The evening times., 1898-07-04

| Inc OfncerS were everywhere anead OF
their men. Gen. Hawkins, with his sword
| waving. was in advance. Not only from
| the front, but from the side. the hottest
kind of fire was directed against the
Americans, cutting their ranks to pieces
| There was not halt until the top Of the
hill was reached, when the Americans
dashed among the Spaniards, drove them
out and bayoneted and cut them to
pieces.
Capt. Cavanaugh planted the flag on
| the hill top and the sight Of it caused
| unbounded enthusiasm. Our loss was
| fearful but We had carried the position
| which commanded the city. The trenches
were full of dead Spaniards. Each trench
had contained thirty men and twenty
| bodies were found in some of them and
twenty-five in others. Some of our COM
panies had only twenty or twenty-five
men who were not wounded The hill
once carried. the work of strengthening
the position began Immediately. The
stone house was still to be captured.
During the afternoon the wounded as
they were being carried off were con-
stantly fired AT by the Spaniards- The
| men who were carrying the wounded and
who were under the protection of the Red
Cross. were shot down without COM
junction by Spanish riflemen. The Amer
leans took 1i9 prisoners.
The Second Massachusetts Regiment
came UP in the afternoon and aided in
holding the position. Their Springfield
rifles made 50 Each smoke that il aided
the enemy and they were finally ordered
20 cease firing.
How O'NeiII Died.
Col. Liscomb. of the Twenty-fourth
Regiment, was shot through the lungs.
and Capt O'Neiil. of the Rough Riders.
was killed in the same charge.
While these fights were going on inland
Admin al Cervera's ships threw an &C.
casional shell. but could not do much
for fear of hurting their men. Now and
then. however. these shells caused havoc
among our troops.
Gen. Dufiield and his men had carried
out their part in aiding our fleet. Aqua
dOres. as has already been stated. is on
the sea side. There the mountain back
of it is a gulch through which a river
and railroad run. The batteries. said by
the cubans TO be stronger than those a!
Santiago. are placed on rocky crags or
the west of the gulch. while a masonry
fort is situated on the east side, half q
mile in shore.
Between the fort and the shore was a
railroad bridge over the river which the
Spaniards destroyed a week ago. The
is exactly like that of the Palis-
ades
Shortly after daylight the New York
moved up from Santiago squadron and
was followed by the Suwanee and GIou-
ces;er. At o'clock Duffield's men ar
rived on a railroad train. which stop
ped mile east of the bridge. The Michi-
man men jumped off and led by the Gu
bans marched up the track.
Meantime the old fort looked deserted
there being no sign of life anywhere ex-
cepi on an embankment near the top of
the ridge. east of the gulch. where men
we're seen moving. The Suwanee moved
in ahead of the flagship. Communica-
ton was established between the army
and the flagship by means of a white
10th tied to a stick. which was display
ed from the top of the water tank Eight
troops started inland under the guide
IF a Cuban An hour later two volleys
were heard. but no smoke was seen. The
Gloucester. which was cleared for action.
began to fire She dropped three shells
into one of the two rifle pits on the hill
back and to the east. Clouds of dust
we're thrown up as the shells exploded
The Suwanee then opened fire and was
by the New York. The gun
boat Suwanee started the shooting at the
Tort. The Gloucester banged away at
in sight. The Suwanee got the
-ange of the fort on the second shot The
New York's aim was magnificently true.
oy her big shells, causing the hills to
,cho.
Shot Away the Flag.
Clouds of blue smoke. red with dust. OBJ
cured everything. This was kept up for
IN hour. and it seemed that every inch
# the neighborhood had been plowed up
~ the warships' missiles. In the mean
ime the Suwanee kept pegging away at
he fort Every shell that went through
must have killed many. They exploded
inside and there was a huge red and yell
ow flag at the corner of the fort. Com
nander Delehanty fired and hit it just at
he base of the staff. The men on the
lew York and Gloucester cheered Justify.
70 one was seen within the fort, but the
ilted flagstaff was Strengthened Four
hots were fired and the fort was hit
very time.
The fifth hit the flag and the staff was
ilted again. The next shot hit the flag
quare in the middle. tearing the flag to
wo.
Mighty good shooting at range of 1000
ards.
This splendid craftsmanship was re-
eived with cheers from the warship's
nen. The men on the New York and the
Gloucester took so much interest in 1t that
hey had ceased firing. Now they COM
nenced again and 1t raIned shell. The
ort was hit. Big pieces were knocked in
nd blocks of granite were thrown into
he air to fall in crumbled dust. So far
he answering fire. if any. was too feeble
o be noticed. Now and then there was
uff of smoke at places where batteries
'ere supposed to be.
The next moment a shell from one of
he ships would have hit the spot. No
hots from the forts were seen to hit.
While the firing was going on the Yale.
Newark and Vulcan arrived. crowded
nth soldiers. They ran alongside the New
'ork. The soldiers cheered every shot.
hey wanted to land there but the sun
'as too high. All the ships carried huge
american flags. The Newark had the
irgest of the lot She sailed away in un-
er the guns of Morro so that from her
ecks the Spaniards could be seen with
he naked eye. but she did not draw their
re, although she steamed up and down
vice. She signaled the New York for
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