Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-01
THE CABAHAs
Spanish Cavalry Fire on the
the New York.
The SHOTS RETURNED Ed.
Captain Chadwick Personally Trains q tsaS.
terry and Pumps Two Balls In tho
Midat of the span.ards. Scenes 1t
Along the Cuban Coast, ssssAs

Copyright. 1898. by Associated Psr 1s ,sta
OAN bOAhD The FLAGSHIP Nn;Wr
YORK, April Ell A. M.-yEA KhY
w EST, FLA, April 3U-The DlocKadg
continues as before. The flagship lies
60 The westward OF Havana. sisiisTEi
me torpedo boat Porter. while close
my snore last night, reported having
oeei1 nred upon by the Cojimar BAT
tery, which is to the eastward OF Nor.
no Castle. The, plucl5y little Porter. es-:
capped unscathed. ~ - -
me coast Of Cuba is being carefullys
patreiled by the Spanish cavalry. ~,
captain Taylor Of the Indiana, came!
On board the flagship today and had as
long consultation with Rear Admiral
Sampson. - - 100 -
News OF the movements Of the Uni
.so states army is eagerly awaited byS
. . meet, ana there Is much specuisA:
ready s, ~ 80 49, ' no
While the Dauntless. the dispatch
BOAT OF the Associated Press. IS waas
making her way from Key west early
ehis morning she was sighted BY the
flagship. The lookouts on the NavvS
York were unable to make out hers
IDENTITY, owing to the mist and the
distance which separated her from the
flagship, and four-inch shell vas
nred IN her. direction. 1t was aimed al
me Danntfess. but was only sent near
enough to make her hea.ye to. ss.Ths,
Dauntless, thinking she was Aired at
by Spaniard. promptly put about !
ana steamed away. Then she wa REG
osnizeu and a few minutes later. the
recognition became mutual and the
D = ran alongside the New
york. Later she proceeded to Matan-
zaS. NJ s41s.4Gs5i
Learning that mines and ss earth-iS
M s We're being placed and built at,
Mariel. in the province OF PinnrEsd eTs
40, not far from Havana, the dag;
n,p tn1 w. IN that direction, accom-
panied by three torpedo boats, but /;
there was no sign OF movement h At
march,. and the flagship proceeded to
u point twenty-five miles west or Ha-
vana and about ten miles beyond Mar
IeI. ihere suspicious movements were
Qualifications. Consequently the flar-Si
snip fired three shots In that direction
from one of her big guns. The f3rInpg:
however. brought no response ana tfeS
hagship returned to her sta ton. - -,
strict watch against possible
the flagship. All the available officers
!. .ake deck watches at night, Including
the chaplain, paymaster's clerk ana
the assistant surgeon. i : 49,
:, me small craft captured by the VIII
txaw eu W.: YESTERDAY was only taken to-
members OF the second Spanish n.I-aI
eserve: 1T was thought also that thew
nignt be members of the crew Of ono
u the torpedo gunboats for which (
Kept. - pelHs
The fun details Of the Cabanas
AR are that the New York was Iyin.
iu'e.'y outside the picturesque harhnr n
- Iaoanas' about two miles Off shore
", M. INSPECTION trip of the coast having
vs. U.s. peeh completed. The flagship was
accompanied by the torpedo hoaIs
'orter and Ericsson. retnrn ~ IS
tation OF MORO Castle, Havana was
contemplated, the band pIayjne tts
.soai oinner music when from q hill
q, o the eastward of Cabanas harbor
"a, a,ne me sound OF volley firing. It
vas plainly a small arms aftac,Hsz
hough no smoke was seen. The ana,
~ was thought to be hidden close RI 3
ne peach and in front OF a r,,inaS
vhite building which sloped as r. II #
lau once been the hacienda Of a tobac-z
.is, p,antation. Now and again fndi-s
'loual firing was heard and We'll rae,, &
ated volleys continued at intarvs, u
vas conjectured that one troon NJ
avairy. dismounted, was doing +ha
ring. me officers OF the flagship
ZOO .'a,e,. on her deck trying to ascertain
3 nn nl,n' the exact location Of the Ii
Iieny. more amused than annoyad az
ms novel method Of attacE,np a.
rmored cruiser ca
However Rear Admiral,
nc no , eaptain Chadwick decided that
nc tesson taught at Matanzas mnst
T Taught again at Cabanas. :, ,"1's5j
man the port battery" was the n
er. @s ehe OF
~ Few minutes past O'clock the
our-Ancn guns In the asterport hat #
sry sent shot flying over the water
: - 49,, Suoa sou, raising little cloud
:. uust ABOUT one hundred yards ia Il
rohs or the hacienda, and lust above 7izi
mere the Spanish cavalry stood. Re-
're the hills. growing dim in the ev-
uing mist, had ceased echoing and
the first report, the
Lner 1our-inch gun in the after bat
80, ~ nag landed It's projectile. A few
iore shots from this battery were
RED, but the ground was eyidentiy Ell
amp; no dust arose, and it was hard
tel where the shell fell. They were
81 at o'4O0 yards range. The Span
lras were not heard from after the
The New York then turned her how
lstWard. The target practice was
pparently over for the evening. Fer
,ast oia the 28
a moment or SO later Captain Chad
ounted, ascending a hillside toward
,e hacienda and he personally train 5
four-inch gun and planted two 8
ots. the second one Pumping right 81
lions the Spaniards, who scattered
all directions
The New York then steamed ahead
ward MORO Castle and the band Of
e flagship continued It's musical nro-
am. 7--
Most of the crew were on deck
itcnlng this little lesson given to the
emit.
The trip. which ended in the target
actice at Cabanas, commenced about
on, when the flagship, with the Err
;Son and Porter, started westward.
me admiral was anxious to persons
y investigate the b1ockaded flarbors.
Upon. this occasion the first good
ew or the city Of Havana was OBJ
med, the New York steaming within
nge of her batteries.
When out of range of the Santa HI
ara batteries, after passing the ~
wa. Detroit, Mangrove and Nay y
'wer. the flagship proceeded west-5Gsss
ard, steaming about two miles dist S