Eastern
II.
The
Mitanzas : Map
The first
Commodore Dewey
N.W.
Frontier
of
India,
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The
Relief
of Mati
Neshat Pasha
General Makris
fires of
Umdabiya blazed
on the
water-
bottles
expert
beside
him,
sailor
it
shelter
trenches.
Ten
guns
were
mounted
in
flag
while the
the
field,
riding
awav
a daring
there
was
nothing
to
do
but
to
wait
and
watch
the
merciless
bombard-
m.ent
of
hand-to-hand
the
condition
for
fighting
knocked
off
him
up,
where
he
was.
of
became
a
each other
the
assailant
with
his
revolver.
But
narrow
escapes
were
occurring
the most
curious was
and
had
Some of
two
brass
of
one
regiment,
of
the
three
white
officers
two
the
Baggaras,
crowd
of
with
zereba some
the Soudanese
Upper Nile.
a
battle
ground
opposite
it
One
or
loss
does
not
The return
loss.
what
though a
wards,
in
bullet splintering the butt,
This
my
ribs
by
A bullet
just enough
bank,
which
and
canvas
base
railhead,
and
with
the
of
keeping
of
dered
to
bannerets.
Where
all
of
open
space.
Upon
a
wide
Hunter
Pasha,
^column
arrived
upon
was,
lining
the
remain
the conduct
to Kitchener, as the
victories of the campaign.
Atbara there
was a
for
from
Cairo
to
the
their
energies
the
track.
Early
in
1897
the
Luxor and Assouan.
summer cam-
railway
battalion
were
railway.
fortified camp Dak-
on
to
Khartoum
after
the
summer
campaign.
or five
line
was
Nile.
The
important point on the
steel-
armoured
conning
tower
of
a
boat started, the water
great
advantage
necessarily
a
large
mark,
unless
Forrest,
sides of
They are
eighty feet
start
pose an
there
to
on
actually
hoisted
did
very
little
penetrated into
the
retiring
attacked the
had failed, and that in face
of
a narrow
WELCOMED
BY
THE
the
way,
smaller
masses,
the
steamer
Bahr-el-
Arab
and
the
patches here
apparently
a
sedge,
could
steamer and
barges, many
be
admitted.
In
by
the
troops
while a
that
the
Nile
the
fullest
use
of
by
the
bank.
The
ridges of
little
co-operation
had
the river-
would
have
march
to
the
Atbara
could
have
fallen
back
on
the
Shab-
luka
destruction
of
his
army
left
only
to retreat,
advanced
Thus the
Omdurman,
or
within
less
Dervish headquarters.
used
stored
a
detachment
of
British
garrison
artillery.
The
guns
were
moved
from
:
valleys
and
rocky
ravines
—the
wadys
the health
the waterwheels
the
have
now
a
number
concentrated at
the artillery
depot at Nasri
his little
since our advance began. Another
tribe who
mustered strongly
by
several years
The Sheikh
Jaalin,
who
knew
the
country
the
Sirdar's
the
camp.
rode down the
tion camp
opposite the
storm
miles
the chance of
and
classified
b}'
Hunter's
His
the
1885,
heliograph
with
battalions
marching
day
the
force
was
supplies, and to
He
was
travelling
a
narrow
belongings, except
low Nile.
from
her
upper
works
and
transferred
to
other
his
motley
army
of
friendlies,
about
1,700
strong,
appeared
on
the
with
that a
messenger had
ventured far
on
the
Monday
bv
a
storm
of
so
rough
gunboats
to
the baggage.
their work doubly
difficult, not only
could be seen, there
The
persistent
low-l3-ing
land
at
the
The principal
building of
the city
bank. Close by
son
Osman,
filth
of
from
these
pestilential
by-paths
further is
of these
of
the
decisive
struggle.
in
order
to
give
the
the horse
city
of
tomb,
the
Khalifa's
warriors
them.
to the
extent,
and
the
Dervishes
camp
mounted
to the
as
Jebel
that
storm them.
the
left
of
the
during the
batterv,
had
pushed
forward
the
cavalry
In the midst flew the
black banner
bank
in
quality
as
Soudanese
regi-
ments.
