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Results as Glorious as Eve
Graced a Nations Annals
SMASHED BY SCHLEY
Commodore Personally Directed Spanish
Armadas Destruction
Further Details of the Destruction of
the Spanish Squadron Castilian
Crews Foujjht with Drunken Frenzy
Blanco Ordered the Admiral to
Make the Dash Thrilling Incidents
of the First Great Battle in Which
the Spaniards Were Driven from
Their Defenses
WMlrlnjrton special
The fighting by land and soa around
Santiago sheds new lustre on American
arras It is a story of marvelous heroism
a fearlessness that overawed the foe and
of unvarying success On sea the vic
tories were bloodless On land hundreds
of brave men sacriGced their lives and
other hundreds will go through life maim
ed The nation owes the dead and the
living everlasting honor for upholding the
American reputation for valor for from
the landing of the army at Baiquiri the
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advance to Santiago was one continuous
success The Spaniards were strongly in
trenched and fought gallantly but every
stronghold was stormed Fighting in a
strange land and in a fever laden climate
wading through streams and piercing cac
tus jungles charging up hills on whose
crest the foe lay hidden behind intrench
ments from which poured a storm of lead
the dauntless boys in blue earned for
themselves fame as enduring as that of
the glorified warriors of old
But the laurels are not all for the men
on shore The ileet that had been kept
in suspense for months awaiting an op
portunity to attack the Spanish boats at
lust saw the signal to open fire The de
spairing Spanish admiral had made bold
to escape from the harbor and the Ameri
cans went after him and drove his ships
against the rocks strewing the Cuban
shore for miles and miles with Spanish
dead It was a picturesque scene that
Sunday chase along the Santiago shore
and its- result will give it a place in the
worlds history of great naval encounters
It is a more crushing disaster for Spain
than the destruction of Montejos fleet at
Manila for Cerveras ships were her
pride and strength at sea
From July 1 the American troops had
been promising Santiago A Hot Time in
the Old Town To night They sung the
rollicking ditty on the march and in camp
and they meant it and though it was im
possible owiny to certain circumstances
to deliver the goods exactly on the min
ute Shatters army had a settled deter
mination to keep its promise
Truce was declared after Schleys de
struction of Cerveras fleet but the little
rest did not do the city any good for the
American fights while he is resting and
rests while he is fighting and in this case
Sampson and Shnfter and Fighting Joe
Wheeler and the rest of the old war
horses got their heads together and con
cocted plans to take the whole Spanish
army and what was left of the navy
The trouble at Santiago began Friday
July 1 at 4 oclock in the morning with
the American advance and a feint at
Aguadores to the south by Gen Duffield
and an attack on El Caney to the north
east of Santiago by Gen Lawtons di
vision
The first shot was fired by Capt Allyn
Capron of the First artillery whose son
Capt Allyn K Capron was killed in the
charge of the rough riders at La Quasina
It fell in the center of the town and it
was followed by a supply from Caprons
battery and from the Second artillery
under Capt Grimes who had taken a
good position at El Paso until the de
fenders of El Caney were completely
overwhelmed by the generosity of their
visitors and vamoosed
Grimes and Capron then began to shell
the outer defenses of Santiago Under
cover of their fire Col Wood with the
rough riders started toward the works
The advance was rapid and brilliant and
the rifle fire of the cowboys was something
for Spaniards to wonder at for many a
day The batteries were silenced the
enemy retreated and Woods command
occupied a bit of hillside where they could
be comfortable and shoot Spaniards for
the rest of the day
During the fighting on the right Gen
Sumner had commanded the center on ac
count of Gen Wheelers illness but by
1130 oclock Wheeler decided he couldnt
stand it any longer and started for the
front in an ambulance On the way he
met wounded soldiers being taken to the
rear in litters so he gave up the ambu
lance mouuted his horse amid the fran
tic cheers of his men and soon had his
headquarters established at the front
By night the army had advanced two
and a half miles all along the line Law
tons division had driven the enemy be
yond El Caney and down the main road
to Santiago and had occupied the suburb
of Cabona Gen Chaffee had crossed the
San Juan river Shaf ter had sent 2000
jCubans on transports to Aserraderos to
the west of Santiago bay to cut off Pan
dos advance and prevent the retreat of
I the Santiago garrison Sampsons ileet
had pounded away at the Morro Castle
and had pulverized the fort at Aguadores
Two thousand Spanish troops were pris
oners and about 400 Americans had been
killed and wounded The only semblance
of a repulse was at Aguadores on the ex
treme left at the mouth of the San Juan
river and it is not certain that Gen Duf
field intended more than a diversion at
that point
Before the second days fight began the
line was shortened so that 12000 Ameri
