The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-08
SantiagO'S Forts Ground to Powder and Force Of
Marines Landed.
ENEMY'S GUNS SILENCED BY SAMPSON
AND AMERICANS ARE ENTRENCEIED
Fierce Fighting On Sea and Land and the City Will Soon
Be Captured

Copyright, 1898. by the Associated Press.)
Cape Haytien, Hayti, June THE
fighting before and in the vicinity Of
Santiago de Cuba continued the greater
part of yesterday from 7:45 a. m. until
nearly II. Ten American warships
maintained a steady and carefully di-
rected fire against Ell MORO castle and
the batteries at Punta Gorda, Socapa
and CincOreales, in addition TO bonn
harding the Spanish fleet in the harbor.
The percentage of effective projectileS
was very large. 1t appears from the
best information obtainable from this
place, the cable station connecting with
Santiago de Cuba, that immense dam
age was inflicted on the enemy. The
Spaniards admit that the bombardment
from the American fleet was most de-
StructiVe.
About 1900 projectiles are said to
have been fired by the American war
ships, and it seems that the responsive
fire from the Spanish forts and ships
was scarcely felt at all by the Ameri-
cans.
The Notifications near the entrance
of the harbOr are described as being
riddled with solid shot and shattered
by the explosion of the immense shells
fired by the Americans. The Span
iSh batteries are understood 20 have
been virtually silenced, and FL Moro
and the Notifications at Socapa and
Punta Gorda are reported to have been
demolished by the three hours unin-
terrupted hammering of the fleet.
The American attack is next said to
have been especially derected against
AgUadOres, small town a little to the
west of the entrance of Santiago bay.
The idea of the American admiral, it
appears, was TO land troops there, after
thence make a close assault upon San
JiagO, which, in view Of the present
condition of its Notifications, may be
expected to yield very soon after the
beginning of such an attack.
Heavy cannonading was opened UPON
AguadOres at about midday yesterday.
The latest advices received here from
Spanish sources do not indicate the du-
ration Of the fire or whether American
troops and siege guns were actually
landed at Aguadores, but from the in
formation obtainable it cannot be
doubted that the net result Of Mondays
fighting was extremely disastrous to
the Spanish defenses.
ATTACK BY CUBANS.
It is also understood here that the
Cuban troops maintained throughout
the greater part Of yesterday an attack
by land upon Santiago, and the Spanish
reports say the garrison lost heavily in
killed and wounded.
The military commander of Santiago
de Cuba acknowledges the following
casualties among the land forces: Col
onel OrdoneZ, Captain Sanchez, Lieu
tenant Yrizas, of the artillery, and
Perez and Garcia, both Spanish Officers,
whose rank is not mentioned. These
officers were killed.
The Spaniards also admit the loss of
q infantry soldiers severely wounded
and say one soldier was killed. But it
is believed the losses of the SDaniards
were much more heavy. In the naval
force the Spaniards say that two Of
hceTs, second in command of the partly
Cismantled Spanish cruiser Reina. Mer-
cedes, and five sailors and an ensign
were killed. The Spanish sailors wound
ed. it is asserted, number 16 men.
The loss on the American side, the
Santiago reports say, is not known.
The Spaniards acknowledge that a
great deal Of damage was inflicted on
the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes,
and they say MORO castle shows great
gaping breaches in its walls.
Later in the day. it appears, a land