These
the
Jehadia
river-
with
have
been
a
Sirdar's
army
at
the rapid
advance of
Broadwood's
suspected
Mahdist army
low
ridges
to
ami
that
the
of
attacks
by
the
enemy.
The
in
witnout
a
ground between
what
the
steam
hedge
of
desert
read}'
to
march,
Dervishes
the
low ridge
the
preparations
for
the
march,
and
the
come
on
to
 
between
flanks
and
Topping the
multitude of
the
sandy
right
their ranks, gaps
While
too
closely.
back.
men had
the
Dervish
fire
was
is
that
For
comparative
security.
Some
of
the line alone. Captain Caldecott,
of the
noticed, the of
all in the
storm
bearing
So
that
the
the
were beginning to
in ghastly rows, like the
line
had
fallen
the
centre
against
the
gunboats,
to
escort
British
.1
one
was
some thirty Dervish
horsemen. The impression
weight-
to discuss here
looking
at
the
matter
British
reasonings
after
are
was any
bristled most thickly.
were into the
over and
cuts
and stood
Lancers, lost
so the
and luckily
with
their
revolvers.
Hardly
his
place
were
imwounded.
Officers
and
sniffing
at
sleeve. I
could see
fatal
moment to
swerved in
the ridge,
had
only a slight one,
Emir
the
victojy
over
column on
Tudwa3-'s
up
to
prolong
the
line
longer
unaided.
ground, and
followers
Emir
himself
and held
from one
it meant.
victory.
down
others
for
dead
and
dying
Dongolawi Emir, Osman
Azrak, and dis-
friends
barbarous
or
cut
down
as
the
houses.
The
Soudanese
cleared
went
in.
but
shell, fired
by one
spot.
The
battery
a
other
country-,
and
All
resistance
had
been
blown
way
exaggerated
the
filth
made his
to
confess
where
he
had
struck off
by the
ship's armourer,
loi
march
come in, whom he
or
time to
it
a
point
of
higher
the
river
and
and
they
took
up
the
But
north.
the
movement
the
most
of
them
rapidly
recovered.
There
were
back
no
news.
terrible campaign.
his
best
energies.
The
the
Sirdar
broken,
and
Omdur-
the
last
days.
of thinking, and
portant
features
and
on
the
general
character
of
the
two
navies.
The
United
States
American
battleship.
She
was
the
of two
the
large
turrets
on
each
side,
and
guns.
The
smaller
well-placed
shell
would
stop
central
super-
the deck till
only
her
in-
tended
to
ram
into
vogue,
it
being
considered
torpedoed
was
actually
war
being
very
much
prolonged.
na-vy was
inland States, composed
a
of
the
Atlantic
squadron,
out-
break
of
the
United
States
before
the
The
officers
of
the
•
a
small
army
the
terms
to
the
army
receives,
and
his
mostly
from
military
the
local
New York,
National Guard,
material
Orleans.
While
Congress
put
to be despised,
the
ambuscades
the bows of
the tramp that
her forecastle was
the
Stars
the
night-
shore under
easy steam.
attack by
for an
attempt
enemy's
ships
kept
of
these
were
a
number
was
going
her
band
to facilitate
on a more
neutrality
carry them
crept
along
the
south
the
Admiral
might
have
bombarded
Havana
the little
of
these,
the
Ligera^
was
among
the
islands
the
Ligcra
shots.
with her
to
go
to
defences
of
Matanzas.
But
modern
for naval
gunners to
remaining further
formidable
force
funnels,
her
barbettes
deck
almost
of
12-inch
guns
ceased in the
ing to open
fired. It came from
a
battery,
and
ought
the
monitor
answered
wonderful stories
of the
hundreds
to
atoms
earthwork
batteries
good.
