The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-29
BLUES REBEL REDS
NEAR "PLATTSBURG
All Day Battle Taxes Business
Nen-pelaware Congress-
man Supports Wood.
CONDEMNS REPRlMAND

p,ArrsprRG, n. Y. Gin the field near
rs,,y), Aug. 2s.-After a march OF
.,o,vo miles during almost all OF which
...v were in battle with the enemy. the
y,,o army. or army Of defence. which
.r,r,ses in addition to organization
=, the regular army. the provisional
..u,usnt Of business and professional
,,er is in camp tonight near the VII
,,se Of Chazy, about eighteen miles
ror,h of rlattsburg. The Red army has
a.. camp At Coopersville. six miles
,sarer the Canadian line.
The days fighting, of a most spectac-
mar character. was witnessed by hun
a-sds Of persons from the surrounding
suntrv and many automobile parties
srom Plattsburg. The brigade broke
camp this morning shortly after 8
o'clock. the Red army being the first to
march out upon the highway and take
nm A position unknown to the enemy.
The problem for solution VAS that Of
. delayed advance. The Red army. OF
snemy. was supposed to ave entered
me United States at Rouse's Point and
Malone, and the army at Rouse's Point
rad sent out a force To hold back the
enemy until they could Join troops at
Malone. Attached to the Red army was
n. armored car squadron, and the Blues
had been out but a short time when
they ran INTO tho outposts OF the Reds,
Extermtnated.
Company b. Thlrtieth Infantry. a part
OF the Blue army, sent to r~econnoitre,
we're for a moment resting at the juno
- 9 s,.. -Anla t.shnp m nrrNsNrA1 IN
bre down upon them and opened Are,
with the result that the company of 9 Y
ulars were theoretically wiped out. Com
pany A NJ the provisional regiment was
sent a. the assistance OF the regulars and
the enemy retired. As the armored
car dashed down n highway at over
seventy miles an hour 1t opened fire
with its machine gun on a column OF
Blues OCCUPYING a Rad running parallel
with the one on which II was speeding.
and the infantrymen were compelled to
seek cover behind a stone wall.
While this engagement was In progress
the Third Field Artillery had opened fire
on another large force of the Blues and
the Second Cavalry was engaging "A third
party of the Blues. In one of the charges
made by the provisional regiment a part
Of the c-mmand was compelled to foro
a small stream, among those who were
tdlltl uIfb1 10 udSn lntD tnt COlu WhNcI
being Richard Harding Davis. The bat
tie continued until nearly 2 o'clock. and
Il was not until an hour later that the
hired and footsore soldiers were provided
with dinner, served on tin plates, with
black @ flee in tin cups.
Almost Capture Mail.
Mail is delivered at each camp twice
daily. and when the mail for the Blue
Army was being taken to their camp by
automobile and In charge Of two order
lies from that army IL narrowly escaped
capture by the Reds. The Reds had
their outposts stationed along one OF the
highways leading to the site of the camp
which is tonight occupied by the Blues,
and a. the mail automobile approached
he Red outposts endeavored to inveigle
them through a byroad, which, had they
taken II, would have brought them upon
q large force OF the Reds and the mail
would have been taken to the enemy's
camp. Fortunately for the orderlies
While they were debating which roal
they should take, a party OF the Blues
came up and escorted them to within q
short distance of their camp. The order
Hes then made a dash and escaped tn,
enemy.
The surgeons and hospital corps at
av.'n 70 ne wv aI"Ies W. NJ. 80 80
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"ou.' I',luenI,s .as 80
armE as WOUNDED ana THESE men "oui'
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oue t"E were coh'peiieu W WAN W !"
"e'u h"sPltaL
wore FOOT iro""'e'
wheu the engagement was finished
- the men were in for the balance o
the dav and the night. many OF tn,
business mon renorted AT the field hos
initial with sore feet. some of them hav
ing large His .rs on the so,es. whei
one sufferer reached the camp blood wa
dril'ping from a crack I'm one OF hi
SHOES Amonp the men WIN applied 70
relief ,t tho nrd M the days mike" wa,
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Pr, ~ vsw yorL Several snanshot
were ,,ker while tho suryeon was worl,
irg 49, ht,,
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