The San Francisco call., 1910-10-08

stor, more powerfully armed, bonn
barded the citadel at San Jorge, COM
manding the harbor, but did little
damage beyond destroying some build
ings on the lower slopes. One result Of
the bonbardment of the arsenal was
that the defenders, chiefly marines
without artillery, hauled down the
royal standard and hoisted the repub-
lican colors. The rebels captured the
stores and munitions.
GUNS SWEEP AVENUE
"On land a fierce artillery fight pro-
ceeded all day long in the Avenida da
Liberdad, the handsomest thorough
fare in Lisbon, between the royalists
at the south end and the insurgents at
the other end The rebels moupted
guns which enabled them to sweep the
avenue, but the tree lined promenade
compelled them to direct their fire to
right and left, so for the most part
they hit the two large hotels. 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 stayed for two days, subssting on
bread and fruit and sleeping on straw
They included several Englishmen and
one American.
Night brought about a short truce
The royalists took advantage of the
darkness to draw still tighter their in
vesting cordons, for in spite of consid-
cradle losses Tuesdays nghting favored
the monarchists.
The authorities gave me every fa-
cilfty to move about unhampered At
nightfall Tuesday both sides were
hopeful and confident of success. The
foreign minister assured me that the
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OF only a few hours. -Four republican
ters ID chemists shop They were
equally sanguine. They said: We will
win; II not today, then tomorrow
INSURGENTS BOMBARDED
Nobody slept Tuesday night. Inky
blackness settled over the disturbed
city. fresh cannonade, punctuated
by the whirr of machine guns, broke
out on the northern heights between
the opposing forces. Creeping up the
deserted Avenida Liberdad 1 found that
the royalists had mounted guns west
of the avenue and were bombarding
the insurgent position. A second bat
terry had been placed on the high
ground near the asylum for the insane
and were also firing on the rebel posi-
tion. But it was impossible to see the
effect of this. Probably the damage
was small. Though the din was great
the gunners were handicapped by the
darkness.
The rebellious soldiers. evidently
apprehensiye of a torpedo attack, be-
gan sweeping the bay on every side
with searchlights.
GRIM TRAGEDY ON CRUISER
Presumably grim tragedy was en-
acted. Farther out in the bay the Dom
Carlos rode at anchor. The vessel 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 fy
the royalist flag until sunset.
The warships forward searchlight
was now turned on the quarterback It
showed group of officers and sailors
around a machine gun. white flag
indicated that a volley from their en-
mics had crashed among them I saw
groups of men on the quarterback
using machine gun. Then came dark
ness and pause. But the telltale light
flashed out anew, and as the dark uni
forms were si1houetted against its
WnlIc Dedm the Htddcn machine gun
whirred across the rest of the group
on the quarterback and they went
down.
"Once more the search1ight flashed.
but there was no need for fresh repub-
lican volleys. Every man was lying
dead around the gun. So perished the
last gallant remnant of officers and men
on the Dom Carlos, who sealed with
their lives their sworn allegiance to
the king