Onlv
about
suffice
to
demolish
allowances
Thus a
the
the
falls
of
the
slope.
Apparently
this battery being
news
of
more
a week in
one
of
the
finest
edifices
of Binondo,
the crews of the
that
during
the
last
ten
killed.
A
native
Scanty
reinforce-
ments
only
a
few
battalions
Then,
It
good service
chiqtcitay
was
sent
He
came
duration.
Others
of
America,
rebellion
again
the Spanish
winning
Hudson, on the Mississippi, when his
ship,
a
higher
: Displace-
ment,
1,152
tons
power. All
range,
higher
been a troublesome
at Subic
words
offer
sad
been
available.
Montojo
had
of
them
the
and
been
the
of
a half long.
lights
were
glided in
came
up
abreast
and
the
has
the
a
heavy
shells
a
little
before
five
a.m.
They
squadron.
The
Concord
arsenal
•
to act
as a
Herald
corre-
spondent,
a
shell
and
exploding
on
her
forward
to
burst.
Fires
were
almost ceased. Close
guns were
the
hour.
Her
steering
her
unmanageable.
Montojo himself had been
to help a
wounded sailor. The
Some fifty men had
this
in the
after-part of
fire.
With
he
would
and
told
Cadarso,
the
to
him
the
admiral's
American
fire.
Dewey's
2,000
to
Cor-
Shells
from
the
to
Riddled
Manila, crowds
watched the
of
the
Atlantic
squadron
won't
Admiral
had
orders
orders. But they
some opportunities of
tropica
storms
at
the
American
fleet,
and
fully
expected
that
they
would
attempt
Americans
each
night
and as the
not
rapidly
in,
and
through
the
torpedo distance
discovered,
we
an
was again
the shore
in a
through
the
More
the capsized
boat. The
had said that
if the United
island. But
at
various
points
along
fleet
in
after
of
the
Machias
it was
only that
knew the
precise result
Winslow,
and
as
support
on to and shattered
out of danger,
range.
the
water
about
destroving
frequency.
steered
for
tried to
back his
but,
work-
ing
directly
backed
helm, the
line was
small calibre
the
outbreak
of
hostilities,
he
says
basis
of
supplies
and
and
army
sama
advantage
scene of opera-
geographical
situation
a
few
days
before
be,
to
Egypt
siderations
other
to
the
east
of
the
rockv
shallow that
is
guarded,
nevertheless,
by
and
east
end
jf
guns
on
making
its
Castle
was
the
chief
torpedo any Spanish warship that might happen
to be in the harbour, in case
she
should
venture
one
of
the
Spanish
navy
 
back with
her one-pounders,
and swallowed
the
bombardment,
which
lasted
just
through
the
by another shell that burst
and blew a
loxvn.
Admiral
battleship
to
the
Iowa
the only serious
more
that
force
with
him
exposed
the
shells
possessed, and to
there
was
May,
he
and they came
fired some shots
another
Admiral had
at once
failed
they
had
the
words
probably
ot
yet
attached
the
the
narrow
opening
look-out station,
j\Iaria
but
that
it
after
graphed
to
through
the
into the
pursue them. It is
discharge
or
Tampa,
enemy
had
run
into
harbour
easy task finally
disposing of Cervera's
deeds by
whichever she
of
high
horizontal converging
inside
the
but
and sink-
help
His plan was
accepted, and on
families
been
remark-
than games.
his
appointed
monitor,
mentioned in
by
his
aggrieved
comfortably
enough
with
his
books
sent to
 
ready.
to
discuss
final
details.
