The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1898-07-06

| exhaustion from the intense heat and ex-
ertion Of the battle Of the day before yester-
day and the almost constant fire which is
kept up on the trenches.
| General Wheeler is seriously i'll and will
probably have to go to the rear to-day.
General Young is also very Ill, confined to
his bed. General Hawkins was slightly
wounded in one foot during sortie which
the enemy made last night, which was
handsomely repulsed. The behavior OF the
troops was magnificent. General Garcia
reported he holds the railroad from Santi-
ago to San Luis and has burned bridge
and removed some rails; also that General
Pando has arrived at Palma"
cERvERA's BOLD DASH FOR LIBERTY
Admiral Cervera's feet, consisting of the
armored cruisers Cristobal Colon, Almirante
Oquendo, Infanta Maria Teresa and vizcsya
and two torpedo boat destroyers, the Juror
and the Pluton, which have 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 to-day at the bottom OF the Car
ibbean sea, off the southern coast Of Cuba.
The Spanish admiral is a prisoner of war on
the auxiliary gun boat Gloucester, and 900
to 1900 other Spanish officers and sailors,
all who escaped the frightful carnage caused
by the shells from the American warships,
are also held as prisoners Of war by the
United States navy.
The American victory is complete, and,
according to the best information obtaina-
BILE at this time, the American vessels were
practically untouched and only one man
was killed, though the ships we're subjected
to the heavy fire OF the Spanards all the
time the battle lasted.
The Americans discovered the Spanish
squadron the moment 1t left the harbor.
They followed the flying Spaniards to the
westward along the shore line, sending
shot after shot into their black hulls tear
ing great holes in their steel sides, and COW
ering their decks with the blood OF the killed
and wounded.
One after another of the Spanish ships be-
came the victims of the awful rain Of shells
which the American battleships, cruisers
and gunboats poured upon them, and two
hours after the first of the fleet had started
out of Santiago harbor three cruisers and
two torpedo boat destroyers were lying on
the shore ten to fifteen miles west Of Moro
Castle pounding to pieces, the smoke and
flames pouring from every part.
Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore
and surrendered himself and his command
asking to be taken on board the Gloucester,
which was the only American vessel near
him at the time. The Spanish admiral,
who was wounded in the arm, was received
at the gangway by Lieutenant 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 fight as was ever wit
messed on the sea-"
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright then
placed his cabin at the disposal OF the Span
ish officers.
The Cristobal Colon was the fastest Of
the Spanish ships. She soon obtained a
lead over the others after leaving the har-
Dor and escaped the effect of the shots which
destroyed the other vessels. She steamed
away at great speed, with the Oregon,
Brooklyn and several other ships in pursuit.
She was finally overtaken about sixty miles
west of Santiago and, pulling down her col
ors, was run ashore. Captain Robley D.
Evans Of the Iowa, who returned from the
westward with $40 prisoners from the Viz
caya, answering an inquiry shouted through
the megaphone
D"I left the Cristobal Colon far to the west,
ward an hour ago, and the Oregon was Civ.
ing her hell. She has undoubtedly gone
down with the others, and we will have a
Fourth Of July celebration in Santiago to-
morrow"
At no time did the Spaniards show any
indication that they intended to do other
wise than fight to the last. They showed
no signals Of surrender even when their
ships commenced to sink and the great
cloud Of smoke pouring from their sides
showed that they were on fire. But they
turned their heads toward the shore, less
than a mile away. and ran them on the
beach and rocks, where their destruction
was soon completed. The officers and men
on board then escaped to the shore as we'll
as they could with the assistance Of boats
sent from the American men of war, and
threw themselves upon the mercy of their
captors, who extended to them the gracious
hand Of American chivalry.
ARRIVED AT MANILA.
The United States troops ON the trans
ports City Of Sydney, City Of Picking and
Australia, conveyed by the United States
cruiser Charleston, arrived off Cavite at
Ave o'clock, June 80. after an eventiul voy-
age On the way to Manila the Charleston
called at Guahan, the largest Of the Ladrone
Islands, q group in the Pacific which be-
longed to Spain. took possession Of the
whole group, and made prisoners OF Cover
nor General Marina, his staff and the entire
military force, and raised the stars and
stripes over the ruins Of Santa Cruz fort in
the harbor OF San Luis Dspra.
When the Charleston shelled the port of
Guam the Governor, believing that salute
was being fred, sent q courteous regret,
stating that he was unable to respond be-
cause heIwas without POWDER
The troops are in good condition. and the
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