Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-07-17

the best of it in being able TO work her
guns In "A short time, however, the in
equality was restored in 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 I'M
/ der officer of the Richard, missing both
/ Jones and his lieutenant, who were with
the prisoners at the pumps, called out for
1 quarter. The Scraps then sent over board
]
ly repealed. The damage to the Richard
had been SO great that her enemy had good
reason to look upon her rs a prize, for be
sides being in a sinking condition she was
on fire in several places. The sides OF her
hull on a line with the guns of the Scraps
had been cut away so that she looked like
a barge rather than a ship, and the shots
passed through between decks without
touching.
In the confusion that followed the un-
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 fire
from the rigging of the Richard
The battle lasted three hours and a
half The loss was nearly equal, about
$50 on a side, nearly half Of them killed.
The Richard had about 300 men engaged
and the Scraps over 300. The peculiar cir
cumstances of the battle saved the crew.
from humiliation, for in fight so pro
longed at close quarters nothing short o.
that could be eSpecJeu- AZ 10 butnch ou
the men on the Richard got out of range o.
the low fire of the guns of the Scraps early
in the action and those on the latter vesse
took shelter below to escape the shots from
the men in the rigging and on the uppe
deck of the Richard.
Some hours after the Scraps struck thu
Richard sank, but not until her WOUNDED
had been removed. Jones took his flee
and his prizes TO Holland, and the Englisl
government promptly demanded from tn
Dutch government the surrender OF tn
daring Yankee as a pirate. A stirring di
plomatic episode was the result, but com
promise was finally effected by whic
# France got the prizes, the Scarboroug
It and the Scraps, and Jones was forced t
Is put to sea- Through the Vaccinations o
l. a faction devoted to English interests thi
was done while whole fleet Of his enemie
IS was lying in wait to pounce upon him.
4 the Alliance-the French captain havin
h been dismissed for his conduct in the con
re bat with the Serapis-Jones sailed fortf
A. eluded the British sentinel ships, and 500
ID reached French waters.
X GEORGE L. KILMEB.