Just
before
remained
on
the
steamer
and took her for one of
the
fleet
trying
to
force
torpedoes
of
sinking, drifted
by
one
blocked
the
channel
where
she
guns on the hills
and
the
no shells nor
to
the destroyer Terror^
to get
that there
fleet before Santiago.
though
within
2,000
yards.
simple reason
As a
1,500
heavy
shells,
perhaps
much affected
six- and eight-
be of
report
asserted
that the
only men
that it
very small
ends of cables
and the gunboats grappled
usually
case
of
bad
weather,
and
a
of
of marines,
regular
and
tele-
scopes
that
searched
the
a
tinguish them. What
of
waj'. Their
Captain Elliot tried
and
was some time
Spanish
rearguard,
taking
prisoners
a
lieutenant
and
eighteen
men.
these
were
found
gun
and
ship
bad gunnery
telling
after
the
attack
cotton
convulsion
ordinary
leaped
an
earthquake.
Terrible
echoes
rolled
around
and
around
through
the
trembled
with
the
some
150
shots.
no one
exaggeration,
As usual,
the
shore.
One
killed
at
well-trained
gunners.
Spanish gunners
of no
museum
the
season,
ordered at
at
Tampa,
Miles.
Nor
the war,
the command
75,000,
The
corps,
at
its
of
Texas,
as
an
;
or
Atlantic
Shafter,
of the volunteers
a
farm
till
:
Castine
to be
destined to
serve as
The voyage,
after
their
were
last
on
June
20th
;
the
rightly judged
morning
there
making
This looks
place.
Santiago
of
hunger,
and
the
will
have
neighbouring
hills
formed
outposts
for
the
seamen
3
Squadrons,
it was
already hard
awaited
the
questions
bourhood, but
the Seguranfa,
Cubans, who
presented arms
in the
of Santiago
and
opened
fire
the
real
by
the
Neiv
Orleans.
steaming
rain
of
little village.
Soon flames
more than
a com-
pany of
destruction, and
they also
evacuated a
blockhouse on
the hill
above the
and
the
Stars
for
seven
miles
forest,
the
narrow
winding
valleys
being
marshy
in
the
been
skirmishing
the
first
miles
out
from
Siboney
on
the
Sevilla
road.
town, and
curves round
west.
Shortly
bourhood
is
the
head-
quarters
had
already
dubbed
the
the
at
Las
Guasimas.
The
fight
at
what has
that once they
several of them have
being approached,
the hill,
at
once
point
where
the
shelter
trenches,
and
Alcaniz was
near
the
beginning
of
its
front,
the
fourth
troop
working
—negro
soldiers
with
the
Spaniards
east
the
road.
The
column
had
marched
soon
a show of
52
wounded.
Among
the
wounded
was
Mr.
Edward
Marshall,
a
hospital,
to
seen
go
long time
before anyone
cam.e near
me. The
bourhood
calling
out
I
had
some
vague
thoughts
of
sunstroke,
but
and
wound.
line of
outposts along
up all that
tracks.
It
to
ad-
vance.
The
the
edge
of
bi-
they would be
driven out by
the
Spaniards
front
of
their
Kent had
another four-gun
assigned to
his division.
and
itself.
The
sky
to
seven,
out
brightly.
cannon shot echoed in
lurking-places oi
smoke that
dulating
ridge
of
San
Juan,
had
been
the
hill
below
line,
dummies
to
delude
The
plan
Caney
Infantry
(these
last
in the
first to
infantry was moving
army
the
seriousl}'
injured.
It
was
;
*
little road
was intense,
breath
too apparent
days,
and
gorged
vultures
the less pleasant aspect
sensation,
along the line
Spaniards
briskly
to General
who were fight-
While
less than
an
especial
the
word
Caney
is
spoken,
a
line
of
full
they
fell
to
make
standing
I
own countrymen.
But the
dignity,
and
the
the
situation
to
defend
that
trench,
and
they
into
They
left
to
fire.
Their
heavy
losses
were
the
trenches
Shortlv
before
told
going
wide
of
the
battery
known openings
the
Americans
when
tached groups and knots
and cavalry charged the enemy's lines. The
slope was
so steep
climb
fail.
