The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

| the best Of it in being able to work her
| guns In a short time, however, the i'm
equality was restored in a most singular
manner. The Alliance, which during the
| fight had been standing off, came up across
the stern of the Richard and opened fire
that did equal damage to friend and foe.
Several attempts to warn the officers of the
Alliance failed, and after two or three dis
charges from her guns Jones' men had to
abandon two guns that they had begun to
fight again on the main deck. 1t was dark,
but the moon shone, and there were dis
tinguishing marks that should have pre-
vented this calamity. When it was over
the Richard began to settle. The Alliance
had added to her leaks by those illy-aimed
shots. The alarm spread among the peo-
pie on the Richard that she must soon go
to the bottom, and as an act of humanity
a hundred prisoners that were in the lower
hold were released. They were put to work
at the pumps, but one of them escaped and
crawled through the ports and told the
captain of the Scraps that the Richard
must soon yield. About this time an IN
der officer of the Richard, missing both
Jones and his lieutenant, who were with
the prisoners at the pumps, called out for
quarter. The Scraps then sent over board
ers to take the prize, but these were quick
" repealed. The damage to the Richard
had been so great that her enemy had good
reason to look upon her as a prize, for be-
sides being in sinking condition she was
on fire in several places. The sides of her
hull on line with the guns of the Scraps
had been cut away so that she looked like
barge rather than a ship, and the shots
passed through between decks without
touching.
In the confusion that followed the I'M
authorized cry for quarter from the deck
of the Richard, Jones sung out denial
that reached the ears of the captain of the
Scraps, and with couple of guns bearing
directly on the mainmast of the English
man soon caused that to totter, and once
more the tables were turned The captain
of the Scraps hauled down his colors with
his own hands, his men refusing to expose
themselves on deck under the pitiless ire
from the rigging of the Richard.
The battle lasted three hours and
half The loss was nearly egaal, about
$50 on a side, nearly half Of them killed.
The Richard had about 800 men engaged
and the Scraps over 800. The peculiar cir
cumstances OF the battle saved the crews
from humiliation, for in a fight so pro-
longed at close quarters nothing short OF
that could be expected AS it turned out
the men on the Richard got out of range Of
the low fire of the guns of the Scraps early
in the action and those on the latter vessel
took shelter below to escape the shots from
the men In the rigging and on the upper
deck of the Richard
Some hours after the Scraps struck the
Richard sank, but not until her wounded
had been removed Jones took his feet
and ms prizes 70 Holland, and the English
government promptly demanded from the
Dutch government the surrender Of the
daring Yankee as a pirate a stirring di-
psonatic episode was the result, but com
promise was finally effected by which
France got the prizes, the Scar borough
and the Scraps, and Jones was forced 70
put 10 sea Through the Vaccinations Of
q faction devoted 70 English interests this
was done while whole feet Of bis enemies
was lying IN wait 10 pouuoe upon him In
the Allianee-the French captain having
been dismissed for his conduct IN the con-
bat with the Serapis-Joues sailed forth,
eluded the British sentinel ships, and soon
reached French waters.
GEORGE L KILAER