The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-19
TROOPERS
AGAIN BEAR BRUNT
IN RED ONSLAUGHT
Essex Soldiers in Forefront Of
Charge Against Left Wing
of Blue" Army.
CAPTURE SUPPLY TRAIN
IN MARCH ON BOSTON
General Bliss Believed to Have
Routed Pew Forces in Decisive
Battle at Pembroke.


PEMBROKE Mass, Aug. 19.-In a
determined attempt to concentrate it's
strength against the Red Army of inva-
sion in the mimic war now being waged
in Massachusetts, with the capture of
Boston as the object of the invaders, the
Blue Army of defense, composed wholly
of Massachusetts miltiamen, was early
on the move today
1t is rumored that hostilities will end
at l o'clock today. The hardships
brought on by the terrible weather have
caused Major-General Leonard Wood
and his staff of umpires to call a halt.
it is said. Pneumonia is more to be
feared than death by gunshot wounds,
they figure, and now that General
Bliss and the army of invasion have
fully demonstrated their ability to take
Boston and are nearer to the city than
ito defenders, the umpires see no rea-
son for ~prolonging the sanguinary con-
f:ct. So at present it is planned to call
ofl everything with the close of today's
~naneuvers.
When hostilties closed for the day
yesterday the invading army, under
command Of Major-General Tasker H..
Bliss, and composed of national guards
men from Connecticut, New York, the
First Troop of Na,Uart ~ 7 opd tl,s
District of Columbia. assisted by a de-
tachment of negro troopers from the
Tenth Cavalry, stationed in Fort Ethan
Allen, was massed against the left wing
of the Massachusetts army, COM
manded by Brigadier-General William
A. Pew. =
The first engagement of the day oc-
CURED near Bryantville, a villag e in
this township. when the Sixth Massa-
chusetts Infantry and a company of the
coast artillery, acting as infantry, were
attacked by a Connecticut regiment and
the entire District of Columbia infantry
force. The conflict. although nothing
more than a skirmish. was a Spirited
n andAasted for more than an hour.
1t was believed by the officers of the
Blue Army hat the object of the Red
attack on the Sixth Massachusetts at
B~ryantville was a ruse on he part of
General Bliss to draw the attention of
the Blue commander away from the
main body of the invading Red Army.
1t appeared as though General Bliss
had again deceived General Pew by a
move similar to that executed last Mol-
day below the chain of lakes to the
north of New Bedford, and the Red
Army of invasion early today was pro-
Lceeding on its march to Boston. II
seemed to be the general opinion in the
Red ranks today that the invaders have
been victorious in the campaign and
that the hostilities will come to an end
today. If such should be the case, the
Red soldiers will return to their homes,
while the Massachusetts army of de-
Tense will be encamped in some con-
venient spot In this neighborhood until
Saturday, when the various regiments
will proceed to Boston, where the army
will be disbanded.
Jersey Troops Capture Supplies.
In the forenoon the fighting ragged
fiercely. The reds advanced their main
column with General Bliss and his
staff near the head Of the line, moving
northeast from the position on the
westerly line of Silver Lake up through
Pembroke Centre where the invaders
halted at the conclusion of the morn
ing's first battle.
About the time when the main col
umn of the Reds began to move Cen
eral Bliss. deployed the negro cavalry
men OF the Tenth Regular Cavalry
along the Monponsett Pond road to
the Monponsett station on the Plym-
outh branch of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, cap
turing a part of the supply train of the
Eighth Massachusetts, Infantry, which
was isolated on the M%onponsett Pond
road, a narrow wooded highway, lead
ing from General Pew's headquarters,
The Tenth Cavalry was supported by
Troop A, of New York, and the Essex
Troop, of New Jersey.
The umpires decided that the Blues
had successfully held back the Reds
by reason of their superior force al
Gurneys Corner. Further along on the
Blues right wing the umpires agreed
that the fighting was about even, al
though the Reds fell back somewhat
n reformed their line.
Genera Bliss's strategy appeared to
have been successful, for the main force
of the Reds was marching uninter-
rupted toward Plymouth. General Pew
at once began to mass his troops at
Pembroke. Il.