Till
they
Old General
of
the
must not give
Juan,
but
it
Street
especially when one
fell and burst
the women
engaged.
Of
these
17
officers
and
78
men
were
killed,
37
officers
and
339
men
wounded
without
counting
the
slight
wounds,
which
in
Continental
armies
are
classed
as
 contusions.
This
makes
47
fallen.
when in the
a message
chill
the
badlv
hurt
dragged
Sibonej'. The
more severely
injured were
drugs and
fire
to
the
abandoned
blockhouses.
During
the
same
night
the
Americans
had
consul,
who
to the
number of
people
Civil
that if they
took the town,
and the inhabitants
as it
it of
such a
character, and
cars
at
Siboney.
Our
losses
the
battle
fire
which
but I
to
mand.
General
removed some
to
basis. Santiago
was not
neglect
all
the
other
WHICH
WAS
TO
HAVE
ATTACKED
half miles from the
there are
they
According
Let
us
Cay
 
they were burning,
were
sending
attracted the atten-
gathered
more
way
masked
of
Admiral's mis-
even abreast
the
effect. They
of
the
American
navy
was
one
of
the
was
damaged.
Almirante
and only survived
remaining ships,
the
guns.
She
that she
was sunk
mouth.
As
the
Colon
surrendered,
there
Cervera's
fleet
was
about
350
killed
fired
The
13-inch
guns,
there
eight
joined
the
The
13-inch
guns,
and Dos
struction
of
time
the
made
it,
if
anything,
his
resources,
wrecking
the
place,
all
the
a view
Mercedes had
they
could
fire
they
the
town
will
surrender.
If
they
way
is
through
the
Miles
recognised
that
it
would
and sickness, the
regular regiments which
followed
by
the
by
General
together,
looking
confidence
confidence
received
by
the
governor
the
palace,
but
the American
McKittrick,
on
would
knowingly
that they
had been
loss of
worsted. The
people in
Miles had
ov^r.
miral Montojo,
took
bank of
at
Malate
a fugitive,
coal at
sea off
necessarily
was
were made
to
welcome
the
American
assembling, the Philippine
trenchments, making the work
desertions
in
the rebels is estimated
German
possibility
a
little
Spaniards
give any
in
position
from the
regiment.
The
Spanish
heavy
fire
at
short
the
city.
A
fours.
At
order
to
Philippines,
the
men
half savages.
Philippines was
still in
the balance,
And had
of weakness.
high command
both sides of the controversy.
As to the
hold
the
Malakand
sus-
Robertson
making
huts on the left.
The
to
the
spare
mule.
officers
did
their
the
burden
retire-
not
a
total
list
of
fifty-eight
casualties.
stores,
a
helio-signal
apparatus,
and
about
4,000
rifle
to
Encumbered
with
wounded
all
dead.
Seton-Browne
was
awarded
Distinguished
Service
Order.
It
was
also
Mullah,
or
the
Mad
Fakir—
who
was
talking
to
were
better
get
reinforce
the
camp,
and
it
was
should
march
at
3
a.m.
the
deal
rather
the Mad Mullah
so
near.
in the
nights, was to
camp
were
turning
out,
to a point
a
thousand
in.to
the
crowd,
war-cries,
and
firing
some
flank
of
the
party
Several
accident
with
the
rest
ridge, and
attack
four
the
himself
neck being
closed
fort
could
Chakdara,
the
24th
Punjaubis
under
Lieutenant
Khar.
They
were
blockading
the
fort
at
Chakdara
bridge.
the
tribes-
men
29th signal
past
two
the
attack
off by
fear for
steps to deal
Nowshera
of the tribes-
sungars.
went
for
them
Lancers,
the
Swat
vanguard
of
the
relieving
besiegers,
who
were
the victors had been
had won the
hard-fought battle of
the
mountain
river
this
the mountains
cemetery marked
he
was
making
for
just in
awarded the
was
given
had
Euro-
blank on
the maps
by
thousands
repair.
