Evening star., 1909-08-19
BOSTON IS LOST AND
CRUEL WAR IS ENDED
That Is, Unless Umpires
Change Their Minds
This Afternoon.
BLISS SLIPS BY BLUE ARMY
Meanwhile Gen. Harries Holds
Enemy" in Check.
PEw's BRILLIANT RECOVERY
Throws Large Force on Advancing
Red Column, but Artillery
Defeats Him.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
MIDDLEBORO, Mass. Au-
gust Io.-The mimic war waged
in southeastern Massachusetts,
will be declared to have ended
at I o'clock today, unless present
plans are reversed. The hard
ships brought on by the terrible
weather have caused Gen. Wood
and his staff of umpires to call
halt.
Pneumonia is more to be feared
than death by gunshot wounds,
they figure, and now that Gen.
Bliss and the army of invasion
have fully demonstrated their
ability to take Boston and are
nearer the city than its defenders.
the umpires see no reason for
prolonging the sanguinary con-
flict. So at present it is planned
to call off everything with the
close of today's maneuvers.
District troops cover near.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HEAD OF BLISS COLUMN. HAN
OVER, Mass, August 19.-With all the
signposts pointing to Boston. the main
force Of Gen. Bliss army is marching
down the main highway. 1t expected to
rest at noon at North Pemberton. fully
ten miles in advance of Gen. Pew's broken
forces.
Gen. Bliss slipped out Of camp from his
right flank promptly at o'clock, send
|. ing his Sd Brigade in advance. His
I'd Brigade followed Immediately. leav-
ing his 1st Brigade. composed Of the
District of Columbia and Connecticut
troops. to fight Pew at Bryantsville and
to follow along as fast as possible under
fire. What the Blue army thought was
heavy fire ragged from o'clock to 9
o'clock at Bryantsville.
The entire Blue army was massed on
Bliss rear. driving into II a heavy artil-
yer was called OF at / o'clock Gen. Bliss
was a short half days march from Bos-
ton.
Scouting parties working out from the
left flank Of Gen. Bliss column came
upon the enemy in force west Of the
town of Hanover. Col. Appleton's 1th
New York Infantry. supported by the
22d and 14th. and two batteries of artfl-
lery, were detached from the main col
umn and gave them battle. The move
ment was a brilliant one on the part Of
the Blue army and represented a des-
perate final attempt to head of the ad.
vancing Reds.
At the first the Reds were severely
punished and were forced back on their
support Four times the Blues charged
but after the blow they were steadily re-
pulsed. the Red artillery having gone into
action in q commanding position.
The heavy artillery. fires shook the win
dows at Hanover. while the pounding OF
artillery horses and cavalry shook the
ground as If small earthquake were In
terfere with the main columns progress.
the Sd Brigade advancing to the leading
position In continuous, uninterrupted
march.
Harries Attacks Two Brigades.
Special Dispatch The Star.
UMPIRE'S CAMP, WITH THE SEW.
ENTH REGIMENT IN THE FIELD,
NEAR MIDDLEBORO. Mass, August 10
BY a brilliant march Gen. Tasker III.
Bliss this morning attacked the left flank
of the Blue army. lie got his men in be.
hind the defending forces. and has clear
road to Boston now. In order that hi.
flanking movement might be accomplished
successfully he feinted with the 1st Bri.
gdQe, unueT SXSI. T1dIIicS, anu lhSh -
tackled the Blue army's left wing at Bry-
antsville. Gen. Harries. with Connects.
cut troop, attacked two full br1gades ol
the Blue army and there was a serious
battle lasting over an hour and a haii
The 1st Battery of Artillery OF New
York was called into the engagement, ane
the fire of it's guns was trained from The
hillside onto the Blue camp: Under cover
of this false attack the main body OF the
Red army, the 1st and I'd Brigades. under
marched
Gen. Pew was completely fooled. and
he had no force In front. and the cavalry
of the Red Army on the left met tht
Blue lines. compressing toward the Rec
army There was a little sk1rmishlne
between the advance guard of the stt
Regiment, which led the way. and the
outposts of the Blue army. but there
cept at Ten Brook Center. about fiW
miles from the starting point, where
company of Blue bicycle men were en-
countered on g cross road and were
quickly wiped out OF existence. .,
The advance guard OF the 9TH Regi
nlent spotted the bicycle corps. and
creeping up behind a stone wall. swep
them with heavy fire. "A company o.
the 1th was called into action, but or
account of their eagerness they exposed
themselves and the umpires ruled twenty
OF them out of the action. They were
obliged to fall back about two miles.
Lead Pumping Too Fierce.
The ump!res decided that the Blue army
could never have crossed under the con-
centrated fire which they were Obliged
to bear, and 100 OF them were ruled ou
Of the action, and they were declared
theoretically dead A little further or
Capt. Enochs of the 7th captured bi
cycle sergeant and a private, who rar
right into the head Of the Red army or
their motorcycles.
At 0 o'clock the head of the column o:
the Red army was at Hanover Foui
Corners only twenty miles from Boston
and Gen Pew was completely beaten.
Rout Of the Blues is Complete.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WHITMAN. Mass. August 19.-The Blu.
army was completely outnanked by ths
Red In today's Massachusetts war game
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