The record-union., 1898-07-28
Relative TO the Battle Which Ended SO Dis
astr0usIy to Spain.
Captain Chadwick of Admiral
SIMPSONS Flagship, the New
York, Reports the Part His Ship
Took in the Engagement, ana
Captain Taylor of the Indiana
Tells of That Battleship's Work.

WASHINGTON, July 27.-The follow
ing REPORTS of Captain Chadwick OF the
New York and Captain Taylor OF
the Indiana. on the destruction OF
Ceryera's fleet, which are included III
Admiral Sampson's report, were made
public to-day:
limited States Flagship New York,
first rate, Playa del Este, July f. 1875
II have the honor to make the folloW-
ing report of the part taken by this snip
in the action Of yesterday during anu
following the sortie of Admiral Ger
Veras squadron:
"Tbe shin started at $50 for the army
landing at Siboney, the Commander-ln-
Chief having an appointment with the
General commanding the army. "A IeW
minutes after the crew had been called
to quarters for Sunday inspection hrlng
was heard. and ship was seen leaving
the harbor entrance. The helm was al
once put over, the crew called to gen
eral quarters, signal Close in toward
the harbor entrance and attack vessels
made, orders given to spread all hres,
and the ship hastened back for the en-
emy, whose ships were seen successlVely
coming out at high speed.
THE flagship Infanta Maria Teresa
was first, then another armored cruiser
of the same class (Which turned out to
be the Vizcaya), followed by the Girls
tobal Colon; an armored cruiser
OOouendo). and the torpedo-b boat de-
stroyers Furor and Pluton.
THE nearer ships had Immediately
engaged, and by the time we were off
the entrance the flagship was afire and
ter We're actively engaged with the tor
pedo boats. This ship fired some Of the
finch shells at the one nearer the port,
toward which she was already headed,
and seemed attempting to return; but
she was already practically out of the
fight The boiler Of the more advanced
one had blown up, showing a vast col
umn Of condensed steam.
During the time the batteries, whose
line Of fire we had crossed close to, re-
peatedly fired on US, but without effect
No return was made to this fire. A
shell from the west battery fell within
200 yards of the ships when we were
o. er four miles to the westward, and
" had thought ourselves entirely out
o. range. This ship stood on, leaving
tha Gloucester, which had shown herself
in the torpedo boats.
BY this time a second cruiser was
ashore and burning the Oquendo), while
the third (the ViZcaya) and the Colon
were still steaming rapidly westward
The Indiana was now signaled Q1:26 a.
m.) TO return TO her blockading posi-
tion, to look after anything which might
be there Shortly afterward the Viz
ad CIa r6 a
gan to issue from her after part, and
by the time she was ashore on the rect
at Ascerraderos fifteen miles west OF
Santiago, she was ablaze. The Iowa
had signaled a little before that she
had surrendered. and stopped off at this
place, where she gave much assistance
n the rescue Of the Vizcaya's people.
"This ship stood on in chase of the
Cristobal Colon, with ahead of US the
Brooklyn, Oregon. Texas and Vixen, the
Oregon being much nearer in shore OF
the two headmost ships but not in gun
shot. We were rapidly increasing our
speed It was evident, however, that
the Colon would give us a lengthy
chase, and at noon the crew left quar-
ters and went to dinner.
About 1880 the Oregon opened fire
and some of her shells were observed to
strike beyond the Colon. This made her
capture 2 foregone conclusion, and
shortly after l o'clock she turned in
toward shore. and soon struck her col
ors She had been beached at a small
inlet known as Rio Torquino
by the time we arrived a boat was
alongside from the Brooklyn, and Cap
tain Cook. the boarding officer, came
alongside this ship and reported.