Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-07-20

these spell suicide" to the imprisoned fleet
There another Dispatch peremptCry one that left no
choice but to obey 1t said:
No matter what the consequences are 90 at once
and fight the enemy"
So went out My plan your Brooklyn, sink
disable her. possible then Havana block
ade there and seek refuge in the harbor but failed my
purpose, you know lost all had, fleet everything
Cervera spoke glowingly of the gaanry of Captain Vain
wright and Lieutenant Huse of the Gloucester Captain
Maocrohan Second Captain of the Maria Teresa flagship
said
"Our orders to steam at full speed westward
after clearing the harbo and concentrate attack the
Brooklyn paying attention of the other ships unless
they forced us to attack them So in the morning they gnaed
to us from the battery that only the Texas and Brooklyn
to the westward and got under way the Inanta Maria
Teresa, being the flagship taking the lead We opened
the Brooklyn and the Texas answered it, but her fell
Short otherwise she would have struck straight
line shot The Brooklyn and the then fred but neither
shot hit. Again the Brooklyn and the Texas fired The
Brookyns shot went into the Admras cabin and explod
ing set fire to the afepart of the ship The shell from the
Texas pierced side and exploded in the engneroom
bursting the main steam pipe
ave sgnaled to the engineer start the pumps got
reply and then found that all below that part ship
had been killed At that time it like hell bridge
Shells bursting all around and the ships hull
being riddled below. Meanwhile the Vizcaya had be-
tween and the Texas and then engaging three ships
the Brooklyn, Oregon and Texas She made desperate but
hopeless fight. Now that have
tween 800 and 1000 and the Americans lost but
it amazes 1t is incredible. We comprehend it. 1t
does not possible"
Captain Eulae of the Vizcaya said: 81 only ship
against FOUR My enemies the Brooklyn Oregon Texas
and l think the Iowa the other They punished
severely but the Texas that gave coup grace
shell from that vessel entering port bow and exploding
one of the forward magazines"
The officers of the Cristoba Colon had
been struck number of times but until the Oregon
within range and began hurting her hirteennch shells
their ship did they abandon hope of escape
One shell had pierced the quarter deck and it's explosion
decks had converted three cabins into The vessel
fire aft Another shell, twelve threennch mis-
se had struck the vessel the and had ploughed
half the bow before exploding The
sorts destroyed The Oregon gaining fugi
ves and the Brook and Texas closing There
nothing left but to surrender and turning her bow the shore
the vessel hauled down her coors.
The Captain of the Almrane Oquendo committed suicide
by shooting himself through the head when he that his
vessel defeated One of his staff officers gave this version
of the battle from the Oquendo:
GAS stood out of the harbOr received the fire of
ships-he Oregon and Texas, think they We had
the Texas fire forts and knew what she could do
with her guns. Her shooting always magnificent and
very rapid fired her than did the Oregon
hoping to disable her."
The officer told that the Oregon Outcassed
fighting machine. He seemed surprised to hear it,
We had always thought he sad chat the Texas and the
Iowa the best two ships in the American navy We
knew, of that the Brooklyn very fast and that is
why planned to concentrate attack her. hoping that
if crippled her to be able to away from the Others
The experience of the torpedo boat desroyers
PutOn, is told Their commanders Captain Veaquies
the Furor and Captain BargOs the Puton both
cued The boats cleared Santiago habor in the wake of the
cruisers and among shells thrown by the rapid fire
batteries of the American fleet One big shell Captain Vel
laquies says hirteennch tweveinch projecle
struck his vessel amidships cutting almost twain. The
saggg ends dipped under and the endeavoed
themselves from drowning by swimming ashore The PutOn
cut to pieces by shells, ashore.
During the trip of the St Louis the coast the Captain of
the PuOn told Captain Bande of the ST. Louis that he had
chased him the night of May 6th and had very
sinking him. Captain andle recalled the circumstances and
remembered having dark object lowering in the wake
q his he