The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-08-19
BOSTON IS PER|LED
] IN BLOODLESS WAR
Army of the Red Now Faces
Grave Danger.
BLUES RENEW FIGHT TO-DAY
Bliss Men Have Made Steady Ad-
vance In Mimic Battle and the
City May Be Taken"
/ To-Day.

Boston, Aug. 1S.-In the war game
in which the army of the Red, under
Brig. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss. is striv-
ing to defeat the army of the Blue,
commanded by Brig Gen. William A.
Pew, Jr., and capture Boston, the
army of the Red has made a material
advance and unless Gen. Pew of the
defenders can concentrate his troops
today to meet the attack of troops
which Gen. Bliss has massed heavily
on the Blues left, Gen. Pew faces
defeat.
The two armies were less than a
dozen miles apart when hostilities
were renewed this morning Gen.
Pew's quarters were still at Robins
Pond. within six miles OF Bird gewater,
while Gen. Bliss had made a material
advance from point eight miles
southeast of Middieboro, to Eddyville,
which is some eight miles northeast
of Middleboro
Reveals Plan Of Attack.
From the general direction of the
movements of Gen Bliss and his
army and the strength Oh his COM
mand, the plan which he intends to
follow to capture Boston, is apparent
1y revealed for the first time. This is
to annihilate Gen. Pew's extreme eft
and to pass that end with a compare
lively clear road to Boston. But for
the fact that the hour of one o'clock,
when both armies cease operations
for the day, arrived a trifle too soon,
the plan would have been eminently
successful yesterday. AS it is, unless
Gen. Pew can support his second brig
ade of infantry. comprising the Fifth,
Eighth and Ninth regiments and Bat
terry B, under command of Col.
William H. Donovan which is the
Blues left wing, by all his cavalry
and his artillery which are in the
center some six miles away from the
scene and thereby hold the roads to-
day until his first brigade can be
rushed from the right, he risks defeat
Movements Well Executed.
Over at the extreme left of the Blue
line, three regiments named are fac
ing practically the entire Red army.
Gen. Bliss southwark movement was
one Of determination On a settled
plan, with which every organization
was apparently familiar. In addition
II was clearly executed and strategic
and gave evidence that the Red scouts
had fully posted Gen. Bliss on the
position of the Blues. In the Reds
advance there never was a sign of
hesitation when the Blues outposts
were encountered and then either cap
tured or driven in.
How expeditiously and scientifically
this was accomplished was best illus
trated at Middleboro Green. Here
Maj. Charles II. Cutler of the Blue
army with three skeleton companies
of the Eighth infantry was encoun-
tered and rendered non-combatant In
quick time. While the Connecticut
squadron of cavalry engaged the
Blues front, Maj. Grierson of the
Reds, with his three troops of the
Tenth United States cavalry (colored)
dismounted and acting as infantry |
and supported by two machine guns,
turned the right flank of the Blues, |
while at the same moment Mai Brieg- |
man, with the New York cavalry, exc
cuted the same movement on the left. |
Would Have Been Slaughtered.
If Il had been actual warfare it is |
believed that there would not have
been Blue soldier left half an hour
after the engagement had begun.
The suspension of hostilities last |
night brought no relief as the rain
continued to pour down in torrents.
The shelter tents of both armies were
quickly soaked through while the |
bitches dug around them filled with
water and overfowed into the tents.
Outside the precarious condition of |
the left wing of the defending army,
the feature Of the day was the re-
pulse of the enemy in its rear at
tack on Boston. Two companies of
the Red army, numbering about 200
men, were landed early in the morn
ing by the transport Sumner near the
Ocean house. Swampscott, and after
q bloody" enco9nter were driven of.
Wireless teleeTapby figured in the
movements. The signal corps OF the
National Guard Of Washington,
brought the wireless telegraph outfit
to the front Of Gen. Bliss Red line
and kept headquarters we'll posted on
the proceedings az the front.