The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-28
Forts and the Mines I'm the Har-
Dor of Portland.
ANOTHER ROUND IN THE GAME
LONG ISLAND CAPTURED BY ADMI-
RAJ BARKER's VESSELS.
Honors Therefore Were Divided Be-
from ChaGee and Mills.

PORTLAND, Me-, Aug. T.-The events
and developments in the game to-day
were held to be the most Important since
the hostile fleet first appeared of Portland.
The navy made a grand coup in the capture
of Long island in the forenoon, while the
army made a specta acular play in the de-
struction of all the seventeen opposing ships
that attacked the coast defense in the aft
ernoon. The navy, however. seems to have
had little the better of it, for strange as
1t may seem, the capture of Long island
was considered more important than the
destruction of the seventeen vessels. Long
island has been declared out of the game
until tomorrow night at O'Clock The
big searchlights will not be working.
which will be of almost inestimable value
to the navy. On the other hand, after sun
set the destroyed warships went back into
commission again. The Hartford fought
with the fleet, and. although training
ship has been used as a cruiser evidently.
The movements last night and early to-
day were not of great Importance. None of
the big ships took part.
Precisely at 4:36 this afternoon the battle
flags on seventeen vessels of Rear Admiral
Barker's superb fleet were flung TO the
southwest breeze. blowing fresh and strong
up Portland harbor, and the long antici-
pated day attack was i'm progress. Accord
ing to the decision of the umpires tonight
all the batteships were destroyed by the
shore batteries as soon as they came with
in the prescribed S.000-yard range, and be-
fore they had fired single shot, but this
did not detract i'm the least from the spec
tacular interest in the battle. and for an
hour the cannonading was terrific.
THE ENGAGEMENT
The vessels of the fleet began to leave
the anchorage in Middle bay early in the
afternoon and by the time they were
stripped for action, had formed in single
file in a long ine with Rear Admiral
Barker's flagship Kearsarge leading and
the others following at a distance of about
three hundred yards apart and i'm this
order: Battleships Illinois. Alabama. Texas
cruisers Chicago. Olympia, Baltimore and
Panther: training ship Essex; cruisers
Yankee, Topeka. Prairie: gunboat scorpion:
destroyers Worden. Stewart, Truxton and
Whipple The gunboat Vixen followed
along about half way between the Essex
and Yankee, but several hundred yards
further in shore rather than in the direct
line
AS soon as they reached the s.OoO-yard
limit the mortars in Fort Mckinley opened
fire For some moments the fleet was
silent but at last the Kearsarge, Illinois
and Alabama swung their broad white sides
shoreward and opened with a terrific fusil-
lade on Mckinley The example set by the
battleships was soon followed by every YES
sci i'm the fleet, and they steamed fur
ther down the harbor all the forts opened
fire until the whole coast seemed dotted
with big white puffs of smoke, rent by
rapid flashes of flame.
The cannonading carried on by both sides
was incessant until the fleet, which had
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