The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-03-31

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fell by the board. SO great was the loss
of her men and officers that she was
forced to retire, Deeming all further re-
sistance fruitless, Captain Reid, to pre-
vent the capture of his vessel. scuttled
her near the beach and went ashore with
his heroic crew. The British, in revenge
then set her on fire, and the Armstrong
blew up in a blaze of glory. In the
three engagements the British loss was
two hundred ard ten k lied and one hun
dred and forty wounded. The American
loss was but two killed and seven
wounded!
The battle of the Armstrong resulted
in so great delay of the squadron that
consequently the fleet at Jamaica did
not effect landing from the British
troopships until four days after the ar
rival of General Jackson, which enabled
him to win the memorable battle of New
orleans, and thus save the province of
Louisiana, now consisting of eighteen
| states of the Union!
To show the marvellous victory won by
the Armstrong, it was, considering the
disparity of the forces engaged, and the
loss on each side, the greatest battle
ever fought on the seas. 1t will not es-
cape attention that the British in this
battle lost far more men and officers
killed than were wounded, which is UNI
to- 10 60
will show more clearly this fact.
In the celebrated battle of Paul Jones
between the Ben Homme Richard and
the Scraps, which took place off Flam-
borough Head, on the ed Of September,
1879, the Bon Homme Richard mounted
forty-two gums, manned by three hun
bred and eighty men and officers, while
the Scraps was a forty-four- gun frig-
ate. carrying three hundred and twenty
men and officers. The loss was nearly
equal, being about one hundred and flf-
ty on each side.
The great victory of Commodore Per-
ry on Lake Erie, September 10, 1918, over
a British squadron of six vessels of war
mounting in all sixty-three guns-was
achieved by two briggs and seven small
chooners-mounting in all fifty-four
guns, Perry's loss was twenty-seven
killed and ninety-eight wounded, but
the enemys was much greater.
In this respect the battle of Fayal will
compare favorably with Nelson's great
est fight Of the battle Of the Nile. And
1t will appear more surprising that in
the great naval engagement between
England and Spain, off Cape st. Vincent
in 1877, it would not compare with that
of the Armstrong. The Spanish fleet in
that conflict consisted of twenty-seven
ships-of-the-line and twelve frigates.
The British fleet was composed of fif-
teen ships of-the-line and seven frig
ates The tremendous conflict lasted
over six hours, when Admiral Jarvis
gained victory for the Cross of st.
George after a loss of seventy-three
killed and two hundred and twenty
three wounded. And yet in the battle
with the little brig, General Armstrong,
the British lost not only more men
killed and wounded than they did in the
fight with this great Spanish fleet, be-
sides the chances for the conquest of
Louisiana.