The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1898-05-19
CUT OFF The CABLE
par'bE EIPloii cf Oar Blu.
Jackets a; cisB.asrua Un1sr
Ho; Fire Fron SAore
LOSSES or ENEMY HEAyY

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ins- fo0r d-t-,us..d b...t c,.,.
uns~r command ai t.as.t Mtu.lss sna
Ea.isn h.sruasr. fr"a th. erui.-,
Aarol~hs al sna tb~ s.nt,.sst Ns.L,aIl-
pat o"t irun TIE 81 g.. th- c....t h..-
ing rrsst"usly b~-u sh-il-s Ia.
SorA 81 70 10 uui-~r. ~sr~ t~slloa.
one mao "a. sai~a aud .la bssl,
wounded.
The cruiser Marbi-h~.d. IN. sap,..st
NASHVILLE, and the auAtitsr, -rst..r
Wtnj0m drs~ up q Thousand ,srs.
from shore With th-ir gDaf manned
read, for fsty.
Da- cAbi- had air-nd, h~.n rat .ns
the ~ors w.s an pr"gr-.. ..a tb- ssh~r
wh-p the SpsniAris tn ride Pct. and n
battery in an cid hxhthou-. standing
out ia the bay op-h~d nr~ Th- ~as-
chips poured an . thaGd-roa. sall~y.
their great guns b-ichins forth na...
ise sh~lis into the ssArns of the rE~my
he crrss oi the boats csinil, prao~~s-
ed with ihrir wort. not ~iih.tsn ndirx
The fsei 'Asi number had f.Iirn, aud
finished it returning 60 the chin.
through Il binding smokr ana q b~asy
IRE.
More than a ihou.And lnfart,,m.o
on shore kept np q contInou- Gre. aud
the bullets from the machine CUR.
struck the wArshits > HUNDRED time.
bat did no great dsmsgr
| Commander Maynard OF the gun
boat Nashville, VA. .iigbtiy wouad~s q
by rifle bullet that. b-fore .ir.ckIn,
ham, passed through the arm of q,
ensign. whose name - unknosn. Hs
q. the nrst commanding officer To Toe
shot during the Progress 81 the uss.
| Lieut. NinrloW wa. -bof in the hs nd
making three officers wounded an all.
Alter the SpAniards had b--n driven
from The rifi- pits. many of ih.m took
refuge in the Lighthouse fortress. upon
which the IRE of the wArsh,p. had been
centerrd- AfirrwArd n shsIl from the
Window tore this structure To pieces.
killing many and burying other. in
the ruins.
The Spanish loss - known Go have
been very heavy, the var.bIp. firing
hundred. Of shot aud shell right into
their midst.
soon after the arrival of the war-
ships of Cienfuego- four boa,- U@r~
elsunched and proc.rded In shore for
1.-THE purpose Of graphing for the cable
Ein order To cut a.. The wsr.hip. lay
about ,"O yards or more of the har-
Dor.
IL was observed that the saanisb
rtroops had assembled ashore, bnt IL IA.
knot known that hrayy gun. had
Dbeen placed in n masked battery. and
athai the old light hou.e. far out on n
Bneck Of land. had been tran,form~d in
Flo formidable fort.
Iir~d pom fro. shor.-
The small boat. proceeded utiou.iy
and, for more than an hour, worked urs
mol~stsd on the cable. Students. lust
as the work was about completes, the
shore battery fired a shell at the boat.
IL was followed by oth-rs, aud the
Spanish infantry opened fire with their
rifles.
Then, like \ fash, the Marbl-b~sd
sent shell inland, ana followed a
with n perfect shower of shot.
The Nashville was quick TO follow
Il
with her four r-poundefs In the mean.
while spanish bullets fen in every d..
rectio3 around the small boats. Though
the attack hrd come suddenly and
iercely the lurjacket- we've not die.
mayed, and, projected by the t~rrifie
return fire OF the wAr-hips. work ga.
continued. and the cable cut.
when the boats returned 90 the sbIp.
Regan. who was In one OF the Marble.
head's boats. of which there wsv~ tvo
was found TO have been ~ led.
The Spaniarcs had 10y this time suf.
f.red severe loss. Their shots from IN.
Lighthouse struck the warship. s~y~ra
time-, and although they did not q.
much damage. the fire aroused the de-
Termination Of The A merican officers 4.
ext-rminate the fort. Tb-reaft~r. 70,
the moment. the Ere OF the warsbir,
was concentrated upon the lighthouse
. and the improyisec fort wss blown Q.
pieces A. there were great number
OF Spaniarcs IN and behind the fort
the time, there 10 no doubt that man,
. of them were killed.
windo.,'. gG~sss.. shot
The Marblebead was struck scores @
times by bullets from machine guns
and the Nashville suffered 10 about "a
same extent. The Window also bs.
q many marks Of the fray. Her shell
blowing up the Lighthouse, and scat
tering the Spabiarcs Ip all direction.
j ended the battle.
9 The cable which WAS cut NJ Cienfue
}. gos extended from that city 20 santiar
: de Cuba. It do@s not sever the ca bi
communication with Cuba. as there 1
another line iniop~rstion b~i w~en San
tiago de Cuba and Kingston. yamsics
!. The severed cabled IL owned by IN
q Cuba Submarine ompany. The on
Operating TO Kingston % owned by IN
4 West India fsnams Company Tb
: latter IL the obIy line not in confroi a
the United s'si~s government. Tb
cable from Havana 10 k~y West is con