New-York tribune., 1905-06-04

great destruction Twenty Of the British M al crew
all was lost and he tore down his ss Sb Which had ,s
Scraps in triumph. leaving his own ship to sink.
ready captured the Countess
THE TRAFALGAR SEA FIGHT.
IN. a, m. greatest battles between wooden sail
rugged rnen-of-war IN point both OF It's ferceness
and also of It's influence on the destiny OF ma
tions was fought off Trafalgar. II not only made
the name of Nelson. the British commander I'M
mortal and his heroism proverbial. but it secured
to England a naval supremacy on the sea which
Ss strategy ate, as well as bravery helped the English
the Commander of the French and Spanish ships,
seven or eight ships to draw him out of The harbor
'es Of cadiz still Veneuve might have fingered
teIs Maboeom SnseG eondemnins his coward and urging
aciGn faae re1eT bedVed to have been inspired
Nelson that the latter had only twenty ships he
To draw his foe st further from port Nelson
kept Sqt to sea nor % qa be s ab o m
Trafgar he nde iafe the the battle t Tfd
Viileneuve quaver Nelson planned to break the
enernys line In two places. and his ships according,
by himself in the victory and the other by colng-
o%a On on tfs the French the Wctory dspayed the
celebrated signal England expects every man to
In the battle that followed ships fought at as
close range as did the Serapis and the B0nh0mme
and died only a few minutes after he learned that
he had triumphed. The allied feet was pounded
into a mass Of fragments, and NapOleons plan OF
an invasion of England fled with his ships
TESTS OF MODERN IRONCLADs
The first test of the ironclad battIeship was in
the naval fights OF the Civil War. These engage
ments were largely those Of ships against forts and
took place in rivers and harbors instead of the
open sea; yet they were sufficient show the vast
superiority of the metal to the wooden ship In
the duel Of the Monitor and the Merrimac the
world saw how the battles of the future were
% fought.
When the Merrmac appeared in Hampton Roads
the morning Of March S, 1852. the utter help.
the newly invented ironciad became fearfuiy ap-
parent There were several wooden men-of-w war in
the harbor, and on the approach of the Merrinnac
they poured storm OF cannon balls at its iron
roof, but vainly as peas from pea shooter. y
as one Union officer expressed 1t. On the other
effect on the wooden ships, riddling their fragile
sides and spreading death and destruction. Finally
the Merrimac showed it's full power to wreak dis
ramning great hole in that ship with its iron
n0Tf T Fns tes Of ffr oR Ship shng Pn Ship ce next
morning The MerrImac had started out to work
more destIuction rue l.. when s the & Taspsh @ M9ni,
fire and iron naval battle" In history The first
ball the little Monitor struck almost home.
other shots were also well aimed whereas the guns
| OF the Merrimac fired wildly. for the most
| ended the conflict 4 cannon ball struck the pilot
house Of the Monitor, disabling Captain WOrden.
who vas using & It as o coming m & tower The he Wound
! mac did not pursue its sides were leaking badly
| So the battle ended.
| STEEL ARMORED SHIPS MEET
| AS the battle Of the Monitor and Merrimac was
| the first test of the earliest types of armorcIad
| ships so the battle OF the Yalu In the Chino
Japanese War afforded the first satisfactory trial