Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02

long cape that Juts toward Boston har-
Dor from Nantasket beach, to defend
the stations there and searchlights and
approaches of Fort Revere with its
mighty batteries, he placed strong
force with ample artillery
This was the point where he feared q
landing most He built an armored
train. seizing the material from tine
town of Hull. and armed 1t with quick
f1rers that 1t might be sent TO threat
ened places
Outposts were sent as far as Nan
tasket, for fear the enemy should try
to land there or cross the narrow neck
and take boats over il into the he,
behind
Beyond Fort Revere he DESTROYED GER
tain houses that would interfere with
the fring. AT the far outlying ISLANDS
called the Graves he posted men with
signal rockets He sent scout boats 10
lie at sea beyond the fire zone. from
Nahant to the spot where the lightship
was moored in times of peace.
Within forty hours he had doubled
the strength of his defense because he
had the men. He looked up at y hostile
aeroplane. flying well beyond gunshot
They had become almost commonplace
days, We'll. come on he said You
and your ships, Wen give you whirI'
He was awakened at / o'clock that
morning. The whirl' had begun.
Ships were standing in toward Nahant
bay in the north and Off Cohasset in the
south. Fifteen minutes afterward the
people of Boston and Charlestown and
Brookltpe. of Quincy and Weymouth.
bingham and Lynn were brought out
of their beds by explosions that shook
the houses. They came from the sea-
northeast and southeast and east.
They were not only incessant, but they
came two and even three so close to-
sether at times that they made sus
tanned roar as il the very air itself
had turned to thunder.
Battleships with Is and 16 inch guns
were bombarding Fort Revere and the
fort was answering with its l2-inch
guns. Armored cruisers were firing on
Standish. Armored cruisers and battle
cruisers were throwing IL and 14-inCh
shells into Deer Island and on Win
throp. Battleships lying north of Ma
hant in Nahant bay, and thus invisible
to the Boston defenses and not to be
reached by searchlights. were bonn
harding Forts Banks aud Heath
Fort Warren was firing at them, over
Boston light. Fort Andrews loosed its
batteries.
There was bombardment from 3-incl
guns along the beaches, north and
south, where destroyers were attack
ing the coast stations. under heavy
fire in reply from the defenders on the
land.
Southeast, on the horizon, there
sprang up a dull glow that became
greatly red and grew swiftly to pull
sating flame. 1t was the town of Huh.
burning.
The people In South Boston, looking
seaward. saw lights appear in the sky
over the outer harbor islands, They
slipped slowly downward, leaving long
trails of stars behind. that hung. burn
ing. in the air as IL they had been fixed
there.
The falling lights opened. like mon
ster flowers, into glazing. spectrally
white flame just before they reached
the eaAth. All the harbor where they
fell stood revealed as in a lightning
fash, but this flame did not go out like
a lightning fash. 1t burned, steady in
extinguishable, for long minutes.
They were star bombs that were
being dropped on the forts by the great
war fowl, the iron breasted aeroplanes.
The white lights glaring below, and
the hanging lights in the air that stood
like lighted STAFF, pointed out the
forts to the hooded cannon of their
iron sisters out at sea.
Fired at from sea and sky, the forts
replied and shook the earth Faster and
faster hurried the fire from the hidden
ocean Five ships were firing their
secondary batteries to destroy an out
lying searchlight at range of 5000
yards. 1t was said afterward that at
lease 500 projectiles were expended
at that one mark alone"
In great semictrcle around Boston
harbor. from Nahant out to sea. and
curving in again toward Cohasset on
the south, lay the flaming. roaring line.
firing at the defenses all night long.
till the dawn began to whiten-
And behind Boston. inland, the other
great armed semicircle was concentrat-
ing steadily. swiftly.
7. Regular manning detail for Boston defenses.
twelve companies of coast artillery. These have
seven systems Of defense to maintain Inc con-
panies are NOT enlisted 10 their fnll streng,h,
hundred men to each defense. This il not suit
Gent for any sustained action at the big guns
alone A sufficiently energetic enemy, even IT
he might not damage the works. could wear out
the men by iucessant attack for a Few days am
nights There certainly would not he men enolh
to provide for outlying defense against landing
parties ,.. -. she
defense Of the Boston barbor forts. They are
only small part of what have :" ne done IN
case Of ns,a, ati Thsx have been Developer W
O. So developed in sea and land naneu We, m
dertaken for the purpose of establishing the veV
points here mentioned. ,-,..,.,.
10 It is estimated. from careful caieuiatn los;
that to put out of action searchlisht at nlsn a.
with shpnre range OF 5000 5s ,rs more more
than Thousand shots from three incn fuls
should Re required The fact Is mentsonen he,e
to illustrate the great strength OF han.or a.
lenses against IRE from the sea n,o sssts a. p
enough mobile troops on me iann 10 p'"N'''
structiou BIZ landing parties.
downright 1918, hv W. Muller Az rSn"
resevedl
Newt Sundays InstaIlment Of Tne
Invasion of America" Will Describe the
Inyestment of Boston and the EnemVe
Attempt to Turn the Harhor Defenses
From the Rear.
The Rich Litigant.
1.HE REV. J. H. RICE. the preacher.
u Judge Of Emporia, is famed equally
in Kansas for the eloquence of his ser.
mons and the Justice OF his pohcs co0st
well" said Dr. Rice modestly. at
dinner In his honor, II fear your praise
Ia exaggerated, but at least I can say
that 20 into court with clean hands
cleaner hands. Ell. than the rfch Nts-
gantf
his lawyer to wire him at his Palm beacn
villa the result Of certain suit. Tho
lawyer wired accordingly:
fright has triumphed
'uThereupon the litigant wired backs
Appeal at once.
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