The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1903-08-28
ARE PLAYING WAR.
The Combined Fleet Makes An Attack
in Portland Harbor.

Portland, Me-, Aug. 26.-The search
lights at 11:55 Tuesday night were
trained on a warship approaching the
harbor entrance and the batteries at
Ft. Williams began a cannOnading.
Two battleships were destroyed"
by shots from and 10 inch guns at Fl
Williams. Other warships can be seen
outside the harbor
The vessels fired upon were proba-
bly, gunboats or torpedo boat Destroy
ers. Three small vessels were brought
into view by the searchligAts and one
round of shots was fired from the 6
and 10 inch guns at Fit. Williams,
which, according to the rules, sank one
vessel. Fl. Mckinley and Fl. LEVEL
each fired one round, each of which
sank a vessel, so in all probability
three vessels were theoretically de-
stroyed.
At 1:15 large vessel, evidently a
battleship, came into range, and was
fired upon with one round from FITS
Williams and Levett and three rounds
from Ft. Mckinley. The vessel return
l.
and FIT. Levett batteries.
The ship appeared to come in a
short distance and then stand off to a
point opposite the two lights on the
cape.
Vessels from the feet entered the
harbor. At least two landings were at
tempted and a torpedo boat destroyer
succeeded in reaching Fl. Preble, the
innermOst fOrtifcatiOn, ard the &C
knOwledged key to the defenses before
being picked up by the searchlights
and fired upon.
The fleet of eight ships, evidently
the battleships and cruisers with the
flagship Kearsarge, which had in all
probability failed to effect a passage
through White Head channel, ap-
proach the main channel, past the two
lights. at 2:40
Portland, Me-, Aug. 27.-Two gun
boats Off town landing at Falmouth
foreside, three miles from the harbor,
were fired on from Fort Mckinley
while sending ashore landing parties.
Three torpedo boat destrOyers are
reported to have passed Forts VII
liams and Leavitt, shortly after 1911
and attempted to cOuntermine the
harbor. They were fired on by Fort
Preble
At Fort Preble, it is claimed that
all three of the big warships which
entered the harbOr had been technical
ly destroyed in the earlier action,
when they were first discovered by
use of searchlights.
1t was stated Wednesday that 40
rounds were fired by the mOrtars Of
the harbOr forts during the. attack
125 shells by the converted guns at
Fl. Preble and 35 shots by 6-inch guns
Haverhill, Mass. Aug 27.-Secre-
tary of the Navy Moody was the chief
guest of tne boards of trades of the
cities of the Merrimack valley in
Groveland Wednesday, and spoke
briefly on the navy and the present
policy of the administration. Refer
ring to the present war maneuvers,
the secretary said
There is an especial interest in
these maneuvers for the people of New
England. South of the Potomac there
are few deep harbors, but as you come
north the number and depths of har
bors increase until between Province
town and Eastport there are more
deep harbors than On any other part
of our coast line.
This is the. most vulnerable part of
our coast line and because of the fact
that upon each harbor stands a popu-
lous city representing in population
and property vast interests of the ma
ton, it becomes a part of the nations
duty to defend that property, and so
these maneuvers are being held off
this coast in order that the officers
and men in our feet may be trained
to the defense of these cities, and may
have the opportunity by actual expert
ence to learn the lesson which can
be taught in no other way"