Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1898-06-08
The Percentage Which TOOK
Effect Said to Have Been
Very Large.
6paniards Admit Some Loss, BuJ
Not as Great as Is Gener-
ally Believed.
The Reina Mercedes Struck BY
g Thirteen Inch She'll from
the Oregon.

a. m.-The fighting before aud M tn
vicinity of Santiago de Cuba continue
the greater part of yesterday from 7;4
g. N. until nearly II o'clock. Ten O
the American warships main tanned :
steady and carefully directed fire agalns
Ell MORO castle, and the batteries al
Punta Gorda, Socapa and CincoraaleS
in addition to bombarding the Spanish
feet in the harbor. The percentage oi
effective projectiles was very large.
1t appears, from the best information
obtainable at this place, the cable sta.
tioR connecting with Santiago de Cuba,
that immense damage was inflicted Oh
the enemy. The Spanfards admit that
che bombardment from the American
6eet was most destructive. About'six'
teen hundred pRojectiles are said t.
have been fred by the Americas war
ahips, and it seems that the RESPONSE We
Gre from the Spanish fores and shipS
was scarcely felt at all by the Amer
leans
Eelddlsd With Solid Shot
The fortificataons Aear the entrance
Of the karbor are descrihsd as being
Pt1dlsd with solid shot and shattered
by the explosion Of the Immense shells
Cred By the American battleships, The
Spanish batteries are understood to
have been virtually SlleUoed, and FL
MoerO and che fogtifcations at Socapa
and PunSs Gorda are reported to have
been demolished by the three hours
uninterrupted hammering Of the Amer
lean feet.
The American attack is next said to
have been specially directed against
Aguadores, q small coast town a little
to the east Of the entrance to Santiago
bay. The idea of the American ad-
rniraa, 1t appears, was to land troops
and siege guns there, after reducing
che defenses Of the place, and then
make a close assault upon Santiago,
which ip view of the present condition
Of its Notifications may be expected to
yield very soon after the beginning Of
such an attack.
6NGS GAS3uGGA &h2Ck&mSAy DlS8bgrOuS.
Heavy cannonsding was opened
Gpon Aguadores at about midday.
The latest advices received here from
Spanish sources do not indicate the
duration OF the fire, or whether Amer
lean troops and seige guns were &C.
+ually landed at Aguadores, but from
thu information obtainable it cannot be
doubted that the net result Of Mondays
lighting was extremely disastrous to
the Spanish defenses. It is also under
stood here that the Cuban troops main
ealRsd throughous the greater part Of
the day an attack by land upon San
hago; and the Spanish reports say the
garrison lest heavily in killed and
wounded.
The military commander Of Santiago
De Cuba acknowledges the following
casualties among the land forces:
Colonel OTdonez, Captain Sanchez,
Lieutenant Yri8aF, of the artillery,
and Perez end Garcia, both Spanish
officers. whose rank is not mentioned.
These officers were badly wounded.
Tha 9psniaHds also admit the loss Of II
A~AOA@VA% 0SA0AOAnp OVFOAO@5 HouAoSdt
and rag one sofsiisx was killed
But il ia believed the losses of the
epaniaxds were much more heRvy.
In ths naval force the SpaniaEds say
shat the officer who was second in com:
mand Of the partly dismantied Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes and five sailors
and al ensign were killed. The Span.
iah sailors wounded, it is asserted, num-
bar sixteen men. The loss on the
American side, the Santiago report
NAyA is not known.
The Spaniards acknowledge that a
great deal of damage was inflicted on
she Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes,
ana they say Moro castle ahows great,
gaping breaches La lts walls
later In the day it appears landing
q American troops was effected near
DaiQuiEi, some distance east of Aqua
AmeR and near the railway station
connecting With Santiago.
An Engagement Took Place.
IAkaR GA engagement took place be-
sween the American force and a. cb1- /
uEnn Of SpAuAsh troops, which had been
seRS against ths landing party. The.
acecGn4s If the battle obtainabIs here,
being fFOm Spanish sources, do not set !
forth the result, and therefore it is to /
Be inferred that the Americans were /
victorious. and that is the belief which
prevails here. +
There Is . report current at Cape
HAytien that the ATstclass sTfnored !
epAnish cruiser Maria Teresa was sunk .
% siAe Are Of the American ships.
~, In sadd 6aa& only Ave hundred !
AmeEican troops we're landed at Dali
qutA. or pOssihaS as Aguadores, the
twO piAoSs being confnsed in the re- :
ESCrts 81 IL seems to be aa- !.
9nAsta ~ Of the Aaasrieap
- 90 Rcenx@ss that tia Span-
esapetled to fee from the
tiAcAsaeas &hsy wsrs defending. i