The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
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ashore. The Brooklyn did not stop, but
went on after the Cristobal Colon. the Ore
gon closing rapidly up and following her
The other vessels al this time were from
six to eight miles behind, and Admiral
SIMPSONS flagship, the New York, was
not in sight.
At 1:15 the Brooklyn. slightly injured by
the hail of Spanish shells, stopped firing
and the chase begun. The men came up
on deck and began 10 cheer. never needing
the whistle of the Spanish shells. They
cheered for Commodore Schley and Capt
Clark and for the Oregon, and the Oregon
men returned the cheer.
Up to the masthead Of the Oregon went
pennant.
Remember the Maine" read the signal
officer
Tell them we have" said Commodore
Schiey, and there was a roar as the an
swer went up.
The chase was in full force at II 55. the
men out ON the decks watching with great
interest and as happy as larks
The Colon at a distance of five miles
Rugged the shore, but Commodore Sehley
ordered the Oregon to follow her, and
then with the Brooklyn he made a straight
course for Cape Cruz, around which she
would have to steer on a long detour to
get away.
All three ships were pumping along at
great speed, In an hour the Brooklyn had
gained appreciablyt and so had the Ore
gon- and Capt. Clark, of the latter ship
signalled, "A strange ship looking like an
Italian in the distance" He alluded to the
fact that the Cristobal Colon was bought
from Italy
Commodore Schley, sitting on the edge
of the forward S-inch turret, swinging his
legs and happy, said: Tell the Oregon
she can try one of those 13-inch railroad
trains on her."
There was a terrible roar as the big
shell went by the Brooklyn, moment of
suspense and watching, and then a hearty
cheer as the big thing struck the water
close astern the Colon. four miles away.
Another was trained, which reached the
mark and there were more cheers.
Then the Brooklyn opened her forward
and starboard S-inch guns, and one shell
was seen to go through the Colon at the
top of her armored belt.
AT 1:05 p. m. both the Brooklyn and the
, Oregon We're pounding away at the Colon
and in another ten minutes, after re-
turning the fire in a desultory sort of way
and rapidly losing ground, she turned to-
ward shore.
At Ills p. M she hauled down her flag.
With yells of delight the men poured out
of the turrets of the two ships, and when
a boom went up at the mainmast of the
Brooklyn they began to cheer and did not
stop for ten minutes.
At this time the only ships in sight were
the Vixen, about five miles away, and the
Texas, about seven miles away. The New
York was not In sight
AS the big ships moved in on the quarry
the smoke of the New York could be seen
coming over the horizon from the east,
but she was fully twelve miles away.
A boat was lowered from the Brooklyn,
and Capt. Cook went aboard to receive the
surrender.
The rear admiral in charge said, with
tears in his eyes: 81 surrender uncondi-
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badly hurt and could not get away"
While Capt. Cooks boat was coming
alongside, the Spanish captives shouted
Bravo Americano!" and the crew re-
sponded: Bravo Spaniardio?
While Capt Cook was returning to the
Brooklyn, the New York, with Admiral
Sampson, came alongside, ran in between
the Brooklyn and the prize, and ordered
Capt. Cook to send the prisoners on board
the New York.
Commodore Schley, seeing this, mega
phoned over: II request the honor of re-
ceiving the surrender of the officers of
the Cristobal Colon"
No answer was vouchsafed him from the
New York, and the ship that had not fired
a shot took the honor
Commodore Schley then raised the PEN
nant, "A glorious victory has been won
details later
The answer from the New York was
Report your casualties
The Brooklyn was hit twenty-six times,
but only one man, G. H. Ellis, was killed,
and only one man, ]. H. Burns, fireman,
wounded.
The Colon went ashore at the place
where the Virginius expedition tried to
land and was captured years ago.
The chase had lasted four hours and
the Brooklyn, Oregon, Texas and Glouces-
ter had saved the United States fleet from
the stain of allowing the Spanish vessels
to escape-the Oregon and Brooklyn, by
their splendid chase and great gunnery;
the Texas by her determined work on the
first two ships, and the Gloucester by her
marvellous attack on the destroyers
The Almirante Oquendo, at 1920 o'clock
in the evening, turned over on her side,
and is now being beaten to pieces by the
waves. Her crew scuttled her before haul
ing down her flag.
The paymaster divided up the money on
board, and all the Spanish sailors were
we'll supplied.