But
while
Swat
was
Mullah,
whose
detachment
could not
be captured
General Elles
hurried up
guns of the
the
raiders
had
Shabkadr,
and
they
were
joined
by
fresh
the
fort
bv
risinj;.
be
seen.
large, loop-holed
Moh-
munds,
After
had
been
Pass, and
from
over. But
himself,
and
lost
his
moment.
The
entire
garrison,
more
touching
instance
fight-
ing.
The
details
detachment
of
Sikhs
volunteered
would
and drove
the Orakzais
really
The
captured
standards
into
the
before
Fort
Gulistan.
correspondent
of
the
a
heavy
fire,
helped
bullets,
could
sepoy's
head,
and
the
sepcty
did
and
and on
to a
forag-
ing
party
stage
of
its
a large
withdrew across
held
the
of
the
A
garrison
was
placed
to
this moment, too,
encountered.
The
other
of
the
camp.
The
enemy
with steady
dred transport animals were
after two
tribesmen
attacked
his
camp.
At
the
General
Meiklejolip,
equal success, were
outflanked
and
delayed by having
and the loss
by
the
mountain
GLMkM
of
the
signallers
days
of
September
men,
very
invasion of Tirah, the summer
home
of
the
Kurram
Valley
to
observe
safety
of
the
coming
advance
into
position,
on
to
support
was
cliffs,
from
his
clearing
the
heights
of
Dargai
of
the
enemy,
and
offered
to
reinforce
Division for
till
confining
himself
to
result was a
ven' gallant action,
which will long
trying to
at the sungars. They
the
Derby-
shire
men.
the
crossed
on
the
ing the dogged resistance of
the enem}'. Captain
won
im-
a thousand
battalion
the
the
centre
of
the
of
the
Gordon
play
his
pipes.
The
hill
told heavily
was
everything
else
casualties were not much
mountaineers, have always
felt marked kinship
began its
on
the
north
shore
the
village-
They
gave
way
at
way, and after dark-
once.
Including
camp
followers,
some
35,000
men
had
been
the
day
amount
to
the
army
had
not
merely
to
day,
the
The
a sharp
action.
At
and
wounded
expected
an
advance,
but
the
only
man
hit
was
Colonel
Sage,
of
the
ist
Goorkhas,
Pass,
fought
next
broken
not
make
a
quarrelling
Orakzai
lay
deep
the
northward
rose
the
the
gateway
of
Sampagha.
The
and
supplies
over
the
gradient, and
an isolated
round topped
Pass,
and
the
batteries
opened
fire.
At
wounded.
On
the
6th
became hot he shifted
same evening.
Such is
the fortune
of war
second
line
camp. But it
put
out
now
on
the
other,
it
the crest
nearly suc-
the same spirit of
twenty-nine
mountain
the first mile
next three
retire^
ind,
next stage
actually the same as that over
which
crowds
hard
the
most
part,
were
group
Northamptons
on
November
by
the
tribesmen,
they
broke
threes,
of
a
the
first,
fought,
a
rewarded
with
a
desul-
tory
fire
works,
but
a
desultory
fire.
Fortunately
the
the rising
good
at once,
along
the
main
nullah
officers
seven
wounded
hood of
which
to
rushed
down
to
driven
off
the Bara
Defile
are
pre-
escape.
At
night
Wet
through
as
and shelterless, officers and
a
soldier,
splashed up
horses'
before
camp
was
reached.
The
Yorkshires
and
the
Goorkhas
held
the
the defile
rearguard
baby
was
of
Only
by
sharp
fighting,
and
not
At
the
end
Sir
Power
nai
cattle
of
the
by the
was
well
from
the
the
York-
shire
36th
Sikhs,
was
examine
some
caves.
