The Washington times., 1909-08-19
HARD FIGHTING MARKS
FIFTH DAY OF BATTLE

BOSTON. Aug. 19.-Terrihc fighting
by land and sea, the repuise Of hot
attack on Boston by the Red army
''battleships," and the apparently sue
--cessfui retreat of the Blue defending
army from a tight position In which
they had been forced by the Red IN
vaders. marked the early hours of this
the fifth day of the great war game.
When the days fighting opened at 5
o'clock. the two armies lay in the form
OF a letter a. with Bryantville at its
apex
On the right side OF the angle were
the Red forces, massed strongly to-
gether. while the Blue to the left, or
westward. were disorganized and scat
tered
In the minds OF many the defeat OF
the Blues was certain, but an OppOr-
tune decision of the umpire enabled
General Pew 10 reform his defenders
and while the advantage in tactics is
Etill TO the Reds, the chances of their
winning q signal victory without hard
fighting are slim.
The hard fighting commenced soon
after o'clock in BryantVille, and after
four hours the main force OF both
armies were racing for Hanover. a few
miles north, where General Bliss VIII
try TO turn the flank Of the Blues and
Boston
Spectacular Fight.
The lighting in BryantviIle for an hour
was very spectacular. The First Corps
or Coast Artillery occupied a hot posi-
sion on the firing line. and with the
Sixth Infantry did most Of the early
fighting General Bliss intention was
to make a feint on the Blues right
flank and then turn the left hnak with
his main body OF troops
Early in the morning General Pew dis
covered the Red commanders plan and
1E successfully meeting It with a forced
march Of his main body. forcing the
Reds toward the sea.
The feint was made by the field bat
fery Of the District Of Columbia, but
they were successfully held BY the corps
OF Coast Artillery, TO whom General
Pew sent Battery c. and battalion or
The Ninth Infantry IS supports. These
troops are now covering the retreat Of
the Coast Artillery, which Is being made
IN excellent order.
First and Second Corps cadets, who
were in a very tight" position this
morning practically surrounded by
Reds were granted one hour 10 fan
back and reform the front of the pro-
Nlsional brigade. BY a forced march
they succeeded in doing this within the
time limit and they are now falling
back with division headquarters to
hanover -Four Corners, whore General
Pew has esta blished his headquarters.
The mastery manner ia which General
Few discovered and checked the feint
movement Of the Red forces has chang
Cd the aspect Of things. and the situa-
ton looks brighter for the Blue army.
Reds Suffer.
Tho ,gh with a big tactical victory on
laid n sight. the Red forces have suf-
fered heavily by their attack on Boston
by sea. Early today Two battleships
OF the Reds and hve torpedo boats
were picked up by the searchlights Of
Point AllertOn coming up rapidly from
the southeast Immediately the six-inch
guns ef Sanders and Pope batteries and
the tv'elve-inch guns Of the Ripley bat
terry opened FIRE. as did Fort Andrews
on Peddoek's Island. When the firing
had ceased the I'VE taruedo boats vyere
theoretically sunk and both battlesbips
were put out Of business. even If able
"a limp out OF the way. Fort Andrews
was presumably firing 1.0f0-pound pro-
5ectiles
While this action was in progress the
outpost OF Fort Revere, a. Strawberry
Hill, had detected four boats creeping
81 toward Nantucket Beach.
The forces Of the fort were soon
ma ssed on the Shore. pouring a nor
Ere into the four boats Very soon
the boats were headed in the opposite
q Irection. and e was Judged thar thev
suffered a heavy loss before they were
Irepuised
Later in the evening the coast artil-
lerymen of the Eighty-second COMPANY
successfully drove of an invading force
that attempted 10 land in small boats
from three transports
The invaders reached the shore but
2 heavy IRE was poured in on Them
from all sides, so that they were dtrr[-
ly dislOdged and forced 10 put out 10
sea again. The transports then with
drew TO the North