The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1905-12-02
REBELS DEFEATED
IN BLOODY BATTLE
Russian Mutiny Put Down After
Desperate Fight at SebastOpOl
THREE SHIPS SUNK; MANY DEAD

liutinous Sailors Opened Fire On City
and entrenched Infantry with Rifles
and Machine Guns-Troops Stormed
DisIcyal Batteries Win Fixed eayo'
nets-Discontent Reaches the Cars
eodyouart and Several Are Arrested.
ST Petersburg. Dec THE most
alarming Indication OF the spread oi
dlsaGection n the army extending
even TO regiments near the person Oh
the emneror was given IN the arrest
at Tsarskoo. Sclo of a number Of sol
dicrs belonging TO the yellow cuiras'
sicrs of the guard Che hussars of the
GUARD and the luceuari riGemen Tor
presenting series of petitions. IN
Guiding ono against The use OF troops
for police purposes.
The regiments in question are those
which have been specially selected 10y
General Trcnon TO guard me emperor
and his family. They have been count
ga uuon as being loyal 60 the last
ready even to be torn to pieces IN de-
fense of his majesty like the Swiss
Guards of louis XVI Their arrest
however although not for open sedi-
lion shows now the lcayen oil discon-
tent is working. even within the pre-
clncts OF tine imperial park.
scbastopol was the scene of des'
ncrate battle between the mutinous
sailors and the troops in the forts on
shore
During the battle the town and the
forts were bombardcl 10y the guns OF
the cruiser Otchakoff. which now lies
a burning wreck off Admiralty Point
its hull riddled with shells and It's
Haunting red ensign Of revolution
hauled down.
Many of the crew Of the OtchaNoh
were killed or wounded
No details of the casualties or OF
tho damage suffered by the town are
obtainable by the admiralty. but owing
TO the confined space in which the
action was fought 1t is improbable
that the town escaped without heavy
damage.
According to the Slovo, the mutt
neers themselves began the attack.
After waiting until o'clock in the al
tcrnoon for a reply 10 the demands OF
the mutinecrs. which included the con-
vocation Of a constituent assembly and
the immediate realization OF the re-
forms promised in the imperial mani
festo Lieutenant Schmidt opened IRE
on the city from 10 vessels. Vice Ad-
miral Chouknin replied from the loyal
warships and General Baron Mcller
Cakomolskie from the southern forts
and with the coast artillery. The mu-
tnous sailors used rifles and machine
guns upon the entrenched infantry.
The fight. the Slovo says. lasted for
two and a quarter hours. The mutt
neors made a heroic struggle but the
odds were TOO heavy. and when the
OtchakoR. battered to pieces and on
fire sank. with the cruiser Dnieper
and a transport Lieutenant Schmidt.
who was MORALLY wounded. surren-
dered the mutiuous squadron. and the
mutinous sailors on shore hauled down
their flag to the Brcst and Bielostok
regiments.
When the battle began the batteries
on the north side. which were sup
posed 10 be loyal instead Of firing on
the mutineers Joined cause with them
and directed their fire on the city and
on the south side batteries. The Brest
regiment. thereupon stormed the
northern batteries with fixed bayonets,
and the guns were soon turned upon
the ships and the barracks Of the mu.
tineers.