The record-union., 1898-06-02
One Spanish Warship Shows in
Sight, But Purced to Retire.
The American Fleet SlllI Ia Front Of the
Harbor and Another Engagement
Expected Hourly to
Take Place.

L.
| from Santiago confirms yesterdays
bombardment, and says great events
| are expected hourly there American
warshfps are in front of the harbor.
The insurgents are gathering on the
hills. The Spanish have taken extraor-
binary precautions to guard the harbor
entrance.
DETAILS OF THE BATTLE.
NEW YORK. June IAN Evening
Journal" special from Cape Haytien
says:
The torpedo boat Porter arrived at
| Mole st. Nicolas at I o'clock this morn
Ing with dispatches for Washington
She left Immediately. But before 60
ing to sea the following story of the
bombardment of Santiago de Cuba was
| obtained by your correspondent at the
| Mole:
The American squadron, augmented
by the torpedo boat Porter and the
cruiser New Orleans, approached
the entrance to the harbor of
Santiago at about 1890 /, p. m,
the Iowa leading. Inside the
entrance to the harbor was seen
| one Of the warships Of Cervera's fleet,
stripped for action. s AS the American
feet drew near the New Orleans was
detached and steamed forward ahead
OF the Iowa, Texas and Massachusetts,.
One of the forts opened fire on her and
she replied. the other ships directing
their fire at the battery of Punta Gorda.
within the harbor. and to the westward
of the position occupied by the Spanish
ship. The latter replied to the fire, and
American ships engaged in the battle.
She retired behind protecting head
| land, and was not seen again during
the engagement.
The Iowa, directed by CAPTAIN
Fighting Bob" Evans; the Massachu-
setts, Captain F. j. Higginson; the
Texas, Captain J. w. Philip, and the
New Orleans, Captain William NJ. Fol-
ger, kept up their terrible fire against
the MORO. Zecapa and Punta Gorda
forts for two hours. their projectiles of
enormous size. doing tremendous dam
age to the defenses of the harbor.
The masonry of Zecapa and MORO
was battered almost into dust and the
forms of Spanish artiHerymen and in
fantry could plainly be seen flying to
safety behind the neighboring hills
The cruiser which joined Schley's
fleet just before the battle took place
was hit by shells from the forts, and it
is thought she was seriously damaged
ting headland the Spanish warships
continued to fire projectiles over the
hills toward the fleet, but they had no
range, not even direction, and their
shots and shells fell harmlessly into
the sea.
That the number of killed and wound
ed on the Spanish side is enormous no
one doubts, for time and again the
American shells hit the batteries
squarely, and amid the flying masonry
and debris the forms of men were seen.
The damage done to the American
fleet cannot be learned, but it is not
thought that any person was killed
indeed, II any We're wounded
SPANISH DETAILS OF THE FIGHT.
PORT AU PRINCE HaytD. June l.
$50 a. m.-(Copyrighted, 1898, by
the Associated Press. 1.-The following
additional details have been received
here from Spanish source at Havana
of the engagement reported off Santi-
ago de Cuba yesterday:
The Spanish batteries first answered
the fire Of the American squadron in a
lively manner. After twenty minutes
of firing, directed in a superior manner
upon the part of the American fleet,
the Spanish battery began to weaken,
and the American ships concentrated
violent fusillade upon Ell MORO, de-
stroying it complately The forts at
Punta Corda fired tle last shots.
The Spanish LOS mnst have been con-
siderable. DetahA~ace lacking as to
the American loss. The Spaniards pre-
tend to have struck the American yes
sells several times, but this is accepted
here with reserve.
At O'clock yesterday afternoon the
American squadron ceased firing At
that hour there was no Spanish vessel
in sight.
lis p. m.-According to the latest
advices from Santiago de Cuba, when
the Spanish cruiser Christobal Colon
emerged from the harbor yesterday to