Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1905-12-04
DESPERATE BATTLE WITH Sc
BASTOPOL MUTINEERS.
VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT
LoyaIist Forces Compel Surrender OF
lnsurrectionists' Fleet OF Ten Ships
and Some Are Burned-Many Lives
Lost-Much Damage Done to Prop
erty.

st. Petersburg, Dec 1.-Sebastopo
was yesterday the scene of desperate
battle between the mutinOus sailors
and the troops in the forts on shore
During the battle the town and fors
were bombarded by the guns OF the
cruiser Otchakoff, which lies a burning
wreck off admiralty point, its hun
riddled with shells and it's hauhtinG
red ensign of revolution hauled down.
Many of the crew OF the Otchakof
were killed or wounded. According to
one report the barracks Of the mutt
neers was carried by storm after he
mutinous feet, which is said to have
numbered ten vessels, had surrena>
cred and the whole position is now III
the hands of troops under command II
General Neplueff. The Associated
=. Press, however, is unable 20 guarantee
the correctness of this report.
owing to the interruption OF the
telegraph, details of the battle are diff
cult to obtain, but, as the Associated
Press is authoritatively informed by
the naval general staff, the battle was
begun by troops on shore, who opened
fire on the Otchakoff, which was Deli
antly displaying red flag. The com
mander of the Otchakoff Lieut..
Schmidt, Immediately accepted the
challenge, replying with both batteries,
one trained on the town and the Other
on Fort Alexander batteries on the
north shore.
Rebel Ship on Fire.
CAPTAIN Zilotti, aide de camp to Ad-
miral Wrienius, chief of the naval
general staff, informed the Associat-
ed Press that the latest dispatches
from Sebastopol showed that the OF
chakoff was on fire. and badly riddled
with it's, revolutionary colors hauled
down, but he was unable to give more
definite information.
According to a more detailed report
from another source and purportlng
10 come from the admiralty the bat
tie began at in the afternoon, when
Lieut.. Schmidt not receiving a reply
to the demands Of mutineers, opened
fire from fleet of ten ships, to which
the northern batteries at Fort Alex
ander. artillery posted on the shore
and several vessels which remained
loyal, replied.
Mutineers Surrender.
During the naval battle the sailors
on shore, entrenched in barracks, de-
Tended their position with machine
guns and rifles against the attacking
infantry After an engagement last
ing two and half hours, with the
Otchakoff riddled and on fire, and the
cruiser Dnieper and another vessel
sunk, Lieut. Schmidt, who had been
badly wounded, surrendered the en-
tire squadron. The mutinous sailors
on shore surrendered to the Brest and
Bieiostock regiments.
According to this report the Pan
telemoin formerly the Kniaz Potem-
kine) was injured below the water
line and torpedoboat is ashore on
the rocks.
No details of the casualties or of
the damage suffered by the town are
obtainabIe by the admiralty, but ow-
ing to the confined space in which
the action was fought it is improb.
able that the town escaped without
heavy damage.
The demands of the mutineers are
said to have included besides Is pro
posals dealing with service conditions,
the convocation of constituent as
sembly and complete realization of the
liberties promised by the imperial
manifesto.
Strong Forces Against Witte.
Berlin, Nov. 30.-The correspondent
of the Tageblatt at ST. Petersburg
says:
Premier Whites position is one OF