The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-30

did not need to sacrifice men. To
the heights Of the Atlantic and Nave
sink Highlands. that ascend so
strangely out of the sea and out of the
fla sea country there. he lifted guns
Of great calibre. He placed runs in
cover behind every undulation. When
he had placed all these eapJn with
scientific precision they began to fire.
None of the mobile artillery installed
for the defence of the fort against
land attack could reach the invaders
heavier artillery with any hope of eff
feet. The men in the defences. cow
ering under bombprcofs and in pits.
held out for a day and a night. They
held out for another day. Then Their.
was nothing left to defend. Dis
mounted and broken. their armament
was destroyed. The survivors sur
rendered.
New York city did not know that
the Sandy Hook defences had fallen
TIL three light enemy cruisers APP
peared in the upper bay and steamed
through the East River TO the navy
yard. Then the city knew that its
harbor was open =
The army that took Sandy Hook did
not return to New York. The tiotilla
WIN 'h' t''lS th' nv liSIN aiblll'ly
aboard at the Atlantic Highlands ana
steamed back through Raritan Bay.
through the narrow sound behind
Staten Island and into Newark Bay.
Here other boats met it with cavalry
n motor troops from Yonkers.
Troops landed at both sides of the
entrance to the bay. taking Bayonne
n Elizabethport. with their oil re-
fineries and tanks. and their ship
yards. Then the tiotilla moved up the
bay and put great bodies of soldiers
OF all arms ashore at the great fac
tory town IF Newark.
A big city, and a difficult city to
control. it kept the commanders occu-
pied for three days before they had
made their footing good, but Their it
was an admirable and a vastly valu.
able base. From it the troops spread
out and took Rutherford, Passaic,
H~ackensack and Paterson.
1t was rich commercial territory
that complemented the value of pos
sessing New York, for these factory
cities were n part of the metropoli-
tan district counted with New York
city in every national estimate Of in
dustrial wealth. This district con-
aAtA' AAb lAAi - ~ NAi'AAHiiii ~
tories. In wealth and productiveness,
it was as choice a prize as New Eng
land.lO
Having made good its hold on the
new conquest across the Hudson River
the invading army ceased to expand.
Even with the acCretion that had been
made to its forces, II had one to spare
for further operations, for it now hal
under its charge more than 81, 900
square miles of domain with more
than thirteen millions of people.
This was a kingdom. The victor set
himself to the task of organizing his
government. which meant the task u
turning it to profit.
From the beginning he had taught
the conquered people that an invading
army lives or the country. Wherever
his troop entered the inhabitants
We're ordered to supply all that was
needed by men and horses.
The occupying army demanded lodG-
ings and stable room. They demanded
accommodations for everything be-
longing to the army, They requis'-
10. Table (, Thirtccnh Census, Vol
umc 8. The metropolitan distlfct, as
rcfcrrod To IA this sense, comprises
Grcdtcr NCU York and the New Jersey
mdnufdctUrin counties that contain
NcIrdrk, BdyOnnC, Paterson. HdCkcn-
sack, Pdssdic, Rutherford, &c.
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