New-York tribune., 1912-08-18

AVIATOR is BIG FACTOR
s;xtv. Ninth Regiment Saves In
rading Army's Right Wing
from Complete Rout After
Disastrous Encounter.

from Complete koue Alter
Disastrous Encounter.
...+oun. Conn. Avg. IA drawn
..ss almost identical in strategy TO the
- febt Of stone River. a. Murfrees-
80, N the civil War. was the oficia.
S.rS,,t given this afternoon by the UNI
.-,s At The grest hattie o. Ncwtown,
rsi,b co,arlstel the remarkable ten days
,r,aien Of the Red and Blue armies in
r,,nec,icut, batting Tor New York. Yet.
,,boych q drawn battle, il is probable
-, were there a second days battle 10
!, fought. the advantage Won Today by
$. Reds would finally result in victory
~ them. even as tie Federal troops were
sr,rv successful az NGr:rec >boTo
rhe battle of Newtovn was the mos;
iro-essive military spectacle that has
zen presented to American eyes On
,msricsn soil since the bloody encOun-
~ O. ths Civil War Itself. and a. :,
rued and Numbered back and forth on
he green hills about this quiet hsmlo,. i
,as hard TO believe that ii was not in
ne, q scene OF carnage and slaughter
With al the deadly carrie stress OF actual
Sostl,les.
AZ the morning lgh, flooded the hills
sbout NeUtoUn. there spread out before
he eyes wonderfully effective pano-
ANA In which 10 stase this impressive
Rama o. war. From the commanding
lhagbts OF Coles Hill stretched away the
,sly undulating hills. almost destitute
| h trees, so that the view was unimpeded
/ sy many miles in ali directions. Across
Is b every direction ran low stone fences,
excellent breastworiIs for troops TO use
% their crouching rushes across clear
race after clear space.
Troops Begin to Move.
On the edge Of this great area Of hills.
vhsre the shadowy trees masked their
nmenents in the early gray OF the dawn,
Ae troops OF both armies began 10 move,
merging here and there in small bodies
Ia. showed all was not al peace in the
.-ist scene. At the foot OF Coles Hi.
rtich is a slightly elevated knoll on a
ng ridge called Pleasant Mountain, lies
he village OF SawtoVn. in the immediate
tregound 10 the east. Two miles fur
her away in the east. IN a background
Y trees, lie Sandy Hook and Berkshire.
rhere the main body Of Reds were biv-
racked for the night with outpos;s
ssehing almost 10 NevtoWn
Two miles on the opposite side Of New
nyn, In the background Of trees in the
srthwest IS Hawleyville: mile and q
sLf due west Of NewtoWn lies Taunton
Pond; then comes Taunton Hill. a half
LIE from the Pond, and to the south. still
IA straight linc with these trees. lies
FDoigngtown. Al of these points arc Is
or radii extending from Coles's Hill
Behind TIE mask Of a wooden ridge
dawn found tho Blue army. But dawn
also found them awake and detachments
q them already on the march Realizing
tie strategic value Of Coles's Hill for the
Flccess Of his operations OF defence, Cen
gal Mills Of the Blue army ordered his
aEalry at Hawleyville 10 march at sun
rse and seize those heights just west OF
Aestown. From tho extreme right Of his
Tlended line at DodgingtOwn he ordered
no brigades OF infantry 10 march north
% Hawleyyiile. while al infantry brigade
vas to go around Taunton Pond and re-
horce the cavalry marching toward
Asvtown. together with two batteries of
artillery. The remainder of his artillery
vas ordered 10 Taunton Hill, and here
esasral Mills established his headquar-
'Ts along two centre radii of d great
aa Two OF his powerful bodies were
eaTerging on Coless Hfll, while his ar
us-y On the one hand and two infantry
'agaoes on the other were ready TO
s'aysrse from wider points.