The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-28
land ATTACK ON PORTLAND.
.,rrrIANDS IT'S FORCESTWELVE
NILES FROM THE CITY.
,,,,r Nadc AT Night and March Over
land Begun Earlier I'm the bay the
snlps Wake spectacular Bombar'i-
neut Of Forts Protecting the larDor.

poDr,Axp. Me-. Aug. %, 1 A. MA signal
.,o,ior porrol reported at midnight that
H., North Atlantic feet is off Old Orchard
po,cb and has landed a strong force, which
!, marching toward Portland. The distance
from Old orchard TO Portland harbor by
land is twelve miles,
PORTLAND. Me, Aug. 27,Admiral Bar
,or,s fleet this afternoon bombarded Forts
Tev.tt and Williams, II was the most
.noc,ncular feature of the weeks man
nuvres The entire feet, with the excep-
,ion of the Texas and few small ships,
nar,icjparod The Olympia. which was in
mred Yesterday. took part
was "A sort of tlr,s IS parade. arranged
sor fine benefit of Portland and its harbor
surmcr visitors, thousa Dis Il whom lined
tho points Of vantage along shore.
This il believed to have been the end Of
rho war games When the ships We're
hidden by the darkness they were all head
Ing southwark
NAVAL Ian ING PARTIES.
PORTLAND. Me. Aug. 27.-An expedition
y, marines having failed in an attempt
Yesterday TO capture the camp Of the Second
Maine Infantry on Long Island, five miles
from rtland, an expedition of 500 blue
Jackets and marines, under Capt Swim
burne Of tho Texas, landed on the island
at 0 o'clock this morning and attacked the
c,mp from every side. battalion was
sent from the Kearsarge, the Illinois, the
Alabama. the Texas. the Olympia, Yankee
and Baltimore.
The gunboats Scorpion and Peoria lowed
the boats OF the expedition to a convenient
landing on the island. and while the beach
was being shelled from these vessels and
the one Founders in the launches, officers
and men dashed ashore and. forming In
battalions. rushed in the direction of the
camp. The battalion from the Illinois.
under Lieut.. r. NJ Field, was the first to
encounter the enemy and there was a sharp
skirmish
Being outnumbered the Maine Infantry
detachment fed. but about thirty OF its
men were captured by the marines and
tackles OF the Illinois. One militia
officer declined to surrender and 1t was
necessary to use rough treatment.
There was much enthusiasm as the camp
was sighted, but the sailormen were doomed
to DISAPPOINTMENT for the infantry regi-
ment had fled. Then Capt. Swinburne's
men started out TO find 1t and incidentally
captured a cable landing station and a
great many summer girls. Afterward the
commander Of the Maine regiment sent
word that he hadn't been captured because
he was intrenched and under the rules OF
the war games 1t took ten men In an at
lacking party TO capture one man behind
Entertainments.
Eleven boatloads OF marines from the
Red Fleet under command of Capt. james
C. Breckenridge of the Alabama were
landed Yesterday on the south side of Little
Johns Island, near the base occupied by the
fec~. and captured the army wireless tele-
graph signal station there. About 2O0
marines we're in the expedition. Lieut.
W II. Clifford of the Illinois had the adj
vance He found the station and was fired
upon by the occupants, four artillerymen
and three signal corps men. These with
the station were taken. Lieut.. Clifford
also captured five girls with cameras They
surrendered willingly.
CHAFFEE CLAIMS VICTORY.
WASHINGTON, Aug 81 - Major Gen.
Chaffee, in a despatch to the War Depart
m"nt. received this morning, claims n
decisive victory for the army in the fight
at Portland early Yesterday morning He
saws that the hattoships kearsarge, Ala
hama and Illinois were all put out Of action
and that the attempts OF the enei.ly to land
at Long Island were repulscd.