The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 5, 1898, Page 1

taken from The SAN PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1898, 7—NO. 85. FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JULY 5, EAT NAVAL BATTLE SHIPS WERE DESTROYE opportunity to get at the Spanish | and one by one the c"reat \men- i | fleet in the inner harbor. \c:m warships made ready for the Suddenly, as a flash, at half |battle. Every man scampered to-. past 9 o’clock, a vessel appeared | his gun, and the mpmm kiiow- near the entrance of the harbor. |ing that Admiral Snmp:on had She was throwing out great|gone along the' coast, averly black clouds of smoke and was | watched the Brooklyn, Comino pointing straight toward the | dore Schley’s flagship. In'a few: American fleet. The ease of the |moments the Resolute . \\as‘ American officers and sailors was ‘q)ecmnf' to thé eastward after- rudely disturbed. They grabbed |the New York, but the advance their glasses, scanned the harbor 1 of the Spanish fleet was so mpld entrance and were amazed to dis- | that our men could not wait for ‘N--BOARD THE CALL-HERALD DIS-| PATCH BOAT GOLDEN ROD, WITH, "ADMIRAL SAMPSON’S FLEET, OFF| SANTIAGO, Sunday, July 3, via Porl\ Anlomo thence to Kingston, Ja-| E\iery Spanish Vessel Lost. maica, Monday, July 4.—Scattered | Tbe Admircl With 1600 e il To.the e ot Seamen Captured. Castle now lie the armored cruisers| Lorpado boat destroyers that comprised In a running fight of| and’ Admiral - Cerve era’s fleet. 5 . [Bz8=2=3=3=R:R=FeReFeRaFuFeRaFFeRaRaR:FeFoRFugReReFeReReFeRaRaF=FuRaF:FaBogstaBaFoFFaFeRuFeBeRoReP= e two "hours these vessels, the cream of the|s i : cover that an armored umsu‘ Admiral Sampson fo get back. Spanish ‘navy, were almost annihilated this| @ WASHINGTON, July 4.—The following bulletin from Commo- was coming ott. | Just as the Cristobal Colon - morning by the powerful ships of Admiral|s dore Watson was received to-night: In the absence of Admiral|was poking her nose oit into the f=R=ReRuReReRaReRaRage] Samipson’s fleet under the immediate command = PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 3.—To the Secretary of the Navy: ®|Sampson, Commodore *‘h‘e].“ [open sea, Commodore Schley of Commodore Schley. |5 At 9:30 A. M. to-day the Spanish squadron, seven in all, includ- ‘}“\“"‘ the P‘::hll\: ;:"i‘fi*‘ll fnllc_ <(‘:1rt“1:1:‘] }uoo clyri Imadl]\ r{ui};' ‘Admiral Cervera, after making as plucky a/s ing one gunboat, came out of Santiago harbor in columns and ,\,:::emafl:}e“ :,mmem it was | anm :Lfl\l:,:\:?” ;fl fs;cid' fight against overwhelming odds as is recorded m‘i was totally destroyed within an hour, excepting the Cristobal seen the vessel emitting such a |the A\IZICS:U‘[I(I.IS(‘HL and Oregon to naval history, was compelled to surrender. He|js S ¢ oot th\C' Colon, which was chased forty-five miles to the westward by the Z|great cloud of smoke was the follow after her, at the same time ““‘;‘ 7“;1 ?: fi]sprfllseo?er:o?d;ygarfiegg(fr le;‘le‘gl” commander-in-chief, the Brooklyn, the Oregon, and the Texas, @ U‘S“"g‘l (}'(.’]O”'Sl"\d;“"!al ff’;{ %r’le"”" the Indiana, Iowa and eyer) (S 2 4 = | a’ he had S 5 8 S in'& Surrendering to the Brooklyn, but was ‘beached to prevent sinking. 3|vers flagship. She had passet Texas to intercept the other ves action. | & 5 o d d “|the wreck of the Merrimac and |sels of the escaping fleet.. Then The Spanish admiral was wounded in one of | e e iy qfflcers ORIIITIL WeS uieD ERe Roel bt £ | was making for sea at full speed. |hegan one of the greatest sea his arms. His splendid ships, the Cristoballs the Brooklyn Chief Yeoman Ellis was Killed and one man §|Before Commodore Schley and |fights in history. y ; -6l Sdif . e . % | his men could recover from their | Admiral Sampson this morning et Colon (the flagship), the Vizcaya, Almirante ¢ wounded. : ; : & surprise other clouds of smoke |out to dislodge the Spaniards from Oguendo and Infanla