The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-10
No. III. The End Of the Bulldog

anna hI,si8xyIthin a minute or two the
untortunate Bulldog WAS hard and fast
on a reef, close under the guns OF lne
cnemy's steamer. and also within very
short range OF d masked land pa n1les NY
which quickly opened a no i ~ " - e
stranded corvette.
Tbc first Shot OF the action had been
fired al s:45 "A. NJ at a:4S, in spite OF
the terrible difficulties under which slo
|labored, the plucky Bulldog sank me
yalorogue, and ut 1910 she sent anotner5
salnavIst steamer to the bottom. sns
also blew up n powder magazine on sno.e'
set fire to The town. and Killed or se ~! :.
tered various parties OF ritienen VIZ az
assembled from time to time IN oroes ~ ~
nnov her people by firing from the
beach. ft,i
neglect ia make efforts to get ms s s,a
OF the rocks a United STATES y M W.
steamer. the , 10 sneo vas ann near at hand.
and 10 her the British captain appeaitr,u,a,
Howell, who was neither the first nor ,tn ~,
last Of American ngy,ai GiGet 10 British
comrades in a tight place. seems 70 rt,oe
made some efforts to tow the ~ STllou y;
from her precarious position, pal ssI 4,
fasf'1c,r, the reef. he deststed, ana SEM
I de,,t enant Sumner, with mn offer to re.
ceive and tend the British Wounaso. ~, i
was then noon, and the ,, III IN % on both
sIdes for many hours afterwards. b ~
M Vet. apparently, Wake could not Drlng
himself to admit that he needed aal Syentas
n II l,ck doggedly TO his task until night
fan, when the Salnavsts ceased 20 , ala Z,
and he followed ther e x mp homeless to
,1,,aa ~ az saving his battered corvette;
Even EN- IL she could have been hauled I on on
the reef, she would no doubt, nave h pegn
fore. he decided TO abandon her He e. sem en-
soma sou y: OF OF his people to the friendly 70 ls
Soto: others we're removed to the .1 a.,, !
frardst wa ran an ha N ses ire to tic de-
votef, Bulldog. Wake himself Quilted h la,c
as1;tt1e later She blew up, leaving 10 Inc
! Snlnnyists no trophy Of that DAY ny
Vie lie Bulldog had gone into acton With VII
17sl 'nf1icers and men In her. l Is most
astonishing that she lost no more tm m,,a
three people killed and ten wounuttr
narily eSratic. or it would have reanced
the corvette to matchwood and destre esSsta
every soul on board her. ABOUT q, e.. io l :
G tss'i e, Captain Rochfort Mcguire,
eo@mpader Agern o Charles Fieschl
Heneage bombarded otIghq fbem one
after another. This engageme . though ga
It LASTED for nine hours, involved no Sc So.
rious casualties on the side of the attaG n;
t.' Lily. and no one being killed: The 16ae
H 1es' vIly As The latter retired, the GET
trardsts occupied their works s, Z Off.
Ger loses his ship, he must undergo, 1r "a
by court martial. Accordingly, the .Bu ~
dogs late Officers, among whom were ere tn i.
John Lewis sewt bos and ia the
port. Wake and Bohemia We're held y 70
TOR h anI run tde Jared
t tna The vessel had been abandoned and
destroyed prematurely The court there,
fore. s severely repr lima, axe an t'
lodging to all the circumstances OF the
case. il can hardly be held that such a
sentence as the above tends TO encour,
age Officers to be keen In Nln!dli cating tne
Of their country's flag, and II Is mot t. 70 .
| be wondered at that the result provoked
Emuch protest. Among the protestants
whi In p aabse saS e ssrs
temperate appeal to their I,ordships at !,
the admiralty. All the atistactlon T., Wh ~
assurance that their ! .ordships did not
consider that any simputation wa IS cast on
his honor or! his courage One can only
| calculate 'GOOd gracious. - TX ~ a III ildPPS
! 10 be able to say that Captain Wake was
again employed afloat; that he did not
retire until he had attained the rank q
| vicc-admiral; and that he never caused
| either his honor or his courage to be
/ questioned He died In 1890, being then
III his sixty-sxth year
| Next Sunday 1.-THE 5Phkled Chinaman.S
1 by Basil Lubbock.
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