Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-07-03

= kslr objs1k IN Long TON. aghsAvy
seeo1ndeessapmee1 ~ I pivot amidships.
A10a stsAtea With 3earful accuracy. On
sSA1no tbs Brush beats with undauntAd tn-
trsr..dity: waaen trey were again hailed W
tn. fMtai 0osnnand was then given. n .
1Femsudoua iira was opened ~ the enemy.
IN thunder AAd crash Of which broke the
~ aermed Atltlneax 81 tho before quiet mid
n sasas n, sssn a%.;.. nsss III as Dsik ana aaa fs .s !
returned tho HE. remained their oars,
md. Gtyfng t4reO cheers. cams on
mort spfrltBlsy. Tho crew Of the pri-
yatser asked n they shout tho
cheering until W Y gained . victory"
n 4 moment they succeNded In gaining the
bow md stnrb0ard quarter Of the ARM
atrong. Tho cry Of ti, officers command
Ing tho boat VA. up and aboard. my
L.ds--eiye zig enemy Nc l,'arter:- Al The
cannonAdes. sWiveis. hlunderbuses anil
musketfy, They wore gAifanlly met by the
crew OF the prisatser In their htack lsather
boarding caps strapped with stsel. looking
IKE demons. With boarding pikes. mnsksts.
battte-s xes. pistols and cutlasses. The ves-
sci soon became Ons broad sheet OF fire,
the red glare OF which strangely contracted
with the brilliant light OF tho moon. nov
riding high In mtd-heayeIi. Hhrieks and
yolls. orders n osths. amid the clsng Of
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the din. and roar Of the muskotry. Again
and agnin the enemy. led by their officers.
attempted 10 gain the decks Of the priya-
teeF. but wefe repulsed ct all umes with i'm.
msnse loss. The battle now ragged with the
greatest fury. The Americans fought with
the desperation OF fiends. Making O last
desperate effort TO hoard. the enemy gained
this spfitsiAii- yard and DO wsprtk OF the
pflvatser. and .wero pressing their
way to her decks, when tho Amart-
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With the skin and might of knight 81 old,
drove iack England's be nd bravest
men with horrid slaughter. The second
lieutenant Of tho Armstronf Il. Mr.. Alex. q.
Williams. was killed ut this moment while
s sa.ia us tl sira'i isea ~ an H. hobe aas John.
s0n. also fell dangerously wounded. At the
salne instant Capt. Reid. who commanded
the astsr division. was engaged beating on
two luge launches. this msn and officers 81
Which s.a = r., ~ su ns;ys... y ns climbing a ,Is Up p, the
thu first lieutenant o. the plantagenet. had
engaged Capt. Held In hand-to
hHnd light with cutlasses. and once
OF twice came near oyorpoweriny him.
Capt. Reid icing left handed used
powder boys handed him. while he contin-
ued to fight with the British Lieutenant
with his isit hand. distiaininH to shoot down
his adversary. At last. the British ~lieuten-
ant, making u feint. brought down a dosper-
ate blow. which Capt. Reid had just time to
slightly across the head. and nearly sever
ing his thumb and foreffnger. Before the
Engiishman could recover. Capt. Reid
struck him down. and he fell back q corpse
into the boat.
It WAS ut this critical ~juncture that Cap
tain Reid was informed Of the death OF his
second lieutenant and that his third
lieutenant was badly wounded. Hav-
ing succeeded In beating the boats of
the quarter. and thus left the only officer
slackened on the torecastle. At INC rally
ing tho whole OF the after division. they
rushed forward with a shout and openei
fire. while he ordered the forward division
to heave cold shot into the boats and sink
them. a. those men We're out OF cartridges.
Tbs enemy. appalled, with CONSERVATION
and dismay. fall back to their boats and
retreated. whom Captain Red. bringing the
Long Tom to bear upon them. fred the
gun himself (which few OF the carriage).
doing fearful destruction. and ending in the
total defeat Of the British. Then 1t was
thnt Captain Reid cried out, Nov Is the
time. my boys. 10 cheer and three wild,
enthusiastic cheers re-echoed over the bay
from shore to shore. The Americans
among the crowd on tho beach hailed the
privateer. and asked IL Captain Reid was
safe. and. being answered In the affirmative,
gave three tremendous cheers In return.
The scene which TO- presented itself was
n Of Understandable horror. The silvered
waters Of he bay were crimsoned with
blood. Dark forms OF numerous dead bodies
Heated around on every side. while the
and death shrieks OF tho wounded
struggling around tho boats pierced the
very air. Many OF the boats had beer sunk.
Two large launches belonging to the frigate
other boats. literally loudod with their "
dond, In 4 bOnt belonging to the plan.