cans were extended over a front of three
miles Intrenchments were constructed
and re enforcements and more ammuni
tion brought up
Saturday morning the Spaniards were
awakened bright and early routed out of
Aguadores and pushed along a little near
er town Sampson began dropping shells
into the San Juan barracks Lawton be
gan crowding the enemys left pouring
in a fierce oblique fire Cerveras fleet
now passed into history got the range of
the American line and bothered the troops
considerably
It was not Shafters object to assail the
town on the second day as he lacked
siege guns so the army merely stood by
and held its position ready for an ad
vance in case Lawtons fire developed ex
ceptional opportunities for a rush The
purpose of the day was more than gained
as Lawton sent word to Shafter in the
afternoon that he had taken several good
positions for artillery
It was on the third day that Cervera de
cided that Santiago was getting too warm
for him and like a gallant sailor he pre
ferred sinking in the open sea to dying
like a rat in a trap So he started to cut
his way out That was to be the end of
the wanderings of the Cape Verde fleet
for the shore from Santiago de Cuba
sixty miles Avest to Point Tarquino is
strewn to day with its wrecked and burn
ed and buttered hulks It was a galiant
dash but fatal
The Colon the Infanta Maria Teresa
the Vizcaya and the Oquendo followed by
the torpedo gunboats Furor and Pluton
issued from the harbor mouth and it is
probably due to one Hobson that they
were compelled to come out one at a time
They started westward and owing to that
fact Sampson was cheated by a heartless
fate out of the glory of battle for which
he had schemed and planned and watched
and hoped and prayed for six weary
weeks The acting rear admirals flag
ship the New York had gone on a cruise
to the eastward and was so far away
when the battle began she did not catch
up until it was practically all over
A Fight for Sixty Miles
It was a running fight for sixty miles
The Iowa Indiana and Oregon the Mas
sachusetts Texas and Broklyn and the
little Gloucester allowed the Spaniards to
get well out of range of Morros guns and
then turned loose a hurricane of shot and
shell that never slackened its furious
force until the last Spanish ship ran on
the rocks
The Infanta Maria Teresa the Oquen
do and the Vizcaya met their fate within
twenty miles of Santiago
The Furor and Pluton after driving
and the battleships decided to take their
chances with the Gloucester and hurled
themselves at the little craft But on the
bridge was Wainwright of the Maine and
he didnt forget The Gloucester was
struck timeand again but with her little
six pounders she set both boats afire and
they ran on the beach where one blew up
with her own torpedoes
The Colon Admiral Cerveras flagship
hunted like a wounded wolf ran along the
shore for sixty miles looking for some
refuge from the merciless attacks of her
pursuers She found none and at Jast
hoisted the white flag and was scuttled
American boats took off most of her crew
and the Spanish admiral surrendered as
soon as he reached the shore The lives
of 350 of his men were blown out by the
terrible hail of American shot 1600 were
taken prisoners of war and all with but
one American marine killed
Gen Shafter maintained his position
and demanded the surrender of the city
The demand was refused and foreign
ADMIRAL VILLAMIL
Commander of the Spanish torpedo boat
flotilla who was killed in naval fight off
Santiago
idents and non combatants began moving
out After four days of fighting as glo
rious as any that ever graced the anuals
of a nation the invading army halted
within 300 yards of the barbed wire
fences of Santiago and the citys doom
was sealed The total American loss is
estimated at about 1S00 men The Span
ish loss can only be surmised
Death for Guerrillas
Seven Spanish guerrillas who had been
shooting for days from trees into passing
ambulances and pack trains were cap
tured and executed
SHAFTERS 5IEQE GUNS STORMING SANTIAGO
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WILIi CAKRY THE WAR TO SPAIN
Commodore Watsons Squadron Will
Start Within a Week
Commodore Watson has been ordered
to arrange his squadron at once for the
movement against the Spanish coast
Within a week the Newark and the bat
tleships Iowa and Oregon will be on their
way across the Atlantic Sagasta may
GENERAL DON ARSENIO LINARES
Commander of the Spanish troops at San
tiago who was seriously wounded
riot call back Camaras fleet now through
the Suez canal If he does not Commo
dore Watson will take the Canaries and
threaten the coast of Spain If Camara
returns Watson will smash him There
is no hope for that fleet It will be de
stroyed as was Montejos fleet at Manila
and Cerveras at Santiago Admiral
Dewey can whip Camara if he comes to
back and forth between the Gloucester the Philippines If Camara neither goes
INCIDENT OP THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO
Capt Cavnnaugh raising the stars and stripes in tho midst of a llerce conflict
to the Philippines nor returns to Europe
then Watson will run him down It is in
the determination to push the war to the
Spanish coast that the administration
hopes for peace The President wants to
end the war speedily and intends to make
