Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1898-09-14
raAyAleAe 1906

Christians cried Victoria victoria" and
rushed upon the enemy, but did not win
the battle until the Christian galley slaves
reyolted broke their chains and turned on
their masters. Only thirty of the Turkish
galleys escaped TO Constantinople, 1870
were captured and the rest destroyed.
More than 10000 Turks were taken and
%, 900 slain, and the Christians lost TO-
900 men.
The most brilliant naval victory of the
American revolution was won by John
Paul Jones, when he captured with the
old hulk, Bon Homme Richard, the Brit
ish frigate Scraps and a smaller vessel,
the Countess of Scarborough, conveying
fleet of merchantmen. The enemy APP
preached within pistol-shot distance and
Jones sharpshooters kept the English
mans decks clear. AT the outset Jones
suffered considerably from the bursting
of three of his guns, but he quickly rallied
and dashed his sinking vessel to the Brit
isher, which soon surrendered. The loss of
the Richard was thirty killed and wound
ed, and that on the Scraps was nearly as
great The Richard was left to her fate
and next day sank with her wounded on
board.
The battle of Trafalg gar, Nelson's last
fight, took place off Cadiz, between the al
lied French and Spanish fleets of thirty
three sailing vessels and twenty-seven
English vessels The British fleet bore
down upon the enemy under full sail, led
by Nelson with fourteen vessels in the
Victory and Admiral Collingwood on the
right with thirteen vessels. Nelson's OBJ
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sections inferior to his own and then join
battle at close quarters. 1t was in this
battle that Nelson raised the pennant.
England expects every man to do his
duty" The English were successful, but
Nelson was shot, and England lost her
greatest admiral After the dying Nelson
was told that fifteen of the enemy's ships
had been taken, he said: That is well,
but bargained for twenty"
The battle OF Lake Erie, In which Perry.
II mere youth, with fifty-four guns and
600 men, defeated the British squadron
with sixty-three guns and nearly $500
men, was an epoch-maker in American
history, as II gave the Americans control
Of the great lakes. Captain Barclay. a
veteran who fought under Nelson at Ira
falgar, commanded the British fleet Dur
ing the fight, which lasted three hours,
Perry forsook the Lawrence, his flagship,
and in little boat which was made the
target of scores of rifles he was rowed
over to the Niagara. The Niagara sud
denly swerved, broke the enemys line,
raking the enemy's ships at pistol dis
lance. In Il few moments all the Amer-
can vessels were close ON their opponents
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in less than half an hour.
First Ironclnd Engagement.
The first general engagement between
ironclads took place in 1866 between the
Italians and Austrians off the island of
I.issa. In this engagement the Austrian
admiral in the flagship Ferdinand Max
sunk the Italian flagship, but as the Ital
ian sank half Il battalion of marines fired
on the Austrian and killed eighty Of her
men. The fight between the Kearsarge
and the Alabama, in which the latter was
sunk after short contest is familiar to
readers of American history, but mas
much rs both were unprotected by armor
the event can scarcely be accounted as
world-noted engagement. The sinking of
the Albemarle off the coast of North Car
DINA is also a landmark in American his
tory, but 1t was TO the daring of one man.
Lieut.. Cushing who placed torpedo un-
der the Confederate ram that the victory
was placed on the Union scroll.
The history of Europe and South Amer
lea, particularly of Chill and Peru
abounds in instances of daring at sea. the
destruction of ships and loss of men. but
it WAS not until Commodore Dewey omen
ed fire on the Spanish ileet in Manila bav
that the full strong voice of the modern
man-ofwar was heard.
AS for the strength of the various ma
tons OF the world, figures indicate little.
Suffice it to say that England and France
arc strong leaders, with Russia, Germany.
Italy and the United States all within
hai.ing distance.
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