The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-12-07
Hurled Upon Sebastopo|by
Mutinous Warships.
TROOPS SHOW LOYALTY
Forts of the City Replied VaIiantly
Fierce Rombardment and Are Re-
ported to Have Won a
Victory.

A 81. petersburg Special says. %
tastopol was the scene of desper'
ate battle Wednesday between the
mutinous sailors and the troops in
the forts on shore. During the battle
,he town and the forts were lombard
ed by the guns Of the cruiser Otcha-
kcff, which shortly lay burning
wreck of Admiralty Point, its hui
r'odled with shells and It's Haunting
red ensign of revolution hauled down
Many of the crew Of the Otchakoff
we're killed or wounded.
According to one report the bar
racks Of the mutineers was carried
ty storm after the mutinous feet,
ehich is said to have numbered ten
vessels, had surrendered, and the
whole position is now in the hands
cf the troops, under the command OF
General Nepluen.
Owing to the interruption Of the tel
egraph details of the battle are diff
cult to obtain, but, according to the
naval general staff, the battle was
tegun by the troops off shore, who
opened fire on the Otchakoff, whica
VAS defantly displaying the red flag.
Tne commander Of the Otchakof,
Lieutenant Schmidt, Immediately ac
cepted the challenge, replying with
both batteries, one trained on the
te wn and the other on the Fort Alex
sLder batteries on the north shore.
According to more detailed re-
port received from another source
anu purporting to come from the ad.
miraity, the battle began at O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon, when Lieuten.
snt Schmidt, not receiving reply to
the demands of the mutineers, opened
| fire from a fleet of ten ships, t.
which the northern batteries at Fort
Alexander, artillery posted on the
shore and several vessels which re
nained loyal, replied:
During the naval battle the sailors
OF shore entrenched in the barracks
defended their position with machine
guns and rifles against the attacking
Infantry. After an engagement lasting
two and a half hours, with the Otch.
akoff riddled and on fire, and the
cruiser Dnieper and another vessel
sunk. Lieutenant Schmidt, who had
been badly wounded, surrendered the
entire squadron. The mutineus sailors
or shore surrendered to the Brest AMI
E;elostok regiments.
According to this report, the Pan,
teleimon formerly the Kniaz Potem'
kine) was injured below the water
line, and a torpedo boat was driven
ashore on the rocks.
No details of the casualties or OF
| tne damage suffered by the town are
chtainable.
Communication with the outside
world ceased at o'clock Thursday
afternoon, when strike was called in
the general telegraph Office. BY 3
lrse. however, the management SUI.
ceeded in reopening the cable short
ly after 6 o'clock.
The navy department is closed, not
only to the public, but to the officers
except those of the general staff. No
cficer's Official statement on the
subject Of the battle at SebastopoI
Wednesday has been issued and the
lrblic remains in the dark, compellei !
70 be content with the countless ru
nors which are in circulation. It is re-
ported from a semi-oficial source
Il at, although the Otchakoff, the
Enieper and transport were set on
fi"e and sunk during Wednesdays bat.
tie all the mutineers have not yet sur
rendered.