the fight so vigorous that Spain will be
compelled to sue for peace or face utter
annihilation
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED
Number in Feveral Divisions Who
Fell at Santiago
The following is a recapitulation of the
casualties of the United States forces be
fore Santiago in the following divisions
Gen Lawtons division Officers killed 4
wounded 14 men killed 74 wounded
317 missing 1 Gen Bates independent
brigade Third infantry men killed 4
wounded 14 missing 2 Twentieth in
fantry men killed 20 officers wounded
2 men wounded 10 men missing 3
signal corps one man killed An addi
tional list of IS killed and 25 wounded has
been compiled
FI RED 600 SHELLS
Madrid Reports that Three Warships
Destroyed Alfonso XII
The Spanish version of the sinking of
the warship Alfonso XII is that she was
chased by three American warships while
attempting to enter the port of Mariel
and that her commander purposely ran
her ashore in order to avoid capture The
official report adds that the Americans
fired 600 shells at the vessel and that she
is a complete loss It is said that the crew
of the cruiser and part of the cargo were
saved
Will Not Seek Peace
A Spanish cabinet minister is quoted
in an interview as saying that the pres
ent Government of Spain will devote
itself solely to the defense of the Spanish
coasts and that if negotiations for peace
must be opened they will have to be con
ducted by another Government
Wounded Doing Well
The 325 wounded heroes of Santiago
who were taken to Key West for treat
ment are doing well They are distrib
uted between the marine and convent hos
pitals and an unused cigar factory which
has been transformed into a temporary
hospital
Health Is Good
The health of the Americans at Camp
Siboney near Santiago is reported as ex
cellent Not a case of yellow fever has
appeared and It is hoped the disease may
be kept out of camp
SCHLEY GIVEN CREDIT
It Was He and Not Sampson Who Di
rected the Santiago Fight
There is a disposition among Washing
ton officials to give credit for the battle
to the man that won the battle It was
Schleys fight not Sampsons Sampson
wasnt there Schley was Schley had
been there for six weeks watching that
hot hole in the coast of Cuba and waiting
for a chance to at the enemy He is
the man who did the bottling Then ho
lay day after day and week after week
waiting and watching with the patience
of an old mastiff caring nothing that his
name seemed to be left out of every dis
patch to Washington caring nothing that
his was not the chief command and that
others might reap the fruits of his vigi
lance at the last and when Cervera dash
ed out of his hole Schley was there It
was not Sampsons fault that he was not
in Schleys place Sampson was attend
ing to his duty and deserves thanks for
that but not for crushing the Cape Verde
fleet because he didnt crush it If Cer
vera had escaped Schley left on guard
would have incurred the disgrace He
did not escape and Schley left on guard
deserves the honor
BROOKLYN A MARK
Spaniards Seem to Have Concentrated
Their Fire on Schleys Flagship
When the Spanish fleet left Santiago de
Cuba it was with the intention to make
for Cienfuegos the nearest port to se
cure coal and provisions All the ships
were very short of coal the Cristobal
Colon having only two days supply
which she had secured at Santiago The
Spaniards concentrated their fire on the
Brooklyn hoping to disable that vessel
which they considered the fastest of the
American warships and thus give an op
portunity at least for one or two of the
Spanish boats to escape The Brooklyn
was hit forty five times
HOBSON IS EXCHANGED
Hero and His Seven Companions Safe
Within Our Lines
The Spanish authorities consented to
exchange Hobson and his men and a
truce was established for the purpose
The place selected for the exchange was
under a tree between the American and
Spanish lines two thirds of a mile beyond
the intrenchments occupied by Col
Woods rough riders near Gen Wheelers
headquarters and in the center of the
American line Hobson and his men were
escorted through the American lines by
Capt Chadwick of the New York who
was awaiting them
VIZCATAS DECK BLOWN AWAY
Frightful Destruction Visible on the
Spanish Cruiser
The correspondents who visited the
wreck of the Spanish cruiser Vizcaya af
ter the fight found the upper deck of the
ship completely gone Frightful destruc
tion was visible everywhere Dead gun
ners were found at their guns and scores
of dead sailors were found on the after
deck amid the debris of small arms brok
en guns and wreckage A great quantity
of the equipments of the Spanish officers
was floating about the wreck
Cubans Are Good Fighters
In speaking of the conduct of the Cu
bans an officer of the Abarenda says that
they make good irregular soldiers In a
ROOSEVELTS MEN CHARGE SAK JUAN
fight the Cubans usually throw away
their guns and rush into the scrimmage
with pistols and machetes swearing in
Spanish and English when they can and
daring the Spaniards to stand up before
the Almighty Cuban American This
makes them effective skirmishers but
they lack discipline for hard stand up
fighting
Received Cerveras Sword
George H Norman Jr now on the
Gloucester had the honor and pleasure of
receiving Cerveras sword when the ad
miral surrendered Young Normans
