Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-06-29
NAVY is WAITING.
Main Portion Of SIMPSONS Fleet Lies
Patiently In Front of Moro.
10 h the orin,oa Among Naval Esp.rt.
That tn. City OF santiago wiu a..
horn-d by tho spanish Troops
Before They surrender

orr SANTIAGO pE GINA, June Is, via
Kingston, Jamaica. June ~. While
the army advances the main portion
of the fleet lies patiently In front OF
MORO castle awaiting It's opportunity.
Before the end OF next week the fate
Of Santiago and Adm. Ccrvcra should
bc decided
Ky that time u II believed. the Span
ish troops will have boon forced back
upon the city and defeated In de-
cisivc engagement simultaneously
the forts at the mouth OF the harbor
should Toe captured. under cover of
naval bombardmcnt.
Three things will then bc left to
Ccrvcra to surrender with his ships.
To surrender after destroying his ships,
or To make "A dash out Co sure dcstruc.
tion. lie may forcstall fate by maxi
ing an attempt 10 get out OF the har-
Dor before the army accomplished its
end. The first spanish ship 10 appear
OF MORO Castle would be sunk within
10 minutes. Nothing in Adm. Ger
vcras hect could survive the conccn-
trated fire OF all the battle ships Ia
the navy and three OF the best cruis-
crS
The general opinion among naval
eNper - Is that Santiago town will be-
burned 10y the Spanish troops before
they surrender, that Adm Ccrvcra will
destroy his ships and that he will then
submit To the enemy n This supposi-
ton is correct the whole work should
be accomplished ia week. II is
hardly likely that the army can effect
Is purpose without considerable loss.
although It's superiority In numbers.
calibcr and gcncralship insurcs an
ultimate sweeping victory
There Is every possibility that the
Spanish troops may surrender indie.
pcndcutly Of Adm. Cervcrn II tho
spanish admiral should insist upon
thus prolonging the agony hc would
hc subjected 10 fire from his own
forts and the army Siege guns. II
these proved ineffective the harbor
mouth would be dragged. the mines
removed, Adm sampson's ships would
enter and Adm Cervera would be lin
ishcd OF
When the Americans took Bniuuiri
they found a letter partly written in
the house OF the Spanish commandnnt.
IL was addressed TO the Spanish com
mandcr AT Santiago de- Cuba, and had
the tone Of bragRadocio. n read Ia
part as follows.
II am well fortified and prepared 60
resist all the forces the American pigs
can bring against us
Evidently at this point the American
transports appeared and the boastinQ
Spanish officer ran OF, leaving tho let =
ter half write
The Yankion arrived this morning
from Norfolk. Two thousand Cubans
were transported to-day from Accera-
deros 20 Altarcs They were taken of
shore i'm poutoons. under the super
vision Of Gen. Ludlow, Of the en-
gineers. They belonged to Gen. Calix.
10 Garcia's force and Transporting
them 10y water from the west to
the cast side OF Santiago saved sew.
cral days u also saves unnecessary
fighting. The Cubans will Join the
armys van. An the convoy ships exc
ccpt the battle ship Indiana. which is
of the harbor. are coaling at Guam
innamo.
This morning the Gloucester shclled
q Spanish party that was working
az the railroad trcstlc east Of III
MORO