The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1910-10-27

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1stieshlps Manned BY Rebels
New York, oc, 25 "A thrilling
story OF the bombafdmeni Of Lisbon
during the revolution BY -four 81 the
baitieships Of the Portuguese navy
manned by rebels was related by
George nanohor Of Boston, when be
arrived on the Cincinnati Of the Ham
burg American line,
Il WAS passenger on board the
Cape Blanco. which arrived III the
harbor Of Lisbon from Brazil on Oct
I the day the revolution broke out,
said Banchor. Our ship got into the
harbor about 10 a. m II WAS n
beautiful day. aud We were all on
deck watching the shore There was
no apparent sign at that time of any
revolution; In fact we We're impressed
With the continued quiet that appeared
TO rest over Lisbon.
we were much interested in four
Portuguese battleships that lay AZ an
Choir in the harbor and ! watched the
men on them at work They appeared
TO be very busy and could see them
running up and down the decks and
the officers issuing orders. To me II
appeared as II they were preparing to
sail
we were much surprised that We
were not permitted to dock, About II
o'clock a man rowed out To the ship
from the shore, | asked him 70 take
me ashore. In reply he dropped his
oar and drew his finger across his
throat The royal flag was flying
from the flag poles of the -four forts
scattered about the harbor and also
from the Necessidades palace. A
feeling OF unrest became apparent
suddenly and we saw armed men walk
ing up and down the wall along the
harbor,
promptly at 10 O'Clock we saw the
flag on one OF the forts lowered and
almost instantly the guns of the four
battleshlps began belching forth their
missiles OF death and destruction. II
all happened so quickly that Il was
not until fifteen minutes later that We
realized that a revolution had broken
out. The bombarding of the city by
the -four Portuguese battleships lasted
for exactly two and half hours
One by one the forts We're crum-
Piled under the heavy fire of the bat
tleships The surprising part of II all
was that not an answering shot came
from any of the forts or from the
shore
Shortly after the last fort flag was
lowered we saw the royal flag on the
Necessidades palace lowered great |
cheer could be heard from the shore.
"A few minutes later the fire of the |
battleships suddenly stopped. Then |
we saw the royal standard again fly
ing from the castle. The royalists, |
we later learned, had rallied and tenn
porarily beaten off the reyolutionists.
NllHlH the ntAl tNthtg hiAhuNtH hh'
flag had been lowered again and the
flag of the revolutionists run up.
Later hundreds and hundreds Of
armed men--the revolutionists--beg
parading along the streets. Our ship
was only quarter mile off shore and
we had an excellent opportunity to
witness the proceedings on shore.
"In that long parade Of the viciori-
Gus reyolntionists there must have
been many English speaking persons,
for we could plainly hear them shout
ing Long live the republic.
During the bombardment Of the
Necessidades palace. we saw great
section OF the wall fall out, display
ing to our view the royal church in the
enclosure OF the castle wall Later
we saw this church completely de-
molshed We saw scores of build
ings fall under the fire OF the shells