The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

rear and by infantry attack, Around Santa
one mentioned Its wall is laid close to the
nearly perpendicular hillside in the rear cut
AWAY 70 the eolzada and shSre below, The
The guns. crews WIS. Sand Is piled il front Of this
down at an an angle 9, ten ten d feSPe; on s, This IS
placed q LAYER of ~ railroad iron. and on to
III E Span aaE SS 6eli S . { IG0s shot Sp 's stTIf Il game t6s
face of the fort will, on reaching the railroad
iron glance OIL and pass over the heads OF the
It is reported that the magazine is situated
s%f r6nt " west yet OF wd The centre TSS i nT@o 9cr0ss co the
sists of three Krupp, (newL, ,11-inch
t itySrs o Elj 2 to IneT Va 1E2 oM T e eEfhtso hGT w
old bronze. 4.inch mot mountedL and two
mounted before Jan. j, 1875, had disappear;
concrete OF inadequate thickness, and bad
quality. No cranes or other machinery for
boisting shot or powder to even the largest
guns were on hand at the beginning Of this
vi Principe, also called Castillo del Principe
tunt Notifications about Havana, and while of
somewhat later construction than those de-
begun in. 17T4 and completed. in 1904. FL
to protect the land side OF Havana. Atnrcs is
another, A third. Las Animas; was designed
and partly built III t2 protect the low ground ly-
The main work Of FL Principe is an irregu-
larly shaped Fashioned fort, constructed of
OF the works here. surrounded by an extensive
moati with 1--WE prominent ngles. pointing re-
west. 1t has five b~astions. whose salients are
very, acute. and could be easily destroyed by
shells; The curtain connecting the two bas-
lions facing the sea Is covered by a redan. as
also is the curtain connecting the two bas-
tons facing about northwest toward Chorrera.
On the Havana side. toward Atares and the
bay, are two bastions meeting at a re-entrant.
with no curtain proper. About the same con
a railroad entering from La Cienaga.
TIL scarp walls of Principe are some, forty feet
above the bottom Of the ditch; which T. per.
feet high. In other words. about twenty feet
Of parapet is EXPOSED above the surface Of the
are cut on ali sides for guns, is perhaps eight
to ( ten feet of stone: There Is no earth cover,
81 Principe Is !s7 feet above sea Level and
east around to south the approaches OF the
Marianqo. road, Christina. and the Western
tween Christina and a cut at that ~distance from
the station Il gives fire upon Tplipan, the
through which passes the Havana Railroad,
sweeping completely with its guns the railroad
as far as the cut at Cienaga, ~ to 3 miles
new 12-inch guns, two old S-inch guns. one
old 0,infh gun; eight h howt'tFers' S7tnc b.; alto Ito.
EtlutT 6lAlN IltCtSO Vi ali Cdllplcb. L Tx iOlb uuo
a guard Of more than 800 men. commanded by
q Brigadier-General
The other works are as follows:
Nos. l and 2 are earthern redans on the sea-
.-Veiazo Battery. Just east OF and part OF FL
The Twelve Apostles. q water battery lying
at the foot of Moro. with a field Of fire across
San Diego. a stone-bastioned work with only
land fronts. east Of Cabana;
Atares. n stone-bastiOned work on q hill ut
the aputhwnstprn extremity OF Havana Bay.
near the old shipvard called the arsenal,
san Salvador de la Punta. a stone-bastioned
work west OF harbor entrance, with small ad-
vanced and detached work. built on a rock
near harbOr mouth.
ment OF a circle. placed on the seacoast. at
western limits OF city. on an islet called San
Nos. 3 A.. 3 B and 4 are earthern redans on
the seacoast west Of Havana.
There are. In addition. several works built
for defence. but now used for other purposes or
Much as, the Spanish engineering has been
PLAYED in the CONSTRUCTION OF sunken and
masked batteries e formidable BE nd;dangsr9us
G a%aS of the Rt t sGIl in the vic dilGlsslS Of qH9a asaha IS
cocina. coral rock. which is easily, excavated
ana which Is SAID to Withstand fire better than
or fly. Trenches are cut into it and from short
distances nothing is seen to INDICATE the ex-
ing taken to mask the guns. The extensive
new works east Of the MORO. while generally
composed OF eartnern ranpdrt6, 10 u certain
extent have this sunken feature.
The traditions and rumors as regards. Sc
cret passages and underground connections
with other Notifications are particularly nu-
merous in connection with these works and
unquestionablv some of those exist. An ex-
tensive system of sunken passages. well pro-
tected against fire from sea or land, connects
FL MORO and Cabaias. One is, well known to
thu water batteries. which are stretched In
front of the main Notifications at a much
lower level. In fact. these batteries extend so
a 70 - fna r1u nnnhI h and AlnnO THAR
front are piled old round shot and other mate
rial.
The armament Of Havana may be estimated
at torty-three modern guns, principally OF the
Hontoria and Ordonaz pattern. but there are a
few Krupps among them. The exact amount
OF arms In Havana is not known. but the arma-
ment on hand in depots. artillery parks and
island Of Cube is: Maueer rifles and carbines,
49,. OBS; Remingtons. 1894; private guer-
rillas. 1900, Total, 2S2.9S9 OF this num-:
cartridges there are 5.000.0O