The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-28

and swiStest Of the American de-
stnoyer divisions. She had circlcd the
whole enemy fleet, living around II
through day and night at the full
speed Of her thirty knots. Her mos
sage told why there could be no raids
AT night.
There was no night. All tho sea,
ran the Conynghafn's tale, was III Ike
a flaming city. The outer Gordon
played It's ~searchl.Ehts far toward
each horizon. II played other lights
inward. toward rs own battleships.
And the line OF hattlcships In turn
kept mighty scnrchllghts. boy n
stern steadily ON their transports.
Each transport had It's guard, whose
bright surveillance never shifted.
never wavercd. from dusk to dawn.
These sentinel drcadnoughts never
turned "A scarch,lcht to sweep tho
surrounding sea. They held thor
transports steadily IN tho white glare.
There was not an inch Of ocean
within their lines hat was not ablaze.
A fragment Of dr!ftwood could not
have iioatei into that Vivid sea with
out being detected by a hundred eyes.
But those steady. unshif;ing lights
told the C~onyngham tho secrct story
OF the hidd y transports. Though tho
d~"stroyeHs men could not even have
sighted the tops OF Their masts In 'he
briEh,cst light ~ day. thry cou'd
count the Hxsd light beams, distant, as
they were.
In the War and Navy departments
hey made up estimates from the cod"
report. When Il was done tho ,M!af
" stan nodded. "Of course our In
formation assured ne 'ha, th'y would
send NJ least n hundred ana ffty thou
sand mon. Now th1t We have an idea
how many Transports they've rot wo
are eure " &. And they are bringing
vast munitions OF var. perhaps moro
thHN we've estimated"
Now ~" rews came fast and faster.
"a -he fiect and its lowering sp,es
anne nearer.
Tho Alabama. sister ship TO tho
Kearsarge. hy haphnzard fortune got
between TWO enemy scouts and tho
main feet and accomplished bv sud-
den attack what abe cou,d have
accomplished by rpeed she eank them
Within tw"nty minutes. and returned
without injury. II was ~ inch guns
z nat 2 inch. and tho story was AS
It always Ia The inferior enemy ships
went Gown IKE pastcboard. under the
nre of the turret guns on the Arne-i-
can vcserl.
on tho came day. almost AZ the same
hour. tho scout cruiser birmingham
~ the other end OF .he enemy line,
sent report that tho destroyer Balm
rr!'rr. t.n.est os tn" c'viy1on. had
l~t.-. -. ..-- = C - --l 800 -.
nnG mink an a-'nored cruiser tna, had
i. fa,er cu' OF Inc - repair some gn.
/, I5roVu injury 90 rs machinery Th4
Ea'rbr!dce aid not tel rs own sto-.
The little ooat ana her men w"is
h,Hste1 .rto ucching within ten min,
;. utes by Il battle cruiser tina, had turned
|, 20 protect he- iuHte.
These 1-yarera. that might hav<
, been appalling 10 "a Lesser sea power
!. let: tho great navy % the Coalition un,
, shhl;en. steadily. imperturbab,y. a
A, kept cn IT, way.
So There came the fay whom caster
? and email craft eUed wll'r INT, -
shelter ~ Pos.on and New York lar
/. ,ors. into Long Is'nrd Sound and Int
/, mo DHlawHrr and Chesapeake N1ys
TNov rms sccT no enemy.
|. Nevt morning. DO n gray, '-o1~?ar
20 ert peaceful Arrl' 1ou-.. Watchers or
4 the coast. gazing ac-oss ne em;.r
p nnt Atlantic 20 ~ imrnonsa h.I'
: circle ~ .he horizon. saw ,nnumeraN,
To- tiny Objects tus' clicking mp ahov" ~
: -''n % ne sea Through the gas
,Nrv rAcmcd 20 - l:'i~ porChes O
Skeleton iron hull' IN the deep ocean