New-York tribune., 1910-10-08
GRAPHIC STORY OF EYEWITNESS
Correspondent Sends from Lisbon Thrilling Story oil Inc
Fierce Fighting on Land and Warshlps'

. ,,..t s-iaou - 4,,o r.Iace whence the occu-
nants foreseeing a bombardnent' h"U
ready fled otherwise there wouiu iiaNe Do0i
q considerable loss of life. The rep"oiiNan
gunnery was not remarkable foI a'ou' 'e'
kinu Shows Bravery
According to report, the hing "'-r nan,c
visars were in a state borderlhs oii
They remained in the palace uii'h ''io
ginning of the bombardmen' -
of the Kings encourage heu'
comported himself bravely ana cooly
wanted to stay at all costs, ursihs . INC
his flight would receive the ""i''
BILE Interpretation. o.,,,o
ultimately he yielded TO the liIipel "1i'O
pleadings of his friends and he 'elt -"
paIace in an automobile, smoking ~
With smile he still inssteu 'na' N0
would remain at Lisbon and oLeieu " 50
into the thickest of the hghtihs' "
moved to do this especially as ti'e
had early on Tuesday presented nm
bombastc ultimatum demahulns iA'' ~
dication before o'clock
The King proved himself 10 De piuCh9 p,-n-,
He bitterly resented such unheroic hisht'
but his life was in danger and his scIupies
were overborne He found hospltaDle
shelter near the palace and later lelI 'ne
capital.
II was rumured that he went apoaro
the brazilian warship The Republicans
wanted to search it. but the conlrnahueI
refused 10 allow them aboard his vessel.
He also declined to fall into what ne con-
sidered a trap. when the Republicans de-
manded that he land marines, oStelslDIy
to help maintain order
later bOnl-
barded the arsenal. several of the shells
taking effect in the building occupied by
the Ministers of War and Marine, killing
many non-combatants. who were unaple
to escape from their desks.
The San Rafael was guilty of second
piece of murderous barbarity. firing shells
into the Praca do Commercio, killing sew
eral spectators and municipal guards Ap-
parentIy the cruiser wanted TO take the
royalist troops in the rear. Accordingly
she shelled the street connecting the Praca
do Commercio with the Praca Dom Pedro,
doing much damage to life and property.
BY circuitous route the royaiist troops
brought two field guns to bear on the
San Rafael at a distance Of four hundred
yards. The first shot struck the deck
forward and several gunners fell in
heap. dead and wounded. The second
struck the cruisers stern, whereupon she
swung around and went Off at full speed.
Her cousort, the Adamantor. more
powerfully armed, bombarded the citadel
of San Jorge. commanding the harbor.
but did little damage beyond destroying
some buildings on the lower slopes one
result of the bombardment of the arsenal
was that the defenders, chiefly marines
without artillery, hauled down the royal
standard and hoisted the republican colors.
The rebels captured the stores and muni-
tions.
Fierce Land Fighting.
On land fierce artillery fighting pro-
ceeded all day long in the Avenida da Lib
erdade, the handsomest thOroughfare. in
Lisbon, between the royaIists at the south
! end and the insurgents at the other end.
The rebels mounted guns which enabled
them to sweep the avenue. but the tree
lined promenade compelled them to direct
their fire to the right and left so for the
most part they hit the two large hotels,
the Inglaterra and the Avenida Palace
When the fire became too hot the guests
in these hotels lowered themselves from
the windows in the rear to the ground and
took refuge in the stables. where they
remained for two days. suhsisting on bread
and fruit and sleeping on straw. They
included several Englishmen and one
American
Night brought but short truce. The
royalists took advantage of the darkness
to draw still tighter their investing Gordon,
for in spite of considerable losses Tues
days fighting favored the monarchists.
The authorities gave me every facility TO
move about unhampered. At nightfall on
srg-,-= I-,aE
ident of success. The Foreign Minister
assured me that the suppression of the re-
volt was question Of only a few hours.
Four Republican leaders. now ministers.
had headquarters in d chemists shop. They
were equally sanguine.
They said: we will win--if not to-day,
then tomorrow"
Nobody slept Tuesday night Inky black
ness settled over the disturbed city. A
fresh cannonade, punctuated by the whi-r
of machine guns, broke out on the northern
heights between the opposing forces. Creep
ing up the deserted Avenida Liberdade,
found that the royalists had mounted guns
west of the avenue and were bombarding
the insurgent position. A second battery
had been placed on the high ground near
the asylum for the insane, and was also
firing on the rebel position. But it was
impossible to see the effect of this Proba-
bly, the damage was small. Though the din
was great, the gunners were handicapped
by the darkness.
The rebel cruisers evidently apprehensive
OF a torpedo attack. began sweeping the
bay on every side with searchrehts. while
sheltering near as they dared TO come 20
the English ships,
Loyalists Die BraVeIy.
Presently "a grim tragedy was enacted
rode at anchor. She had given no sign of
life during the day. Suddenly there was a
great commotion on board. The noise Of
wrangling and shouting men was borne
across the waters. Lights moved hither
and thither. Then came the volleys of
musketry and the rattle OF machine guns
The republican portion of the crew was
seeking to gain possession of the ship
which had continued to fly the royalist flag
till sunset
The warship's forward searchlight was
now turned on the quarterback. IL showed
a group of officers and sailors around d
machine gUn. A white fare Indicated that
q voIley from their enemies had crashed
among them. l saw groups of men on the
quarterback using d machine gun. Then
came darkness and a pause But the tell
tale light flashed out anew. and as the dark
uniforms were silhouetted against its white
beam the hidden machine gun whirrcd