, 1866-05-07

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At seven o'clock q. N: on the 31ss Of March
their anchorage and disappeared in south
crly direction, but soon alter reappearcd at
the entrance Of the bay and took position
afnong the numerous prize ships and trans
ports Of the enemy. opposite WINS del Mar,
sfog mn5s s suRg shR e epS 5e D
ship Egcric was anchored at the same place.
The ships Of the American squadron we're the
last which left their anchorage in the bay.
The obvious slowness Of their movements
showed but too clearly the unwillingness mad
the disgust Of the American naval officers.
Only at the last moment, and when the hour
for The consumsnation Of the dtsgracefn1 deed
had arrived, the American ulen-ot:war began
10 etecr for the northwestern part Of the hay.
where they took position In the rear OF the
Spanish line.
The ships Of thc Spauiards were now TN.
| two floating docks and the boat. which had
been sunk rcmnincd, besides few towboats.
| Slowly the Spanish ships began to move to
their places-the Sumancia, RESOLUTION, villa
dc Madrid, B1nnca, Tcncedorn, Parqncte de
| cia had their stean up. The Berenguela and
/ the smaller craft remained at anchor among
the groups Of prize vessels. A little before
| eight O'Clock The Numancia steamed slowly
| and majcsticaliy across the harbor; she
| &}pppNu u u AtatAAlC vi ulAC I0A4 LAC
| shore, and at ten minules before eight, fired
| the two guns which were to serrc Us last
! warning, since the bombardment Of the city
| Was to begin M hour later. At the same mo-
| mcnt the fay Of Chilli on the Fort San Anto-
| MO was raised to the summlt Of the flagstaff.
/ bic moment.
At eight minutes past nine q. H., the Blsn-
| @ opened FIRE on the Custom House With The
sho1t Long Live the Queen t" followed i'm.
| mediatcly after bY the villa de Madrid. It
seems that this honor bad been shown to the
heroes OF the fight Of Ahtao as reward fos
| taking small Chilian steamer. But With
! such convenient Target o. the warehouses
Of Valparaiso, only four hundred metres di.-
tNnt, the Spauiards tired much better than
they did at Abtao. Almost every second a
dense cloud OF dust appeared above the roofs
! missiles. The solid shut 1rym the r;fied cuns
Of the villa de Madrid penetrated the air
with terrible whistling sound. Occasional.
ly We could see white smoke and soon a{ter
flames. caused By the explosion Of shells
ho"svs5, e. many Of these missiles burst IN the
About this time the blanca began to open
fire on the Bolsa {Exchanee), and the Inten-
dencia. On the Government and other
ne!ehboring buildings. Here, however, the
fire Was moi kept up with tho samc fury as
was noticeable In the hombarding Of tue Gov
stall. A passi,nate fury against the national
enb lem Of Chill seemed to fiji the breasts OF
Tue Spaniards. Hollow, conical and solid
shot literally hailed down on It; but all in
vain: Meanwhile the Resolution opened fire
iectiy was the sim, on the If Fanbourg Baron.
| Inhabited dcnecy BY thousands, Bnrcaleel,
the co1nmandero d the Resolution, fired broad
s,ue oi9e5 esoadsiac II this direction, covering
,1;.r ,ns taofahonse. as well a many public and
Although projected with white dag, The
nospltal ets1 bears the traces Of Barcalcels
brutality, Not less glorious was the task
% soon atter undertaken By the sloop Vcncedora.
5ak1ag Ia @ her position quite near 10 the Calle
priyate Villas situated along thc shore.
especially At Mr. Edwaris' house. A{Nr
this she began firing 1t the Molo, the Govern.
mcnt buildings and the houses In thu streets
cochza1e and Plsehsda. Every ara MIN