The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-07-16

out their big guns on the side opposite
the firing. in order TO secure the desired
list 10 port or TO starboard. Gen.
Shafter signalled about noon that:
"Some OF the shells fell in the bay and
some in the city. The latter do not
appear to do great damage" Com
nent on this subject was changed inn
mediately by message saying: THE
last shot struck ST. Nicholas church.
where powder was stored, blowing up
the same and doing great damage"
The bombardment closed for the
day at one p. m. at Gen. Skaters re-
quest. as he was about 10 send flag
OF truce into the city. in order TO de-
mand its surrender for the third and
last time.
did hit can easily be imagined when II
Is known that each of them carries $50
pounds OF explosives and travels OPS
feet per second. When such a missile
lands at distance of Az miles from
the muzzle 20 the city IL occupies 22A
seconds in its fight.
Four shells during the lombard
ment ignited fires in different parts OF
the city, proving the feasibility OF
burning the place by using the guns OF
the fleet alone. 1t was strange 90 see
our soldiers repairing locomotive on
the railroad track running along the
beach, while, like the strokes OF slow
clock, the guns were fired and sent
shells screaming over the men at
work. Death must have come TO many
I'm the city by reason of the Smelling,
but il is impossible to do more now
than surmise as TO the extent of the
mortality.
The Fighting After the Armistice.
Before Santiago, July IL, via kings
ton, July 13.-Mhen the fire opened
from the American lines after the
conclusion OF the armistice our men
were in n much better position. Cap
ron's and Hines batteries were posted
on the heights. On the left of the line
and in the rear of Bates line the
Hotchkiss, Calling and dynamite guns
occupied crest on the right center,
and on the extreme right Best's and
Grimes batteries were posted in the
center OF Lawton's division, the Sixth
and Sixteenth regulars and the Sew
enty-first New York which was pushed
TO the westward until. with Garcia's
line, IL formed an arc, reaching with
in quarter OF mile OF Camera, which
skirts the bay and forts.
Escape Cut on.
The only road by which Gen. Toral
could escape was thus commanded.
Small detached bodies OF Spaniards
had been observed skipping out OF
town westward early in the morning,
including one squad OF cavalry. A
move was made 10 cut Oft their retreat
and n land bombardment began. A
1 shot from the Grimes battery was fol-
\ lowed by one OF Capron's guns on the
left, and i'm the right center the Cat
/ ling and Hotchkiss batteries opened
\ ire. For the first ten minutes the fir
ing was quite general, the Spaninrds
replying spiritedly, but the rifle fire on
both sides soon waned. and from five
o'clock TO half-pnst six, when the &c.
ton ceased. the firing was confined al.
most exclusively 10 the artillery.
Spanish Entrenchmcnts sheIIed.
Our batteries soon got the range aut
poured shells into the Spanish en-
trenchments. The Ilotchliss battery
swept the outer line of the entrench
ments back and forth, cutting dowr
the brush shelters like scythe. III,
Spanish were soon forced 10 tho block
house. 4 Spanish battery on the lef
OF the town, engaged by Capron's bat
terry, fred only a few shots. but tn,
battery on the right fired spiritedll
until a gun-cotton shell from Woods
dynamite gun exploded directly il
front of it, tearing up two trees anC
dismounting the gun. IL was the las
shot OF the Afternoon and was greeted
with cheers.
Two Americans Killed.
Two men in Gen. kents division wer
killed by shell and several wer,
wounded. Sergeant jefferson an,
Private st. Clair, OF troop u, Mint
cavalry, were among the wounded.
Awful Rain of shells.
Playa Del Este, Guantanamo Bay
July l3-Some idea of the awful raj
OF shells poured into the doomed Span
. ISM squadron on the HlOInlllR VI Jul
2 by The pursuing American warship
may be gained from the number o
shots fred from the battleship Oregon
This number also bears ont the state
ment OF the Spanish officers that IL wa
the fire from the secondary batterie
that drove their men from their gun
and forced the ships to beach. Fror
the time when Private 0'Shay, OF tn
battleship Oregon, fired the first she
! from her forward six-pounder, unit
the Cristobal Colon turned toward tn
: shore, the Oregon fired 1 ,776 shells.
: these !. 670 were from her six-pounderi
, The big i3-inch guns were fired 3
5 times. the s-inch guns 2s times and I'll
! 6-inch "a times. The one Founders wer
7 fired 20 times. The destruction cause
: by some OF the shots was fearful. On
! s-inch shell, which penetrated the tut
{ ret of the Almirantc 0quendo, explode
/. and killed every person inside, BLOWN
some 20 pieces.