The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-24

was retsken from the Moors in 1857 by
Ferdinand after a dreadful siege.
In 1910 the Franch sacked the city.
~eXacting 10000. 600 reals in gold and sill
yer. There is a strong fort overlooking
the town and harbor
Further along coast. to the est
and south, rises ~" great rock % u.b-
raltar.
The loss Of ~.iprAltar was a bitter
blow to Spain. -...-s the English an
not be ~dislodged the Spaniards have
seized the opposite rock on the coast OF
Africa and have fortified and garri-
soned IL.
But Spain is not contented. Should
England ever be involved in war with
Spain, a desperate effort would be made
to retake Gibraltar.
Most of the armament is on the north
side Of the rock. facing toward Spain.
Beyond the rock a narrow neck OF
sandy land separates the English from
the Spanish territory.
Immediately at the foot of the rock
is the English burial ground; beyond
that the barracks and then a line OF
English soldiers slowly pacing back
ward and forward. Beyond these SEN
tinels a strip of neutral sand, about
300 yards in width. beyond it again a
line OF Spanish s%entinels. then the
Spanish barracks and the town of San
Rogue. on the rising ground. The most
conspicuous object i'm San Rogue is the
bull ring.
Passing through the Pillars Of Her
cules the line of the Spanish coast turns
to the northeast.
Cape Trafalgar is nearer to Cadiz
than ID is to Gibraltar. Ii was here that
Nelson died aboard the Victory.
The Spanish admiral was also NOR
tally wounded in the same action and
die soon after Lord Nelson.
Almost with his last breath he told
Doctor Fellows. the English physician
who was in attendance, that he was GO
ing to join his foe. THE greatest man
the world has ever produced
Cadiz. a little north and east Of Cape
Trafalgar. is a white city. Ii looks new
and fresh. This appearance is due to
the whitewash which is spread over
every building from basement to sum-
nit. Its narrow streets are clean and
well paved and lighted. One of the
most striking features of Cadiz are the
picturesque ookout towers, or mira
dores. that rise in hundreds above the
lofty roofs. Each house has a little tur-
ret on the side. In the days of her
commercial prosperity the merchants
of Cadiz used to climb these towers to
look for their galleons returning from
the West Indies. Now they are I'M
used. and are merely ornamental.
The Phoenicians had their most pow
erful settlement in CadiZ. Their sailors
thought tina 1t marked the end of the
world.
In the year 206 b. c. Cadiz was con-
auered by the Romans from the Car
thagenians. 1t vas their last strong
hold i'm Spain.
1t was in the harbor Of Cadiz that the
English and Dutch fleets seized IL men
of-war and 40 ships laden with gold
and jewels that had not been disem-
barked. The city was also captured. ii
was a terrible blow to Spain.
In 1906, when France and Spain allied
their fleets to cover Napoleon's intend
ed invasion of England. the French fleet
passed the English blockade at Toulon
and formed a junction with the Spanish
fleet at Cadiz. Together they sailed To
the West Indies. eluding pursuit by
Nelson. who followed them across the
Atlantic and back again TO Spain.
When Nelson knew the united fleets
were once more at Cad he returned to
England and collected new ships and
men. He set sail in his old flagship, the
Victory. meeting the French and Span
ish uadro as they left the harboI
of Cadiz. Nelson was killed in the en-
| gaCement that followed off Cape Ira
falgar. bat he lived 10 know himself
victorious.
| 1t was from Cadiz that Columbus