Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-28

prevent them from jumping overheard by
closing the half-ports and by other means,
but they cannot cause other than real
men-of- wars men to put up a good fight.
No wonder that the crews of some of the
Spanish ships wanted to jump overheard
on coming out of the harbor. All the mcr
were Conscripts and six hundred had been
impressed just before the departure of
the fleet from the Canaries. 1t Is said That
all the jails there were opened and the
malcfactors taken aboard the spanish
ships. You can force man aboard ship,
hut you cannot force him to fight.
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our men had another advantage. They
had had gun practice. Most OF the gun
ncrs were on personally affcctionatc terms
with their guns, had made bulls eyes with
them, and not only achcd to train them
on the enemy but had such confidence in
their craftsmanship that fear was out OF
the question. The crews simply knew they
could lick the other fellows and their
whole interest was in their own ships.
not in those of the enemy. The Spaniards
are not towards, yet their Impulse from
the first was to dive out of their ships
They felt sure of defeat. value, too, the
moral effect OH the men of large ships
/ That also gives confidence.
! REStSTAXCE or ARNOR SHOWN
The resistance of thick armor was H.
Illustrated IN some instances. Battlr Is
better test than the conditions OF the
proving ground. ON the Colons slN-lncn
armor the nose OF quite good-slzcd pro-
tectile was found sticking. ana large
l2-lnch common smell had eNplodcu on IL
without doing any damage. However. ON
the Nizcaya n large smell had entered wen
Hit III inc caoln ana had PASSED. rlEnt
through, tearing OF II plate on the othor
sac sh' was nov armoren' On INC lo""'
TWO large shells struck well forward W
the waterlhc, nut on inc unarmorcd part
oil the snip. inc tlfSt, "a b-lnch, uld not
/ even pierce the coiter dam, nut though IL
pulNerlHed the celIuioSe IL Is sun III tnc
CoHer dam, inc inner SIDE or Whlch IL ulu
not penetrate. Moreover. as II uld not eN-
p!ode' inc rotating hand beihg recovered
entire, though separated IRON the smell
IL presumably was an hrmor -picrc'hS
shell. surely II must nave had niue Neio-
CITY. rms Is the more surprising us 'ne
SlhhSn SnlpS an hau inc loilS' hisH-
power hhEIlSh guns sun tn' plo" P,"-
nahiN was an ohllquc one INC otncr Dig
shell also struck the water Inc" just u
rev ieet ait "t inc hrst one ana maze II
cican hoIe IN tne coHer dam' striking
ha'ch wen ainiusniPS' ~ eNPIoue' l. pu, tn'
nost of them going through Tho chain
locker which is right abreast the hatcn.
Incr' are seven So3d slz'd hoieS 'hrom-h
chain locker happened to be empty. so
IN" pieces passed through INTO the m'd-
snip chaln locker where thcy were oauEnt
ny the chalh. On" OF thcm passed through
tHe attcr SD" OF the cnaih rocker anu
struck the the base OF the turrct. MOST
OF TN" pieces were picked up around inc
cock in the immediate vicinity ana In the
chain locker, showing that the force OF
he bursting charsc must nave Necn sllSht
one OF the pieces gave the are or the hasc
OF the shell, Which proved 10 pc Il l=-ihcn'
The snip was struck by hummer OF other
smaller Sholls. once on Sahchloh art
prohapN any humptr OF tunes on inc
aimor' ana scars made by two Smal-arm
outlets wcr" discovered on the muzIle
race or one OF inc after l--lnch guns
Everything would tend To emphasize the
superiority or armortd Nhlps over uh-
armored ones. such u Kidding as some OF
Inc spanish shlpS received CouIu not nave
been inflicted on any of our ships that
were engaged
Everything goes 10 prove the Naiue OF
the battleship; the power they nave 10
Keep of torpedo boats ana rapid-hre
fusilade, ana the confidence pattieship
inspires in the crew, all go 10 snow the
value of the type.
FIRE az RoARD SPANISH SHIPS
Inc Importance OF having no WOODWORK
aboard ana making the most perfect pro-
VISIONS against hre cannot ne oNereSu-
mated flr" was what ucStroyeu the SPAN
ships hut that aboard their own. Now,
, they had little wood aboard any of the
,,,ore tbon - fe,y minutes (ohout fftean
horar, ,,,,L,o co,,,d Il, saon risire, fror,
tho Loci.e 7, se,.,ns oven tho cori, naint
t,,rna5 c,a Dc o. ~ I,yc,y, ,.,e -,
,i,,,,,ishad hn, o,bars s,a-,od oricl,l
! ~ ,a,u.,d .,,d ~, ,rho u,,or r,ains
y.ara sbot ayr,v ord tho oeht md m he
cf,,or M, Son,ctbir, rn,,st Nc dono 10 nro.
,.,, ,baso ,,,nt,,s Lor,,r,or IN ,,or, ann
iro chin L-,ro and er,olo alY,vs bgvn IN,
! worst nossibIr offect on thc crew and
p oy.i,,, 60 ~, ,,roat r,,r,hor of batcbce and
80 r,,,,a,,e on ,ho shin do ,as aro ~,
J hordo, ~ dIsco,.nr ana egb, II vas founf