Maria Teresa, and the!s Admiral Cervera, all the commanding officers, excepting of | ' "t "0 5 = i1e Cris. | their works at Aguadores, where th orpedo-boal destroyers Furor and Pluton, lie % the Oquendo, about 70 other officers and 1600 men are pris- i alon i \?,‘,f;h;'iai‘,,:';’Zflin25‘211823‘:;’“‘,“‘2,’;,‘l‘é on Cuyban rocks, shell-ridden, smoking hulks. & oners. About 350 were Killed or drowned and 160 wounded. ¥| \¥ith a rush fully equal to the | while they were marching westward.to. : & : wli X ervera, on the Colon, made|son’s fleet went through thc‘; The latter are cared for on the Solace and the Olivette. | Cristobal Colon the ;\1_mlrante,::::X:L”":e“‘;:zt “““lldb";‘;“_:z t:’lz st run toward liberty. | fierce engagement without in- | g Have just arrived off Santiago on the Marblehead to take @|Cduendo came ‘hr‘;;’b};f‘?‘ 1‘0‘ Spantards from their guns. = to fz 1 tl jury. But one man in the Amer- | & . ig H i i 2| ward the open sea. e s L Our torpedo-boats were not with the f ”:“fximx \pr‘x‘\lnn:: ican fleet was killed and two were | 2 charge, while the commander-in-chief is IOOklng out for the g came the Vizcaya, also at full,nne: and when Admiral Sampson left e R S s g Cristobal Colon. WATSON. » | speed, while the rear was brought ]\3‘;);;21 ;h;e:;a:'rz:hégsmm::e ;2“:""' 1e J,Crpom From the very first of the | o630 26 0 06 £ £ 0 0 0 06 000008 26306 06 08 106 306 106 306 06 OGN DF RO IE I X QX I X O e ¥ ¥ & % | up by the Infanta Maria Teresa | mmmy . fior : Hwhung the little Gloucester was lden' Rod steamed |in the thickest of it. At one time after the battle | she was pouring her six-pounder | an officer on |shells against the entire Spanish | tion was the bold dash by which | Cervera attempted to get his fleet | out of Santiago harbor. Cervera | were visible ‘about old Morro. Beyond and toward the city of| Santiago all was still. After two ascertain the exact condition of the Spanish coast defenses about Aguadores, ordered the flagship | stroyers Furor and Pluton. This stirring scene was so dramatic and so unexpected it quickly put and the two torpedo-boat de-| It is not known whether Admiral Ger- | vera had blown up the )Iprnmac | passed it in single column. His 2 | the Cristobal Colon, glided out.of-the | harbor and shot to westward, her two thé captain and every man of his vessel on his mettle. “Cervera’s trying to escape, was the cry that resounded through the fleet. Every Amer- ican vessel quickly weighed an- chor. The engines were started, himself led the way with his flag- | days of fighting the armies of ship, the Cristobal Colon. It was |both nations were resting in their to be a dash for liberty or death, | trenches. Off this way, for a dis- and the Spanish admiral made | tance of half a dozen miles from the plunge with his eyes open. i<hore, the vessels of Sampson’s Sunday quiet rested over the | fleet lay lazily at anchor. entrance to Santiago. No 51gns| Admiral Sampson, desiring to to go that way. Weighing an- chor the New York leisurely steamed off to the eastward. Idle thoughts occupied the minds of the men in the fleet. They were speculating as they had been for weeks when would come their funnels and black bulwarks showing | plain against the green of thé hills;"her 3 | pennant and Spanish red-and- ys'low ensign in the lashing above.* In a few seconds the American-ficet was in motion, the Indiana; which was closest, heading, stralght in shore to. get. a closer range. The Spaniards opened fir_e with ‘a - ral Cervera, | fleet, while the guns of Morro of his men, | Castle were making her their tar- Of the prison- | get. She riddled the Spanish de- an 400 of the crew of | stroyers and fought the Vizcaya were taken by the|and Oquendo as fairly as if she tain Evans. were a battle-ship. y vessel in Admiral Samp-| Magnificent beyond descrip- dered. OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. SCENE OF THE NAVAL BATTLE OUTSIDE THE HARBOR