Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-06
GRAND VICTORY!
EQUAL TO DEWEY!
Graphic Portrayal of the Sinking of
CerVera's Fleet.
scHLEY's DASH AGAINST THE sPANIARD
SPANISH SHIPS
Sailed out into a Hail Of BurstinE. Deadly
rroiscttIs 80,

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Proisotiiss,
Admiral Sampson this morning set out
TO dislodge the Spanish from their works
at Agusdores, where the Michigan troops
we're repulsed on the line Of the railroad
Saturday morning while they were
marching westward to seize the MORO
battery and blow up the fort, after the
n,et had driven the Spanish from the
guns.
Our torpedo boats were not with the
fleet, and when Admiral Sampson left
the MORO the battleships and the cruiser
Brooklyn were grouped of the harbor
mouth.
CRIsTOBAL COLON III THE FLEET.
!. is not known whether Admiral Ger
vera had blown up the Merrimac or
passed it in single column. His ship, the
Cristobal Colon, glided ont OF the har-
Dor and shot to the westward, her two
tunnels and high black bulwarks show
ing plain against the green OF the hills.
her remnant and the Spanish red and
yellow ensign IN lashing about. In a
few seconds the American feet was in
motion. the Indiana, which was closest,
heading straight in shore to get a close
range.
The Spaniard opened fire with an IL
inch HonOctoria and mighty fountains Of
water rose about the battleship and
weather decks. The shell fell lear her
tow. The Indiana replied with her ~
inch guns and a moment later let go
everything she could bring to bear. one
of the first shells fell on the Spanish
cruisers deck.
Ceryera was going past and the lndi-
ana rounded TO give him a broadside,
and then, as the Iowa and Texas opened
on him, the doomed admiral turned to
the harbor mouth, where the Almirante
| OQuendo was just coming into view.
THE OQUENDO SWEPT OUT TO SUPPORT
AZ lrst one could scarcely believe his
eyes, but when the 0queudO appeared
and steamed swiftly westward into the
smoke and lightning where Ceryera's
nag still flew, il flashed upon us that
there was to be history making indeed
It wa a sublime spectacle of a desperate
admiral who had decided to give battle
against overwhelming odds in the open
water rather than remain and blow VI
his own ships in the harbor OF the be
leaguered city.
Ceryera's flag was hidden for a time a,
he fl1d westward, his port brOadside emit
ting flashes and tongues Of flame which
marked his progress.
For the next five minutes he ran
gauntlet such "a no ship ever run In his
tory and when his cOnsorts were burning
and he surrendered his ship he still hal
a gun or two capable of action.
; The Indiana fell on the Oquendo, pay
ing no heed TO the MORO battery, who's
gunners tried hard TO protect the cruise
as she moved to the westward. The low
let Ceryers go on into the hands OF tn
Oregon, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn AM
: then turned with the Texas TO pound tn
OquendO.
I Then every American ship was In &C
ton and smoke shrouded the coast AM
! blew lazily, revealing geysers about tn
! ships where the Spanish shells from th
Z cruisers and the Moro tore the water,
ship moved from the harbor. IL was tn
! yizcaya coming at full speed, smok
curling over her bow as she took he
l course to the westward and brought he
bow guns into play,
= INFAETA MARIA TERESA KNOCKED OU1
Behind her came the lnfanta Mari
Teresa and SPANS two much dreade
. torpedo boat destrOyers, perhaps 20
yards apart. The Maria Teresa was II
: ceiyed with a terrific storm Of shell
u Smashed and on FIRE, she wa beache
close to the MORO,
The Iowa steamed for a time fOrwaT
v with the OquendO, and the Indiana di
u the same with the Vizcaya, but as III
Eight thus moved westward 1t becam
> clear that the Americans were willin
! that the Spanish ships should run IA
enough from Moro to lose the aid OF n
guns there and in twenty minutes IN.
was done.
+, This was a hit OF strategy which WI
h developed under fire and which was al
n cepted at once by all American shiI
n without orders; IN fact the smoke ofte
Al made impossible 10 see the signals while
Commodore Schley was making from Il
Brooklyn, 80 tremendous was the hriI
all along the line. Both the Oquenr
and YiZcaya were sometimes within
thousand yards OF the Indiana. III
a range varied, but as a rule it vas sho
and extremely deadly; nevertheless Il
"a high speed and thick m Of their ella
stood the Spanish in good stead a. thI
followed In the path Of honor marked o.
Al by Admiral Ceryera. Three quarters
m an hour after the action began II ".
VI evident the Spanish had many guns di
abled and would have to surrend,
n There was terrible casualties on 4
"a enemy's ships.
ia As the smoke cleared a little one cOu
see the Spanish l1gship, her port brOa
he side spOuting smoke, still holding on
It. westward. The Texas and Massachuset
I'd Joined the Indiana and the Iowa. T
I'd OquendO and the Yizcaya Rugged {
shore and steamed after Ceryera, pledg
n to go with him TO defeat and death.
w. IN BURSTING SHELLS spANIARDs FOUG.
ne ON.
he Shells burst on the deck Of the Spani
F.. cruisers at short intervals. Often III
as were on hre, but again and again II
,w extinguished the flames and mann
yet again and again the guns from VIII.
ait they had been driven,
lst The green coast IN their starbOf
Ter smoked with the shells which tew oy
re and crashing sounds heard amid