The age-herald., 1898-05-08

against the British line. Just before the
 action comenced the wind shifted favorably to the Americans, making the British to leeward.
 little before noon the British began | firing upon the Lawrence, which did not 1 get near enough for some time to return | the fire. When at last she began firing, she was not supported by the rest of the l fleet, and for two hours she met alone the l attack of nearly the whole British fleet
 At the end of that time she was a com
 plete wreck, every gun dismounted and 1 hardly dozen men alive and unhurt. The l other American vessels having by this time come up, Perry abandoned the Lawrence,
 and, entering small boat, steered for the 1 Niagara. A deadly fire of grape and mus
 Retry was poured upon him, but he escaped 1 unhurt and raised his flag on the Niagara,
 Passing along the enemy's line, the Niagara l sWerved suddenly to the right and broke 1 through the line, raklng the Lady Provost
 and Chippewa at pistol shot. The other
 American vessels coming now to the sup l port or the Niagara, the British ships be- l gun, one after another, to haul down their
 colors, until at o'clock, not British en-
 sign was flying The British loss was about 1 200; the American loss 123. The number of prisoners taken was larger than that of the American force at the beginning of the bat 1 tie.
 The attempt of the allied English, French and Russian fleets in 1927 to intervene be- | tween Turkey and Greece If possible, with 1 trumpets; if necessary, with cannon," led almost immediately to one of the bloodiest naval battles of the century, the battle of Nevarino. The Turkish and Egyptian fleet, under the command of Ibrahim, Pasha of
 Egypt and son-in-law of Mehemit Ali, Sul-
 tan of Turkey, lay In the harbor of Navar- ino. The harbor Is formed by a large bay, three miles In length and nearly two in
 breadth, protected on the west by the island of Sphakteria, and open only at the south- western end, where narrow channel sep arates the island from the mainland. Using
 Navarino as a base, Ibrahlm was sending out expeditions to ravage the interior. Ad-
 miral Codrfngton, who, as senior officer,
 commanded the allied fleet, sent an ulti-
 matum to Ibrahim, demanding that the maraudng expeditions cease, and the Turk
 ish and Egyptian fleet be withdrawn. No
 satisfactory reply having been received
 from the Turkish commander, the allied
 feet, about 1:20 on the afternoon of October
 20, 1S27 entered the harbor to make a dem- onstratlon. The narrow channel leading to
 the bay made impossible any other forma-
 tion than that of line ahead, and as the
 vessels sailed into the bay, the batteries on the mainland and on the island, which
 commanded the entrance, could have de- stroyed the allied warships one by one But they remained silent. When Codring-
 ton entered the bay he saw the Turkish
 fleet drawn up in semi-circular form, three lines deep, the vessels so arranged that
 those in the second and third lines filled up the gaps in the first. On each flank were posted three fire ships, and these were further protected by land batteries. The Turkish fleet, which consisted of eighty-two vessels, outnumbered that of the
 allies more than three to one, but the ad-
 nfa f,,e ef1o zo11 xxrith f1o 1at Mo
 sign of resistance was made as the Eng fish, French and Russian vessels took up
 their position opposite the Turkish fleet.
 Codrington now sent the Dartmouth to re-
 quest that a fireshp that was moored to
 windward to the English flagship should
 be removed; and upon the Turks refusing
 to change it's position he sent boat to
 cut its cables and tow it off. No sooner did
 the Turks realize the design of the Eng
 fish boat than they discharged at 1t a vol-
 ley of musketry. A French and an English ship replied with their guns Codrington now sent a boat to carry a remonstrance
 to the Turkish admiral but the Turks fired
 upon this also, and the shot struck the
 flagship In a few minutes every vessel in
 the bay was blazing forth shot and shell.
 For two hours the cannonade continued, while from the surrounding hills 20O00 or
 Ibrahim's troops watched the struggle in which they could not participate. There was no room TOT IdcllCS. ohli III Woi hi'6 the guns alone decided the day. By even-
 evening the Turkish fleet was totally de-
 stroyed The whole bay was literally cov- cred with a charred tangle of wreckage, | while the sea for some distance Was stained with blood. The loss sustained by the allies
 was relatively small, not more than 45o be- ing killed or wounded; but over 5000 Mus
 sulmans had perished in the struggle.
 The first battle in which modern armed battleships were engaged, and until Com
 modore Dewey's victory at Manila the only
 one of any importance in which such war
 vessels took part, was that fought at the
 mouth of the Yalu river in the recent war
 between China and Japan The action
 took place on the 17th of September 1894
 On the morning of that day the chinese fleet, which consisted of two battleships
 and Nseven armed cruisers, was drawn up
 in line ten miles out before the mouth Of
 the river. Two vessels were detached
 from the fleet to guard the mouth of the
 river The Japanese fleet approached to-
 ward noon in column of divisions. As it neared the Chinese fleet. the rear divi-
 sions swung around abreast of the first, forming A lie of battle The Chinese there
 upon formed line of sections. each section comprising two ships, one behind the other 1 At 12:3O o'clock the Chinese Ting Yuen op- ened fire at a range of 5.7O0 yards. The shock of the first discharge threw every man off the bridge. As the Japanese vessels ap-
 preached, they turned slightly to the left, thereby forming a quarter line to bring more of their guns into play and have broader target for their guns. The Chinese
 met this manoeuvre by turning two points
 to starboard. thus keeping their bows
 turned toward the Japanese line. The fleets
 continued to advance. keeping up con-
 tinual fire until they were within 4,400 yards distance of each other; at that point the
 whole Japanese fleet turned eight points
 to port, thereby forming a single line ahead, and steaming across the Chinese
 line, turned It's right wing. Then the Jap
 anese line steamed around astern of the
 Chinese feet pouring terrible fire into
 the Chinese vessels, some of which began
 to burn, and by this manoeuvre cut off completely, the Kwang Kai and the Tsa
 Yuen which were in the rear of the Chi-
 nese line. These two vessels retired and took no further part in the action. The
 Japanese. having completed the circle
 hauled off to a distance of 5000 yards, and
 there went through an evolution for the
 purpose of separating into two divisions
 the first formed of seven of the swftest
 cruisers, the second of five inferior ships.