He
was
coming
back,
but
below
a
gallant
fight.
near
him,
close
fighting
still
was
and wounded,
one wanted another campaign
Malakand
and
in
the
fight
much
Buner men
warriors, and then
submit. This was
crest, some
no more Dargais.
and tried
flankers
appeared
and
began
to
had
been
expected,
mustering
about
2,000,
had
lost
only
surprised the
its
exploits
against
the
British
mission
of
the
most
the
hope
of
of opposition
to the
in the
their
new
surroundings
at
Aldershot.
As
at
to
his
out
no
support
they
fled
into
blew
up
its
of
of the
while
considered advisable to
were
man
Yeh, who
great
victory
over
a
large
force
country
sea,
the
other
Sak-
column
under
get
peasants
explained
that
these
by a Chinese
other
in
brigade
enemy's
works,
forts in
how they were
FOR THE
brought
side.
Thus
bad
that
they
were
be unable
before the
sun rose.
[sce
p.
55S).
(From
a
Japanese
Sketch.)
have
been
that
one
of
the
regiments
buried
its
colours
do
with
the
success
this pe.'iod. The
in
front
correspondent,
Mr.
Villiers,
again
the
wil}'
Chinese,
and
the gate, and
distance
inside
the next
heralded
the
day.
Down
by
the
fields of millet, beans,
and corn, wore the
the
fields,
were
carved
city. The
be so
but tearing
he
bound
up
Yamagata
10,000
on the morrow
more fighting in
few days'
was carefully
reconnoitred, the
by
code
of
honour
and
bravery,
through
the
com-
pany
Captain
Asakawa,
made
a
desperate
charge
to
extricate
going
on the
right its
fire
The
ditches. The
garrison consisted
garrisons very much
front
that
of the
the
long
columns
tramped
off
in
the
darkness,
lights
Nogi's
brigade
and had to
who
to the ground
line of
gur.s formed
to whiter, with
side.
tableland
experienced
EngHsh
war
correspondents,
Mr.
Frederic
 
the
three
forts
which
they
-l.xr.LE
COMHAT.
town
from
been
occupied,
but
of
his
wound
legs,
skirmishers,
being
exposed
height of
Cock's
Comb
Forts.
night march,
view
the
enemy's
resistance
collapsed,
he
thought
only
last,
bombarded
risk
was
assigned
enemy.
The
Second
across
the
parade
ground.
At
repeating
flag
of
China,
day
for
the
Japanese
arms,
but
of
Second
Regiment
map before them. These
heard of
troops, and no
the ex-
adopted
the
methods
as the
to
ensure
that
Englishmen and
Americans look
more. Not
into, and the
Villiers,
share
in
army, for
train
one
met
Samuri
and
to
keep
the
gentlemen
could
shops
were
As
I
passed
the
store
at
which
man's fist.
torpedo
boats
had
headed
south
and
entered
the
port.
On
the
2jrd
some
foreign
teresting pages
a theor}'
of
Liu-
kung-tao,
both
entrances
and
31st
and
island
forts
forts
No. 6
drew
in
the
harbour.
being fitted
with torpedo
dark
object,
probably
about
half
a
mile
away.
. .
.
was the
the men
was then
about a
foot of
at if
and
three
torpedoes
without
result.
They
opened
a
heavy
fire.
the
centre
of
with
the
torpedo
under-estimated
torpedo boat's
which exploded
with the
less severely
drifted helplessly
boiler-room,
oflScer,
next
day
large
fugal
compartments
of
With
infinite
labour
the
plates
once.
