Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-28
A TRIO OF COMMANDERS.
They Tell ihe PAT Their Vessels Took IN De-
stoying cereta's Fleet
TAYLOR Of the Indiana. philips Of tho
Texas. aud Wainwright ~ the Glouccs-
ter. Make Reports.

washington. d. c.. July 2'.-Foll1w-
ing are the ffpor,s VI Captains Taylor
and Phillips and Commander VAIN
wright. made 10 Admiral sampson. re-
lsilng ne par, the Indiana, Texas and
Gloucester took IN lhe battle on sarA-
ago DE- Cuba on sunday. July Q;
CAPT. TAYJoRs REPORT
u. s. Steamship 1ndlar9, First Rate
on Santiago. July i.-Sir;
IL have The hln1r 90 submit the
following report 90 The operations u
mo Indiana IN the action OF July Ora
with tho spanish sPiadron on Santiago
al e.ss a. M. while the crew were
al quBrl,rs preliminary 10 g,nCMl
muster uUted Two guns ilrcd irgin iilc
Iowa and general signal Enemys ah.pa
escaping nyug. Al once cleared shlp
I for action, and the crew Wgu dt On.
guns ln remarkably short time. an
officers aud mon showing an ulActy
] that Indicated clearly theE pleasure a.
/ the opportunity afforded thom,
g=Thc spanish squadron was seen
emerging nom the harDpr and in "a Tow
moments general action 'uHued. The
I leading vessel, which proved o. DE she
luluuta Maria Teresa, iiYlnF ulo nag
" Vice Admiral CgrvCfa. was followed
by ne other vessels of the squadron 90
] fllluWHs Nizcayl. CnHtohAl Colun,
/ uqItndo and The torpedo boat destroy
cr Furor and pluton.
The eugmy's vessels headed 20 the
wefiward and our ships headed in the
Same direction. keeping a. nearly
alTclft N them ~ pOasiDle.
4-rhis ship frcd on an Of thom a.
, they came out one by one, and C1u-
70 unuel The action later BY Trims puu-
I c.plly on the Maria Teresa, oqucui0,
\ luflr and plui0n. several ~ our
. shells wTe seen % take crcot on these
I, vessels our secondary battery guns
. were directed principally on one d.
firycu, aH also were the rN-luuh
o suns The dcRtroyors were sunk
IL through The accuracy % our guns and
D. those af the Gloucester. which ycsH
had come Up and engaged thcm in
close board
5-rhc lnluii IRE OF ihs as, bwo
I flilf was dlrrrtN1 40 this vessel ana
although falling very close only s,rIk-
lHF ih' MP twice. without any Injury
tu The ship or Vr'w.
e-our ranges wore obtained by am
EI.H 900 MORO aH the ship smrrgsd and
ihm uy angles IN the tups ~ The rear
.h.pA Tho ranges were from 1000 90
1000 yards, observed from me top.
FROM thr hrlEo / could srt mat oar
shooting was excellent and showed ia
'H,'t one or our ll-inoh shells was
'H ~ rhtr thr MARIA IcfDsA undlf
~. quarter deck ana explode and ili
,p MAa observed on hfu very shortly
'H.lu. ,o.,- , -.
"'lH ~ m "hH'TNtu w,
i..t t l',,s' shu 'pushu9 on nle, ana
,t. I's ~, W "'N'h' 'h' NV liom
w snnH n'NlnR 'vNH
,,',., ''t "'N"'.u "p,''.l "',,n'lpn 20
i'tt's,". VIC 's'up, oi ho d'hIoS rlH
~ NV ',Nu "..''h lnl
''"u' ,'.Nl' hn' "lHk INC "hy
'' nv '..,l h'Nl 10 ehnk, lhrhi'
"s W., l1Nn sun 20 ni"M W, hp-
nouri,ys - 'N' '"'" anu h'A
''9.'''h
49," ~" "',' "uI ial So guns ht me
"',.'H WHA ~ long Ihnsr' she
""H' 20. thy ah9i' soon after ON nte
KY. nN'''lE HNh''h' Ih,fe ships
N ''MN ,h', ,''pln uh ihry made
| W., hho Hl'nlHh Uaghlp
VIC M"'l' nag Hh hh' grounded,