brother Guy is with the rough riders The
Normans are the sons of George H Nor
man of Boston
Act Like Apaches
A dispatch from the front says the
Spaniards fired upon the members of the
Red Cross Society and at the ambulances
containing wounded men A driver re
turning from the field was badly wound
ed
Caused Great Rejoicing
When Mr and Mrs James M Hobson
of Greensboro Ala were informed of
the exchange of their son Richmond the
news soon spread through the town and
for a time all business was suspended
SHELLS THE TOWN
SANTIAGO IS BOMBARDED FOR
TWO HOURS
Messenger Bearing n Flag of Trace
Seen Coming from the City Jast
as the Army Was Getting Ready
to Open Its Attack
Vessels Shell tho Town
Off Santiago de Cuba via Playa del Este
July 11 Copyright 1898 by the Aaso
clated Fresa At half past 9 thl3 morn
ing after several range finding shots over
the ridge protecting Santiago from the
sea the United States cruiser Newark
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opened fire into the city with her 8 inch
guns The signal corps officers stationed
on top of tho ridgo reported the effect of
the shots The New York Brooklyn and
Indiana participated in tho firing at in
tervals of five minutes
The bombardment lasted for two hour3
when Gen Shafter reported that the sheila
were mostly falling in the bay and doing
but little damage The last shot however
struck a prominent church in the heart of
the city which was heavily stored with
powder and ammunition causing a tre
mendous explosion The extent of the
damage is not yet known
When the warships ceased firing ana
before Gen Shafter had begun the land
attack a flag of truce was seen coming
from the city The object of this was not
known at noon today when the corre
spondent of the Associated Press left the
front
At 2 oclock this afternoon the United
States auxiliary cruiser Yale with Gen
Nelson A Miles and the United States
protected cruiser Columbia arrived
Rear Admiral Sampson visited Gen
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Miles immediately on his arrival and then
the Yale went to Siboney Gen Miles and
his personal staff landing in a pouring
rain
Sundays Pijrbtinsr
Headquarters of Gen Shatter Sunday
July 10 8 p m per the Associated Press
Dispatch Boat via Kingston Jamaica
July 11 Copyright 1898 by the Asso
ciated Press Prom 4 oclock this after
noon until dark the American fleet have
again been pouring in a deadly are mur
the Spanish lines Our men are greatly
refreshed by their three days rest and
have been fighting with lionlike spirit The
knbwledge of the arrival of reinforcements
gives them new enthusiasm
The new artillery is in place and is ex
pected to do effective work
The position of the Spanish is almost in
darkness tonight and our men believe the
resistanco of the enemy is about at an end
They expect a general assault tomorrow
should the city not have surrender by day
break The Americans are now much bet
ter fortified in the trenches
On Board the Associated Press Boat Dan
fly Off AgQadores July 10 Via Port An
tonio July 11 Copyright 1898 by the
Associated Press The Brooklyn Indi
ana and Texas under Schley began the
bombardment of Santiago at 515 this aft
ernoon in response to a signal from
Shafter The warships lined up a quarter
of a mile from the shore fired over the
limestone cliffs which come down to the
sea and hide the city five miles away The
bombardment lasted an hour
After thirty six shots had been fired from
B inch guns Schley became convinced that
the Brooklyns fire was falling short and
ordered a cessation permitting the battle
ships to continue with the long range big
guns Shots were fired with apparent
great deliberation at intervals tof two min
utes Signals from the shore announced
that the shells fell a thousand feet short
and a litilp to the left of the Spanish posi
tion At dusk the squadron ceased firing
and Schley sent a launch ashore to aik
Shafter if he desired the firing to con
tinue during the night
Flowers for Her Shut ins
Coming down in the street car this
morntng a dear old lady residing in the
Garden District entered the car with a
beautiful bunch of Malmalson roses
sweet olixe and multiflora Taking a
seat tiy my side she laughingly said
Now please dont ask for any of my
flowers for they are Intended for my
shut Ins Whenever I go downtown
shopping I take a bunch of flowers to
the stores and when I see a sad faced
tired looking saleswoman I give her the
flowers These girls are at work from
8 a m until 6 p m with no oppor
tunity to enjoy sunshine or flowers and
I call them my shut ins New Orleans
Times Democrat
Powers of Attraction
The Old Timer I teH you to be q
successful actress a woman must have
personal magnetiSm
Youngbldod I dont know about thai
6ome of them draw pretty well by
merely exhibiting cold shoulders
Force of JTabit
The Rev Mr Scordoer Ah my boy
I knew your father fotyeaxs and tag
best I con wtth you Is that you may
follow ii hfa wfeeelmarks New Yorli
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Range on Gordon and Snake Creeks
Horses have same brandjoti left thigh
A Reward of 100 will be paid to any
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nal conviction of any person or persons steal
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