Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-05

: the Spaniards as they lay At anchor.
and many vessels were burned.
The scattered ships were attacked
again that day, and many were cap
tured or sunk. Then the remnants
Of the Armada hed precipitateiy. pur-
sued for time by the relentless Eng
fish. They circumnavlgated Scot
land and ireland, meeting heavy
storms nearly all the way. In the re-
treat thirty-five ships were wrecked
on bleak coasts. and 1900 men per-
Ished in the breakers or at the hands
OF the hostile peasantry. Queen
Elizabeth attended magnificent
thanksgiving in ST. Pauls cathedral
TO celebrate the victory, and medals.
inscribed Deus havit ct dissipati
STUNT" were struck on TO commemor-
ate the event. A national memorial
was erected July 10. 1888.
Anotner world-famous naval con-
hict Is the battle OF Lepanto, by
which the mastery OF the Mediter-
ranean was torn from the hands OF
| he Turks. On Oct, II, 1871, the COM
bned Christian fleets, under the COM
| mand of Don John of Austria. a nat
nral son of Emperor Charles ", rep
| resenting Spain. Venice, Genoa. NAL
Ia and tae papai state. shattered an
immense Turkish armament in the
Day OF Lepanto. on the western coast
Of Greece. The Mohammedans lost
most OF their galleys. $4,000 OF their
sailors and soldiers were slain or cap
tured and $1,000 Christian galley
slaves were rescued from captivity.
Next on the roll OF fame comes
Trafalgar. where the conquering Nell
son. mortally wounded. ordered that
his last signal be: England expects
every man to do his duty" This
battle. between the English and the
Joined French and Spanish fleets.
took place on Cape Trafalgar Spain.
Oct, 81, 1905. Nelson had twenty
seven ships; Villeneuye, the French
admiral. eighteen. and the two Span
Ish commanders, fifteen. Nineteen
nired, sunk or burned. Another OF
Nelson's famous battles was that of
Aboukir, or III. Nile, Aug. l, 1898.
where, by destroying the French
heet, he ended Napoleon's hopes OF
annexing Egypt
Admiral Van Tromp, a doughty Hol.
lander, almos. succeeded In wrestling
the naval supremacy from Britannia
in 1862. He figured In famous ser
ies Of conflicts called the battle of
Dover Straits. Although first defeat
ed by Admiral Blake, Sept. 20, he sur.
prised the English feet In the
Downs month later, his eighty ships
overwhelming the forty flying the
Union Jack. Then ne sailed UP and
a broom at the masthead OF his flag
ship to announce that ne had swept
the English from the seas.
Blake defeated him again, Feb. 49,
20, 1863. of Portsmouth. destroying
eleven men-of-war and thirty mer-
chantmen; again of the North Fore
land, June 2. driving the Dutch into
nal revenge BY crushing the fleets OF
Holland and killing tneir admiral.
AT the battle Of Camperdown, south
OF the Texsl, Holland, Oct. IL. 1897.
England again conquered the Dutch
on the sea, ended their aspirations
for maritime power. Duncan COM
manded the British and De Winter
the Dutch, fifteen OF the lattsr's snips
being captured or destroyed. But At
La Hogue the Dutch were the allies
OF the British and helped them TO
defeat the French, thus averting Z
descent upon the English coast. and
probable Invasion OF the island. The
battle took place on the north western
coast of France. May 10. 1892, Rus
sell and Rookie being In command for
the allies, and Tourville OF the
French, who lost twenty-oue saips.
thirteen OF which were burned.
In bright prominence in the thrill
Ing chronicles Of sea lighting are the
battles at which the Stars and Stripes
have waved over triumphant men-of.
war, First OF the American naval
victories were those OF John Paul
Jones. the revolutionary captain.
whose little Bonhomme Richard and
Pallas forced the British Scraps and
| Countess OF Scarborough to surrend-
er after a desperate engagement, al.
though the Richard sank the next
day. Then there was the famous
duel between the frigats Constitution.
| captained by Isaac Hull. and the Brit
sh Guerrero. on Aug. 10. 1872. in
| which the Briton was numilitated in
thirty minutes.
I'VE have met the enemy and they
are ours" Is the watchword which
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
| made famous at the battle OF Lake
Erie, Sept. 10. 1873. WITH nine yes
sells. carrying in all afty-four guns
and 400 men, he defeated and captur-
ed the British fleet OF six vessels.
carrying sixty-three guns and 500
men under X. II. Barclay OF Putin
Bay. His loss was 81 killed and 96
wounded. the enemy's, Al killed and
"a wounded.
The American civil war is marked
with many battles famous In naval
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