The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-07-07
CBRYBRA'S FLEET
DESTROYED
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Dssh for Liberty Past Sanp-
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SPANISH ADMIRAL PRISONER
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ceissd from Admiral ssnp>ss sssii.s
In the day bot osafais. s6d,tieesI Is-
foemassoe sbst s;.o spssasasas are Aiii.
I'd % drows ned. ioD wounded ssa ysse
captured. Commodore Msssou's de.
patch 10 - foiloWs:
-risyA psi Esrs. Juiy 4
The Secretary of the Navy. washing
Ton.
AT > Nd o. m. to- day The spssisA
Squadron. ssves In eli, iscisaisg eas
gUuboai. came out of TIE Saatiago has-
Dor In column and wss totally de-
strOy I'd within On hour. eHcsps iug the
Cristobai Coion, Which Oss eAossd
forty i've Riles 90 uese ward by ths
| comma nder-in-chsef With ths hsosa-
lyn. oregon and Texas. susseaaessaG
10 the Brookiyn. but wss t,~schsd so
prevent sinking.
About 40 Allied ss dsoS a~d and
loo wounded. latter being Card fos on
the Soisce and Olissise- Have lass
arrived on santiago in MssbiensaS 10
| chief 10 look ing out foe csistobai Colon.
signed wssson.-
Tho Associated Press dispatches
state:
| The American viciosy 10 cooplsts.
and accos ding To the beet information
obtainabie nj this time, the Ameeioan
veasels were practically uutoucheA,
and only one man Wss ALLIED. though
the ships Wsrs subjected 10 sLs ose Sf
the spsniasds all the time she hattie
lasted.
1 Hold D..h S.r q tssss,.
| Admiral Cervesa made 90 gallant Q
dash for liberty and for the vsesesss-
ton Of his ships this morning as has
ever occovred in the history of naval
Warefare. In the face of osesubelm-
ing odds, with nothing before hin, but
inevitable destruction, ar surrender 10
he remained any longer In the trap in
which the American nees held him. be
made q bold dash from the hasbos st
the time the Americans least expscssd
him To do %, and fighting evesy inch
Of his way, even when bis ship Was
ablaze and sinking. he tired To escaps
, the doom which VAS written o. The
muzEie Of every American gun trained
upon his vessels.
The Americans saw him the momeat
he left the harbos, and commeoced
their work OF destruction immedisseiy.
For 90 hour or two they followed the
n dying Spanisrds TO the WeseVas1
|, along the shore line sending sh0a sf-
ter shot into their blaming halls. teas-
ing great holes In their steel sides
D blood Of the killed aud wousded
{ At no time DID the spssissd
p show any indication that they
. intended TO do otherwise than fight ~
{ the last. They showed no sigeais to
e surrender even when their ships com
. msnced To sink and the great clo0ds sf
q smoke pouring from their aides showed
n they were on hss. But they tssned
o their vessels toward the shoee. tess
Q than . mile away. and ran them On the
beach and rocks where their dsstsuc-
tion was soUn completed. The oflicess
= and men on board then escaped % ths
!. shore - we'll ss they could. With the
. assistance Of boats s<nt from the Amer.
4 lean men Of var. ano threw sheossivs,
=. upon the mercy Of their captoss, Whs
!. not only extended To them The grscios,
q hand Of American chivalsy. bot ssnI
!. them Q guard To protect them from
- the murderous bands Of Cuban soldier,
- hiding in the bush on the hillside, eag
4. er TO rush down and attack uaaSme<
defeated. but valosous foe. One afte
&c another the spanish ships became sb
victims Of the awful rain of sbsIl
which the American baaIeships
r. cruisers, and gunbosfs poured sp
ID on them, and too bOoes atee
In the first Of the neet had started out q
nj Santiago hasbos their cruisers asd 80
p- torpedo boat Destroyer we're lying o.
al the shore, ten to fifteen miles OF NOR
Castle, pounding 20 pieces, smoke On
flame pouring from every part Of thes
and covering the entire coast line uif
Of mist which could be seen f0s miles.
en- Heavy explosions Of smmunisioes %
If CURED every feW minutes, seedie
on curls Of dense white smoke . huoAes
feet in the air and causing Q sh0Wss Z
so broken iron and steel 10 fall 10 a
i'll water on every side.
10 The bluffs on the coast line eckos
with the roar Of every exp,osion %
the spanish vessels sank deeper ss
deeper into the sand, % else the socl
'ck ground their bulls 20 pieces - ~
'as roilep or pitched forward - sSdewny
81 -sfh -o~A~A
A.. them from the open SEA-
ef. Admiral Cervesa escaped 20 tbe sko'
ef- In boat sent by the GI0ocesess 10 q
ne assistance Of the Iufsuta Maria Tesss
en- and - so0n - be touched the beoch I
surrepdered hi0seif And his oo00ss
to Lieutensat Morton and asked %
taken On board The GloUceslss. Whi<
Was the only A0erteaa ssssel ns,
~ him at the sioe, With several of 4
~ officers, including the captAin u q
-" flagship.
-" 10unaed in the aro, Wss takes % q
~ Gloucester and wss received ~ q
-. gangway by her cow0so6es, Lie
- right, Who gsaspea The Sss1 0e q
y gSsy-beas1ed admiral. and sai1 - hil
eoegrafuiste you, sis, upos havsI
49, made - gallant . 6ghs ~ uas ~
-. witnessed on the SEA"
IN Lieutensnt ComDaa1es Waissig
o.. thea placed his cabin at The disposai
the Speoish o0cess.
At that time the Spanish aAgsl
and fo0r 0theS spanish vessels bed -
agresed and burning fer Two hos
and the only one of tbs escaping q
neo which could not - 800 st this POI
~. Was the Chsistobal Colon, but half
tne dozen cals q sooke far COWS %
|. western hssixoe sheved the fate q