Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-01

famous poets military leaders and states
men 1t is all a matter of JUDGMENT. and
no two lists would he alike. The follow
ing however. are among the leaders:
Artem,siun -Gr,ofs virtually defeat Per
slams With superior feet, 700 H. e.
SalAmis-Greeks, with 80 small war gal
lcrs defeat persians with $40 slips the
former losing forty galeys and the latter
twenty ralleyA Loss Of life on both sides
estimated from 5000 t. 5n,0nO; $50 +. c.
Observation-Disclosures defeat forty Spanish
vessels and capture twpntysix, August
1850.
Hartcur- English capture or destroy 800
Fronch vessels, Aug. Is, l41a
ish fleets defeat Turkish feet under
Iusha All; Christian feet consisted of 90
ships and more than 10000 men, and Turks
commanded superior force; only thirty Turk
lsh vessels escaped; l0,00o Turks were taken
and 2-5,GH slain; Christians lost lu00O men;
1871.
Gibraltar hay-Dutch defea, the Spanish
bower strnits-Dutch destroy the English
fleet. Nov. 90. 1852.
acknowledgement defeat the Dutch
and destroy eleven men,of,wn and thirty
merchantmen. Feb. Is, 1863.
North Forciand-One hundred English and
Dutch menof- war engaged; eleven Dutch
taken and six sunk; June 2, 1888
Coast Of HolIand-Enclish SINK thirty
Santa Cruz-Spanish nect burned by the
English, April "a. 1857.
Harwich-Dutch lose eighteen ships TO the
English. June q, 16EA
Thames-Dutch lose TO the English TWEEN.
-four men of-war, four admirals killed and
1000 seamcn. July o. 1895
Mess!na-Spanish feet, twenty nine veg
Tes 5uy S a
fleets Of Spain and France, Sept. l3, 1882
st. Vincent-Enelish. with fifteen vessels.
defeated Spanish with twenty seven vessels
Feb IL, 1891
Battle of the Nile-Engiish under Nelson
defeat the French and capture and destroy
eleven vessels and XII nearly 1000 men I'M
der Adm!ra! Drueys. Aug. l, 170a
Trafalear-Nelson sunk nineteen French
and Spanish vessels, fighting twenty seven
ships against thlrty-three Of the combined
feet; Nelson killed; oct. q. 1908.
Navarino-The feets of England. France
and Russia destroy thirty Turkish men.of.
war. Oct. 90, 1897.
Yalu River-Japanese defeat Chinese;
heavy losses on both sides, Chinese losing
four vessels and GOO men, Sept II. 1894
Noted American Flights.
Among the noted American lattles are
the following:
Coast Of Scotland-pnul Jones captures the
Scraps and Scarborough, seventy guns,
Sept. %, 1913
on St Kit s-The Constellation. twenty.
SIX guns. captures the French L'InSurgeant,
forty guns Feo. ., no.
Coast Of United INSTRUMENTATION, for
ty-four guns, sinks the Guerriere, thirty
eight guns In thirty minutes, Aug. 10, 1872
Madera-Cnted states, fortyfour guns
captures the Macedonian. forty guns, Oct.
MISREPRESENTATION captures the Java
Lake Erie-Perry, with fifty four guns de
tents English feet with sixty-three guns.
Lake Champain-McDonough with eighty
six guns, defeats English feet with ninety.
SIX guns, Sept II, 1914
Manila-Commodore Dewey, with six YES
sells, defeats the Spanish under Admiral
Montejo with eighteen vessels, sinking elcv-
en- Of the Spaniards and withdrawing un-
scathed May !. 1893
Santiago Commodore Schley, with six
vessels, totally destroyed the entire Spanish
fleet under Cervera. But one American was
killed. while the Spanish lost 600 killed and
l.10O taken prisoners
Passing by the battle OF Salamls, which
was in reality nothing more than land
battle on galleys, the success Of the victor
depending largely upon favorable winds
and formidable crews, the next most i'm
portant naval battle Of the world was that
fought In the bay of Lepnnto in 1871 be-
tween the papal Venetian and Spanish
fleets and that If Selim, Sultan of Con.
stantinople. The Christian feet consist
cd of $50 ships and more than $4,000 men
under the command of Don John Of Aus
tria. The Turkish fleet, which was under
command of pasha Ali. was much larger,
but the Christians had the advantage in
equipment, making use of helmets, coats
of mail and firearms, while many of the
Turks had no better defensive garb than
leather shields and no more formidable
weapons than arrows
Three times the Spanards boarded the
Turk and fell back. A fourth time. with
a reinforcement of 200 men, they rushed
to the assault and carried everything be-
fore them. An indlscriminate slaughter
followed. The crescent was quickly re-
placed by the cross and the bloody head OF
All planted on a pole was raised on the