The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-07-28

and Captain. Evans of the Iowa on the
battle of July 3, which resulted in the
destruction of Cervera's squadron.
Sampson's report said in part:
The Detailed Report.
| q. s. FLAGSHIP NEW YORK, FIRST RATE,
| OFF SAETyGo DE CUBA, July Is, 1893.
Sm-I have the honor to make the following
report upon the battle with and the destruc.
tion Of the Spanish squadron, commanded by
Admiral Cervera, off Santiago de Cuba, ON
Sunday, July 3, 1898.
Second-The enemy's vessels came out of
the harbor between :35 and 10 a. m, the head
OF the column appearing around Cay Smith at
9:3l and emerging from the channel five or six
| minutes later.
Third-The positions Of the vessels Of my
command OFF Santiago at that moment were as
follows:
The flagship New York was four miles east
Of her hlockading station and about seven
miles from the harbor entrance. She had
started for SibOney, where intended to land
accompanied by my staff, and 90 TO the front
TO consult with General Shafter. A discus.
sion Of the situation and more definite
understanding between us of the operations
proposed had been rendered necessary by the
unexpectedly strong resistance Of the Spanish
garrison Of Santiago. l had sent my chief of
staff on shore the day before TO arrange an in.
tervtew with General Shafter, who had been
suffering heat prostratiOn. / made ar.
rangements to go TO his headquarters and my
flagship was in the position mentioned above
when the Spanish squadron appeared in the
channel. The remaining vessels were in or
near their usual blockading positions, distrib-
uted in a semi-circle about the harbor en-
trance, counting from the eastward to the
westward In the following order:
Positions of other Vessels.
The Indiana about a mile and a half from
shore, the Oregon-the New Yorl's place be-
tween these two-the Iowa, Texas and Brook.
lyn, the latter two mills from the shore west
of Santiago. The distance Of tine vessels from
the harbor entrance was from two and one
half to four miles-the latter being the limit
of dRy-blocRadlng distance. The length Of the
arc formed by the ships was about eight miles
The Massachusetts had left at a. m for
Guantanamo for coal. Her station was be-
tween the Iowa and Texas. The auxiliaries
Gloucester and Vixen lay close to the land and
nearer the harbor entrance than the large yes
sells. the Gloucester to the eastward and the
Vixen TO the westward. The torpedoboat
Ericsson was in company with the flagship and
remained with her during the chase until or.
dered 10 discontinue, when she rendered very
efficient service in rescuing prisoners from the
burning Nizcaya. l enclose a diagram show.
ing approximately the positions of the vessels
as described above.
FOurth-The Spanish vessels came RAPIDLY
out OF the harbor at a speed estimated at from
to 10 knots and in the following order:
,;.oI,aI 60. - - - .IassilPl' Nlzcayar
T .,itu .iie Oquendo.
s0 arJS y,bicb ,,,'I, ~. Si aDoue
g Gus, NLlSH means that from the tlme the
first one became visible in the upper reach of
the channel until the last one was out of the
aIa,,so5 EtiiS,,-t,a " Iiy ABOUT = nlnutus
20 -. 40 W - 'iic ut Instance
stro, E,,,,, III S..iiiS .ne yorPouoDoaI 1e
a,j ,; 'l-''- ''et NJ 'ne uror' Inc
h,.ins thsir 1,I,,s 20 toi. aS Iney couIu
a. 49,, ~ oteheu vigorous
80 ~, IN NeSseis ana emerged
,ba;- 80 O''''oA in 'iie slnoAe iIoin
What the New York Did.
,
Hhth-1ne men OF our shlps In 'front.' OF The
port were at sunday quarters for inspec-
tion.N The signal was made simultaneously
from several vessels enemy ships escaping"
and general quarters was sounded The men
cheered as they sprang to their guns, and fire
was opened probably within eight minutes
oy the vessels whose guns commanded the en-.
trance The New York turned about and
steamed for the escaping feet, flying the sig
nal CLOSE in towards harbor entrance and at
tack vessels and gradually increasing speed
until toward the end Of the chase she was
making lBji knots and was rapidly closing on
time ain the rnnoe % os nv m bn9 nUr' az any
ships, and her only part In the firing was to
receive the undivided fire from the forts in
passing the harbor entrance, ard to fire a few
shots at one OF the destroyers, thought at the
moment to De attempting To escape from the
Gloucester.
SiSth-Ihe spanish vessels, upon clearing
the harbor, turned TO the westward in column,
increasing their speed to the full power Of
their engines The heavy blockading vessels,
Which had closed IN toward the Morro at the
instant OF the enemy's appearance and at
snir, sneir pest speed delivered rapid fire, well
ov.r1rbeIr,sj ~ siIa.,NS 81.
The initial Srsad % a. 'i'Asn ~
tbarn TnidIy Tast tho e,'i iieS
tba hat,is J,tI a; .. I '.,SytI anu ~
prooI-,ro ond r,.s ~ q. ~ H,eh ti eiie
vantsss ~ T,ositioT, TN s'ais .no au
tbis la Tna o., .'',,i
inc snae5 frnr ~, l,,,,,',.,I W." a a.
action toolr first nI,ce Tha 49, "a .ie
Indiana having done r.o,a ,vorl- and ,nt LI''
inc ths snseJ ~ ~, oth. ~, .-os a,
rected nv me in SnccIsiHn ~ 49, ~ -
the Vizcava was heacLed 10 H., ~. .L
cbase ana rs,,,r, GI,,,1,,J;,,S, 1.ot; m tiie
vesse,s rescrsJ non, ,ar;-T,,,.,. yTl L-i.
finding that the ,nsL - az S,,.1,;SL 80
,,,nnIJ ,I,t re- h.t,,., -, p,',i'H siI'Ps
~ our own cTIrr, "a ,,,a,i ~ 1,'.
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|
skillfnl Handling of Gloucester,
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