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

| Christians cried Victoria VICTORIA" and
rushed upon the enemy, but did not win
the battle until the Christian galley slaves
revo!ted- broke their chains and turned an
their masters. Only thirty of the Turkish
! galleys escaped to ConstAntinopIe. 100
were captured and the rest destroyed.
More than 10000 Turks were taken and
25.ND slain, and the Christians lost 10
! 900 men
The most brilliant naval victory Of The
| American revolution was won by John
Paul Jones' when he captured with the
old bulk, Bon Uomme Richard. the Brit.
ish frigate Scraps and o smaller vessel.
the Countess Of Scarborough. conveying
a feet Of merchantmen The enemy ap-
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 bis guns, but he quickly rallied
and dashed his sinking vessel to the Brit.
! Usher, which soon surrendered The loss Of
the Richard was thirty killed and wound
Cd, and that on the Scraps w0s nearly as
great. The Richard was left TO her fate
and next day sank with her wounded on
board
The battle Of Trafalgar, Nelson's hast
fight. took place off Cadiz, between the al
| Led French and Spanish fleets Of thirty.
three sailing vessels and twenty-seven
English vessels The British feet bore
down upon the enemy under full SAIL led
by Nelson with fourteen vessels in the
Victory and Admiral Collinewood on the
right with thirteen vessels. Nelson's OBJ
jet was to break the enemy's fleet into
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 we'll
but bargained for twenty
The battle Of Lake Erie. In which Perry.
a mere youth, with ifty-four guns and
600 men, defeated the British squadron
with sixty-three guns and nearly $500
men, was an eLDch-naker In American
history, Us it gave the Americans control
Of the great lakes. Captain Barclay q
veteran who fought under Nelson ut Tra-
falGar, comma nded the British feet Dur
Ing the fight, which lasted three hours
Perry forsook the Lawrence. his flagship.
and in little boat which was made the
tnrget Of scores of rifles he was cowed
over to the niagara. The Niagara sud.
denly swerved- broke the ene1ny's line,
raking the enemy's ships at pistol die
lance. In few moments all the Amert.
can vessels were close on their opponents
and the English pulled down their flags
in less than half an hour.
First Ironclad EnRacement.
The first general engagement between
ironclaGs took place n 1866 between the
Italians and Austrians Off the shnd Of
LISA. In this engagement the Austrian
admiral In the flagship Ferdinand Max
sunk the Italian flagship, but as the ItaI.
ian sank half battalion of marines fired
on the Austrian and killed eighty OF her
men The fight between the Kearsarre
and the Alabama, in which the Inter was
sunk after a short contest, is familiar tn
readers Of American history, but mas.
much as both were unprotected by arrnof
the event can scarcely be accounted as q
word-noted engagement. The sinking Of
the AlbeVlarle off the coast Of North Car
DINA is also landmark in American his.
tory, but It was TO the daring OF one man.
Lieut. Gushing, who placed torpedo I'M
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. bu,
it was not until Commodore Dewey open
ed fire on the Spanish fleet in Manila BAY
that the full strong voice Of the modern
| man-of-wnr was heard.
AS for the strength Of the various ma
tons Of the world. figures Indicate little.
Suffice it 70 say that England and France
are strong leaders, with Russia, Germany,
Italy and the United States all within
hailing distance.
Thpra arc times Whom +ho obco,>co ~