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

famous poets, military leaders and states
men. 1t is all a matter of judgment, and
no two lists would be alike. The follow
ing, however. are among the leaders:
Artemisum-Gree virtually defeat Per
SLAMS with superior fleet, 500 Il. G.
Salamis-Greeks, with $3.50 small war gal
| leys, defeat Persans with 800 ships, the
| former losing forty galleys and the latter
| twenty galleys. Loss of life on both sides
estimated from 5000 to 10000; $50 b. c.
Winchelsea-Englis defeat forty Spanish
vessels and capture twenty six, August
| 1850.
Harfeur-Engllsh capture destroy 800
French vessels Aug. Is, 141o.
| Bay of Lepanto-Venetlan and Span
| ish fleets defeat Turkish feet under
| Pasha ALI; Christian fleet consisted of 250
ships and more than 10000 men, and Turks
commanded superior force; only thirty Turk
ish vessels escaped; 10000 Turks We're taken
| and %, 900 slain; Christians lost 10, 900 men;
1871.
Gibraltar bay-Dutch defeat the Spanish,
| April %, 1907.
Dover straits-Dutch destroy the English
| feet, Nov. 20, 1852.
Portsmouth-Englsh defeat the Dutch
and destroy eleven men-ofwar and thirty
merchantmen, Feb. 49, 1853
North Foreland-One hundred English and
! Dutcn men OI-Wnr engaged, eleven Dutcn
taken and six sunk: June ., 1853.
Coast of acknowledgement sunk thirty
Dutch men-of-war, July 81. 1853.
Santa Cruz-Spanish feet burned by the
English, April 20, 1857
| Harwich-Dutch lose eighteen ships to the
! English, June %, 1865.
| Thames-Dutch lose to the English TWEEN
| ty-four men-of-war four admirals killed and
| 1000 seamen, July 20, 1866
Messina-Spanlsh fleet, twenty nine yes
sells, destroyed by the English. July 81, IT'S.
| Gibraltar-English defeated combined
fleets of Spain and France Sept. 10, 1882
st. Vlncent-English, with fifteen vessels.
defeated Spanish with twenty seven vessels,
Feb. 10, 1877.
Battle of the Nie-Engish under Nelson
defeat the French and capture and destroy
eleven vessels and kill nearly 1000 men uu.
der Admiral Brueys, Aug. l, 179S
Trafalgar-Nelson sunk nineteen French
and Spanish vessels fighting twenty seven
ships against thlrty-three OF the combined
fleet; Nelson killed; Oct. 81, 1905.
| Navarlno-The fleets OF England France
and Russia destroy thirty Turkish men-of-
war. Oct. 20. 1927.
| Yalu Ryer-Japanese defeat Chinese:
| heavy losses on both sides, Chinese losing
| four vessels and 800 men, Sept. II, 1894.
Noted American Fights.
Among the noted American battles are
the following:
Coast OF Scotland-Paul Jones captures the
Scraps and Scarborough, seventy guns.
Sept. %, 1779
| on st. kltts-The Constellation. twenty
six guns, captures the French L'lnsurgeant,
forty guns. Feb 8. 17I9.
Coast of United MISREPRESENTATION, for
ty-four guns, slnks the Guerrero, thirty
eight guns. In thirty minutes. Aug. 10, 1912
Madeira-United States forty four guns
captures the Macedonian, forty guns, Oct
%. 1872
Brazll-ConstitutIou captures the Java
Dec 20. 1872
Lake Erle-Perry. with ffty-four guns. de-
feats English fleet with siXty-three guns,
Sept. 10. 1913.
Lake Champain-McDonough with eighty
six guns, defeats English fleet with ninety
six guns, Sept. IL, 1914.
Mauila-Commodore Dewey with six yes
sells. defeats the Spanish under Admiral
Montejo with eighteen vessels. sinking elev-
en- of the Spanlards and Withdrawing un-
scgthed, May l, 1898.
Santiago-Commodore Schley. with six
vessels, totally destroyed the entire Spanish
fleet under Ceryera. But one American was
killed. while the Spanish lost 600 killed and
/, 100 taken prisoners.
Passing by the battle of Salamis. which
was in reality nothing more than a 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 Lepanto in 1871 be-
tween the papal. Venetian and Spanish
fleets and that OF Selim, Sultan of Con
s,antinople. The Christian fleet consist
ed of 250 ships and more than 10000 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
reinforcement of 200 men. they rushed
to the assault and carried everything be-
fore them. An indscriminat e slaughter
followed. The crescent was quickly re-
placed by the cross and the bloody head of
Ali planted on II pole was raised on the
masthead Of Don johns flagship. The