A
shell
burst
dashed off westwards
ships
of
the
of
out
a dash for the
on them and
sending a shower
quick-firers
and
machine-guns
Some were
either destroyed or
forts
Yuen,
Ching-
a few small
open the way
launches
batteries
stern
rose
out
the
main
was a gap
drew
the
launches
battles
of
this
handful
of
Euro-
flagship
and
her
the
bearer
of
a
to
Wei-hai-wei.
jirim
ending
to
the
defence
of
them,
I
beg
us a
very brief
3-ou. I
island forts,
the arms,
back
to
China
The
Chinese
and
13th,
issued
conquests in
signed
at
Shimonoseki
to pay
all
tlie sea,
ulread}'
the
two
Powers
Further,
rising
in
1895,
the}'
were
counting
for
their
move brigades
day
Greek
Government
and
be
and it wanted
to
come
indefinitely, and
Mount Olympus,
Platamona
into
It
the
houses
near
the
contradiction
with
FOR
THE
FRONTIER.
Stone
side, sent
knolls
com-
afternoon
the
fight
was
like
the
big
hills above
booming out
from time
He
thought
further to
both sides were compara-
still
himself
in
the
horseback, reckless
or ignorant
of the
hill-tops of
the pass, where the}'
Turkish
Menexe
went
on
by
ing
his
own
side rose a long
did the
Turkish gims
was
controlled
He
three
infantry
force the
in front
replied with
Turkish side two
of the help
attack
and
took to
of Greek
keep
their
down
the soldiers.
to
stop
a
continuation
of
servants
arrived.
Some
carriages
able
the
silent,
comparatively
trifling
cost.
During
for
Haiden
organised, and
of his first
the Greek
the
Greek
fleet,
of
in
He
of
the
night
before,
Edhem,
then
a
colonel,
who
commanded
in
the
Gravitza
redoubts,
to
supersede
his
Thes'-aly and in
it
had
also
victory.
There
was
an
Salamvria.
The
vallev
b}- the
bold mass of the
the
river
bank
a
Turkish
advance.
line held by
bv
a
The
force
each on
an average,
Velestino the
road crosses
Dagh
The Pasha now realised
of Rizo-
There
was
position on
actually
that he
and
during
the
dug
squadrons
edges of
these
head
of
a
the
of
the
infantry
attack,
in-
centre
against
Rizomylon
at
the
moment
left, Mahmud
to
give
of
Pelion.
imme-
diately
to
the
south
of
had been sent
there to secure
them
going
to
on
the
ground
won,
ready
to
make
the
general
all
advance.
the
river
had been
and the
before.
At
battle.
town,
intending
to
won. Further
action against
 
The troops
reported
h-om
the
outposts
that
trenches on the
hills on both
flanks, and the
turn
and
force
back
fusion to the
intact, and Smolenski had
that he had decided
Attacked
on
the west
The march
staff had
Volo, and making the place
a second Plevna,
movement,
or
arrange
the
surrender
of
Turks.
So
in
at anchor in
to Larissa, which
next
few
days
again
entered
Epirus,
only
to
fail
as
at
Domokos.
On
May
army was
concentrated in
off
as
they
of the plan
divided into
right wing may be
then
the division
7th Euzonoi at
to meet the Turkish
would
try
to
operation
seemed
ammunition,
failed to burst.
was
ground
that
might
well
obstinate
resistance
to
the
attack,
line
of
Turkish
infantry
Greek army,
up,
comparatively
The other
the
this small number
the fight.
 
field,
but
about
5
o'clock
disquieting
news
used
to
reinforce
they
had
citadel, sending a great spurt of flame
and
smoke
high
was evacuated
fight from
The
of Hamdi's mountain
completely
success-
ful
get
the
news
on
the
Domokos
position,
though
that he
that
Turkish
staff.
The
from
the
the main body
and a
tory
693
—
1876),
iii.
197
—201
26
Ba
Jmann,
458,
460
647
iv.
416
421
at, iv.
396
446,
448
Cochrane,
i.
363
334
at,
i.
187
Goldie,
126
;
9°
burg,
723
—
Modlin,
antecedents,
iv.
430
691
744
V71
Pratzen,
Plateau
of,
i.
—
i. loi
177
Santa
271
Te
i.
210
12,
235,
239;
iv.
703
523
Wool,
General,
at
battle