Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-08-26
Decision of Umpires Will Not Be
Known till Sometime Next
Winter.
WAS BOSTON CAPTURED?
Invaders Hind Pressed Back Defenders
md Were within 200 }nrds of Int
tcr's I.,ucs when the Gong
Sounded-Ticrcc Tbcorcti-
c01 Battle Fought.

Boston. Aug. 1o-'The war game
which has been conducted IN south
caetorn Massachusetts during tho past
week ended to-day but whether Ros-
ton, which was tho objective point of
the invading army under Brig Gen.
Taskcr II. Bliss, was really captured
Theoretically or whether the Massa-
chusctts troops commanded by Gen.
William A. Pew succeeded IN repuls-
ing the attack will not be known pos
sihly until GONE time next winter
when the decision Of the umpire Is
announced. General Bliss expressed
confidence tonight that he had won
tho victory. on tho other hand Cen
eral Pew and his lieutenants declared
that tho advantage of position at tho
close Of hostiltics lay with the Blues.
Tonight the head of tho army OF
invasion was at Assonet with tho head
Of General Pew's army not more than
900 yards distant
Already orders for disbandine the
army Of the Red have been given and
tomorrow morning viii see tho visit =.
Ing troops on their homeward way.
To-days lighting was the hardest
the war game has witnessed, in fact
tt was the only real battle Of the cam
raicn
Tier Reds began the fighting early in
the day by throwing their left wing the
10Th /. s. cavalry. tho New York cav
airy. the District Of Columbia and Con-
necticut infantry. against the right OF
tho Blues which were gathered In con-
siderable strength near Gournev's cor
nors for two miles along road through
HYantville to the shores 90 Sandy pond
For three hours the fighting at this
point continued fercelY and the Blues
held back tho Red attack. After disa
groeing some, the umpircs decided Ia
set the Reds back n short distance.
Troop of the Massachusetts cavalry
succeeded in creeping through n piece
of woods after having dismounted and
captured two field guns and shot" N
horses Of the New York field artillery.
which had been Smelling the Blues from
the rear center of the Red forces at this
point. As the cavalry was riding Of and
taking with them tho captured guns, the
Connecticut infantry fell upon them.
captured about half the troops and re.
captured the eurs.
long AND HARD FIGHT.
The greatest battle Of the dav. which
lasted ncarl, four bours ooo,,rrad ro,..
Hanover Four Corners
The 7th New yorI, infantry ord tho
2ald Now York engineers bore tn, hrlint
of the Blue attack Tho III ,,.,s ,,os,al
on the side Of n hin on vhi,b ,bo yin,
Of Hanovc, Four t,orunrs is si,u,,od on,
had long and hard fight with the Blues.
The 1ith Nov yorl, ols, Ii1 sar,a -.
couent fighting nj this noint ubi,o tho
o2nd was well nj tho beod ~ ,ho Do,
advance.
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CLAIMS BY BLISS AND PEW.
Conceal Piss and his officers believed
to-riGht that in reaching Hanover. four
cornora ahead Of the Rluo army and in
sending regiments furthrr on to As
sonct he had won the kev 70 the civ