THE DUEL BETWEEN THE “ALABAMA” AND “KEARSARGE.
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EEAE-ADMIKAL JOHN A. WINSLOW, CAPTAIN OE THE “ KEARSARGE.”i'KOM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN SOON AETEE THE EIGHT, IN POSSESSION OF PAYMASTEK-GENEKAL J. A. SMITH, U. S. N.
Apprehensive of a raking, sheered and broke hersilence with the starboard battery. Each ship wasnow pressed under a full head of steam, the posi-tion being broadside, both employing the starboardguns.
Captain "Winslow, fearful that the enemy wouldmake for the shore, determined with a port helm tonun under the Alabama ’s stern for raking, but w r asprevented by her sheering and keeping her broad-
side to the Kearsarge , which forced the fightingon a circular track, each ship, with a strong porthelm, steaming around a common center, and pour-ing its fire into its opponent a quarter to half amile away. There was a current setting to west-ward three knots an hour.
The action was now fairly begun. The Alabama changed from solid shot to shell. & A shot from anearly broadside of the Kearsarge carried away the