The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-09
a Hurricane of Shot and Shell
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Poured Into His Vessels by
SIMPSONS Fleet.
AL Save One Are Beached and Sunk
Fate of the Latter Is Not
Known.
Cervera's Sailors Assisted to shore By
Anericans-The Admiral and
1900 Men Prisoners.

zen Miles West OF the Entrance Of the
Harbor Of Santiago de Cuba, Sunday. July
3, by the Dispatch Boat Wanda to Port An.
tonic. Jamaica. via Kingston. Jamaica,
July b.-Admlral Cervera's feet. consisting
of the armored cruisers Cristobal Colon,
.Almtrante Oquendo, Infanta Maria Teresa
end Vizcaya and two torpedo boat de.
etroyers, the Furor and the Pluton, which
had been held in the harbor Of Santiago
de Cuba for six weeks past by the combined
sQuadrons Of Rear Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley. lies at the bottom OF
she Caribbean sea of the southern coast
6f Cuba. The Spanish admiral is a pr!s.
oner Of war on the auxiliary gunboat
gan's yacht Corsair) and 1000 to $500 other
Spanish officers and sailors, all who es-
capped the frightful carnage caused by the
ehells from the American warships, are
also held prisoners of war by the United
States navy.
Only One American Killed.
The American victory Is complete, and.
according to the best information at this
time, the American vessels were prac.
tically untouched, and only one man was
killed. though the ships were subjected to
the heavy fire Of the spaniards all the time
the battle lasted.
Cervera's Gallant Dash.
Admiral Cervera made as gallant a dash
for liberty, and for the preservation Of his
ships Sunday morning as has ever occurred
IN the history Of naval warfare, In the
face OF overwhelming odds, with nothing
before him but inevitable destruction or
surrender II he remained any longer in the
tra IN ,.vhich the American fleet held him,
he Jade bold dash from the harbor at
the time the Americans least expected him
. to do so, and, fighting every inch of his
way, even when his ship was ablaze and
sinking, he tried to escape the doom which
was written on the muzzle Of every Amer.
acan gun trained upon his vessels.
b Americans Open Fire.
Tho Americans saw him the moment he
{eft the harbor and commenced their work
lot destruction Immediately. For an hour
pr two they followed the flying span!ards
ito the westward along the shore line, send
ing shot after shot into their blazing bulls.
tearing great holes In their steel sides and
covering their decks with the blood Of the
killed and wounded.
Pluck of the Spaniards.
At no time did the spaniards show any in.
4ioation that they intended to do other!
Wise than fight to the last. They showed
mo signals to surrender even when their
clouds OF smoke pouring from their sides
ehowed they were on fire. But they turned
their heads towards the shore, less than
z mile away, and ran them on the beach
end rocks. where their destruction was
soon completed.
S~AAA%AASkA" SuAt@SEJ OlBV16ycUs
Tho officers and men on board then Is.
capped to the shore as we'll as they could.
with the assistance Of boats sent from the
American men-of-war, ana then threw
themselves upon the mercy Of their cap,
tors. who not only extended to them the
sracious hand Of American chivalry, but
eent them a guard to protect them from
The murderous bands Of Cuban soldiers hid
tng In the bush on the hillside, eager to
rush down and attack the unarmed, de-
fsated. but valorous foe.
Destruction of tho Fleet.
One after another Of the Spanish ships be-
came the victims Of the awful rain Of shella
which the American battleships poured up,
on them. and two hours after tho first Of
the fleet had started out of Santiago harbor
three cruisers and two torpedo boat de-
Stroyers We're lying on tho shore ten to
fifteen miles west of Moro castle, pounding
70 pieces. smoke and fame pouring from
every part Of them and covering the entire
coast line with a mist which could be seen
Tor miles.
Heavy explosions of ammunition oc.
CURED every few minutes, sending curls Of
dense white smoke a hundred feet in the
PR and causing shower OF broken iron
ana steel to fall In the water on every
side. Tho bluffs on the coast line echoed
With the roar Of every explosion, and the
Spanish vessels sank deeper and deeper
}hto the sand. or else the rocks ground
their hulls to pieces as they rolled or
pitched forward or sideways with every
wave that washed upon them from the
open sea.
Cervera'a Surrender.
Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore
in boat sent by the Gloucester to the
assistance of the Infanta Maria Teresa.
fnd as soon as he touched the beach he
surrendered himself and his command to
Lieut.. Morton, and asked to be taken on
board the Gloucester, which was the only
American vessel near him at the time, with
several of his officers Including the cap
tain Of the flagship. The Spanish ad-
tniral, who was wounded in the arm, was
taken to the Glouoester, and was received
at her gangway by her commander, Lieu
tenant Commander Richard wainwright.
who grasped the hand OF the gray-bearded
admiral. and said to him. II congratulate
you, sir, upon having made as gallant a
tight as was ever witnessed on the sea-"
lieutenant Commander Wainwright then
placed his cabin at the disposal OF the
Spanish officers.
The spaniards. when they found they
would be permitted to live, adapted them
telves comfortably to the situation, rolled
their cigarettes and began playing cards
among themselves.
Cristobnl Colon Chased.
At that time the Spanish flagship and
four other Spanish vessels had been
aground and burning for two hours, and
Couldn't Recognize the Facts.