
sFfy HSafs 81 4ag age; ,E 3est,' between re
Years 1913 and Liz: 1927 he ,beat; the fa7
NOUS llDutoh aAdmirals OF s,his idaIy;
-htmbled P ottugal-'oh the sea; lchastis-
d'thd pirates u A1giYfS and Il Tani.ss;
battered down the forts on Tunis Bay,
supposed So s{pREsssqt aR!s e99a eAr4;
the Spanish 1 Ships ! j. u at Jul Cadiz,
ana, rs S climax max" ea5Ipfttu red ed six
Spanish tr "a sure ships IN @th the lace deep
ana h ia q w!mt5o0tuith bay, Santa
1, cdz 'Rirfisstt.IIihs VIII forts,
Blake IAN the gauntlet Of the,teastles
at the MOUTH. Of the. baYa and so ,en-
gagged they Spapish ships that they.
lmQJIQlss t be under fire.. also if 1.-The shore
batteries. con t4inue,tq tirel upon him.,
NE, Hanp:ay thus Outlines the fights
, HVYind and side suited nthe moEnlng
.Qf April 20. 1851 when Blake, reached
: the, baY.and stood,m at i,opce hundeE
O. press ofeapyasr During four hours
the ba&tleraged, chiefly, WITH the gal
Icons. On board the smaller ships and
in ,pany,ef thet batteries. i the Spanish
gqqInlners must. have stood idle, watch
ipS, the, hattie in, the middle Of the bar
boy as, aMet nfs. ,tha. clouds, of Il smoke,
r9lled pnt shore by thesea breeze " onlal
allow them, -, The ,pnmasked batteries
were swept blythe fire of, Blake's, .gun7i
,ners, and the smoke, Lifted only when,
the sgale9 % had istfnek,A one after.
ap9thery Then, the crews, boarded
and drRV,, the Spanish tout ITO.
swim q, ssh}Qre, saB dHoNn an the,
way. ffFQgatha Ihoments.thls success
Only increased Rlake's danger since the
.Spania8rds could net pse AL their ggplps,l
", bit an a' enemy: TThfie gsalIeons would
stu SCREEN tn, EqlgsliYsh, ships, bqtrthe.,
grlze GInewBllnyst h8iNe .sHtffeHedi heaaNfit
NV NNaS f9Hpfaa ,iIplp9f.sssible tn bring,
qAk the tEe}a.SuTe - ships and orders
were giYepy to fire them, LWheRthe
flames had eaaqghb bheIEpglish, in sths ]
fonfiidepce 9tlthelr spReEillogithyn felglg M
forts and fired them a!so.u--By this
R E ssf 5as } Rsa a Rsf g 8 fHER adBs
The, six6een galleomsand pataehes bla2s,
iipFsgtjn av@sati seElaoirele betweenrthem
BOG ths gRaaithte ;gA A. t hits' ]RPPmept,
steadi1yl iHto'seRe bay,,' veeted fodffdl
and begaH1tos blomle equally, steadily 4
off .the,iandU nqtJw as,not squaliy,t within
Galms, s.fh6fni II theeD nlOuntaiaasjI butIf
aJstrofie, Asevem jbrsezsy ,ibeforei, which!
the. English fleet negspmseda its positioh'd
T., CaaiDlTflbfp sased o Blake 1eships 4
had shat tersde tthe,.dur6sg ,suhlxN the
S panisn ships aha gotirkes of tilsi ~harLDI
boE beforeiShe twind sti1rnsd, but it's
oippDortu nenesssamdqt the trifling,Btice
paid fonfhB UiatorysAass Mrj HannayI|
cpnelukles- esMenb6o 1nakamp the mar
Observation-Disclosures, fghtt snDhe !
total loaStso Ehei English 5n jlSiiled isnd'i
M0gnded shadsbebn desssl thanst " liaAaj
dEea meh sitNse loss ofnti1a lSpaniards 4
lss saibfd' haH6hes1ufUghtfuh" yTilis y
was, deing,wellf dEla nandwbo, fup fto;f
The ageobforbyaniney had ibeena fandsi |
han. eBeforet fttaft nho mSte1 de dad J
been afhliantaand Sdetessfubileadep /
III 70 ndwah' ssimih lad In. Rmlianrent )
hsd haddcutnaOdgrtati ofgupdt THE
fght acknowledgements isordifjrsa
aST5pus,iusays thsi Earl 1bfoE apend ON
1 that aallmehlwh0 lcnsYotbe plaGewon1l
Tered NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., with what1E
courage lSOexerte hdhwed, sNGtbl ddh DIVES
4fPdert@kenfs, theyGtu1lrl ahardly perIb
;I(Ilade the1mselNes, t@beha1e wlEabthep
had donee whilst HheffSpahiards cuiiisl
'olTfsd tbsBashl wniGithotheI belief hatd
HEX HEX wars1deyas andmobmenpwho had /
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