The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-13
Miles Says lie Can Do the
Act in 3 Days.
MORE NEWS FROM DEWEY.
This Time He Captures the Grande
Islands, With Many Prisoners
and Forty Thousand Pounds
Of Ammunition.
AWAITING SANTIAGO NEWS.

s. Borden, who conversed in French with
the prisoner, an interview was obtained fol
tho Associated Press with Captain Euase
of the Spanish armored cruiser Vlzcaya'
He said:
"The entire squadron was ordered to de-
vote the fire of their guns to the cruiser
Brooklyn. because it was believed that she
was the only ship in tho American squad
ron that could overtake us When we got
out of the harbor my ship was second in
line, and saw Immediately that tho flag
ship Maria Teresa was getting terrible
baptism of fire. 1t was lrighsful. The
Texas and Brooklyn were just rildi:ng
htr, and in fifteen minutes l SAW she was
on fire.
. ''Ths Iowa and Oregon were fl ing on the
Oluendo. and as yet had not been ba !ly
hit. Tho Brooklyn was half mile closer
to us than any other ship, and doter-
mined to try and ram her on that the Colon
aud Oquendo could get away and started
. for her. She was q good mark with her
big broadsidc. and MS started l Thought
surely l wcuid get her, but she had evil
IDENTITY seen US and very quickly she turn
cd about. aud making short circle came
at our port side, SO that l thought she
would ramus.
Il moved IN towards the shore so that l
could avoid her, and then l saw that the
Oqucndo had gone ashore also, her steam
pipes evidently having been severe by IL
shell. Tho manoeuvro of the Brooklyn
was beautiful. We opcnu u rapid fro ut
her with all OIL" big guns but she reiurneu
1t with terrible eff ct The Oregon also
hit us sovcra! times, but the Brooklyns
broadside crashing into our super'truc.
ture simply tcrrorlH,d tho men.
ave worked all our guns ut hor at one
tiine and do not SOC how she escaped u''
she simply drove us into shore, aL one time
fighting Us at ,lOJ yards. Onc She'll want
along the entire gun deck, kiln; bali tho
mon ON it aud woundiuS nearly all The
rest.
"A shell from the Otegon hit the super
structure, aud it wa, then that, wounded
and knowing that We cuIld not get away,
I struck the flag and started TOR lie beach,
d,d not instruct th, ,nco 70 Ioad tho guns
81 all, ant | do not know Why they were
loaded ", w,r, ON i,,l,Ily anl when
those man VIII, were alive started to swim
70 shore, the Cuhans on ,horo shot at us
until tho Ame,ieun shin, ar y,l and
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On ruierin, Spl1c h,v t>,c Rasigb
opened fire ON tho forts, whcreupun the
Irene slippel her cable. and steamed out
BIZ the otter channel.
The result Of tho fire Of the American
warsAip was that the SpAniards, number.
Ing over so men, SURRENDERED everything
On returning to Mania, the Irene ex-
planned THAI She intorterpd in the cause of
humanity, aad Offered to hand ovor to the
the refugees she had on board.
Admiral Dewey, however, declined to &C
o,pt them. -
GJvGruor-Goneral Ausustin has issued
q proclamation, promising 10 grant auton.
on,v To the islands. and Offering the insur.
gents Inducements to Join the Spanish
forces General Agunaldo the insurgent
leader, in reply, said tho ovcrtures Of the
Spanish commander came too late.
SPANISH ,I.xBvAr NoBErp
Cihralter .Julv a-Thr Russian Consul
h ,r, savs tb,tths -nIta, of N,rocco has
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