Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-07-15
turned from Guantanamo bay Corning

turned from uuantanaino bay ooHine
the night The New York, Brooklyn
and Indiana were the ships which par
ticipated in the sheling Monday morn
ing. Each shot was carefully calcu-
lated and the wig-wag signaled from
the shore to the ships where each shell
fell, and notified the gunners If they
had proper elevation. The ships ran
out their big guns on'the side opposite
the firing, In order to secure the desired
list to port or to starboard. Gen
shafter signalled about noon that;
"some of the shells fell in the bay and
some in the city. The latter do not
appear to do great damage. Com
ment on this subject was changed I'M
mediately by message saying: The
last shot struck ST. Nicholas church
where powder was stored, blowing up
the same and doing great damage"
THE bonabar61nent closed for the
day at one p. NJ, at Gen. Skaters re-
ouest, MS he was about to send hug
of truce into the city, In order to de.
mnnd its surrender for the third and
| last time.
The effect of the shells when they
| did hit can easily be imagined when !.
| is known that each of them carries 8ou
pounds of explosives and traVels eso
| feet ner second. When such missile
4 lands at distance of AZ miles from
| the muzzle to the city it occupies 22A
| secoads in its flight
-Four shells during the lombard
ment ignited fires In different parts OF
the city, proving the feasibility OF
| burning the place by using theguns OF
| the feet alone. 1t was strange to see
| our. soldiers repairing locomotive on
the railroad track running along the
beach, WHILE like the strokes OF SLOW
clock, the guns were fired and sent
| shells screaming over the men at
| work. Death must have come to many
| In the city by reason Of the Smelling,
/ hut it is impossible to do more now
| than surmise as to the extent OF the
mortality.
/ The Fighting After the Arnistice.
Before Santiago, July II. via Kings
ton. July 13.-When the fire opened
/
conclusion of the armistice our men
were in a much better position. Cap
fon's and Hines batteries were posted
on the heights. On the left of the line
i and in the rear of Bates line the
Hotchkiss, Calling and dynamite guns
occupied crest on the right center
and on the extreme right Best's ano
Grimes batteries were posted in the
center of Lawton's division, the Sixth
and Sixteenth regulars and the Sew
enty.Arst New York, which was pushed
| to the westward until, with Garcia'i
line, 1t formed an arc, reaching with
In quarter OF a mile Of Camera, which
skirts the bay and forts.
Escape Out or,
The only road by which Gen. fora
could escape was thus commanded
Small detached bodies of Spaniard
had been observed skipping out o
town westward early In the morning
including one squad OF cavalry. I
] move was made to cut off their retrea
, and a land bombardment began. 4
shot from the Grimes battery was fol
j, lowed by one of Capron's guns on tn
) left, and in the right center the Cat
t ling and Hotchkiss batteries opene'
), fire. For the first ten minutes the I'll
J, ing was quite general, the Spaniard
y reply wing spiritedly. but the rifle fire o
t both sides soon waned, and from fv
n o'clock to half-past six, when the az
j ton ceased, the firing was confined a
d most exclusively to the artillery.
q Spanish Entertainments shelled.
Our batteries soon got the range an
poured shells into the Spanish en-
g trenchments. The Hotchkiss batter
E swept the outer line Of the entrencf
i ments back and forth, cutting dow
: the brush shelters Like scythe. TIL
o Spanish were soon forced to the BLOCK
: house. A Spanish battery on the lei
g of the town, engaged by Capron's ba'
8 terry, fred only few shots, but tn
r battery on the right fired spirited
s until gun-oot.on shell from Wood
! dynamite gun exploded directly /
9 front of it, tearing up two trees an
r dismounting the gun. It was the las
shot of the afternoon and was greete
with cheers.
q Two Americans Killed,
!. Two men in Gen. Kent's division wer
killed by shell and several wer
wounded. Sergeant Jefferson an
: Private St. Clair, OF troop B, Mint
. cavalry, were among the wounded.
. A Spanish deserter came to our line
/ for food. He said: "The Spanish al
IS as good fighters as the Americans an
= if we had food and cigarettes in abu1
d dance we would fight forever"
!. COULDN'T REACH THE BODIES
" Rescuing Party Able to Go Only Pal
II Way Into the Water Tunnel
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