The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-08
BY SEA AND LAND.
1t Appears to Have Been An All Around
victory for Americans.

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Cape Haytien. Hayti, June 7.-The
fighting before and in the vicinity Oh
Santiago de Cuba, continued the greater
part of Yesterday from 7.45 a. M, until
nearly IL O'Clock.
Ten of the American warships main
tanned steady and and carefully dlrecteo
ire against Ell MORO castle and the bar
riers at Puuta Gorda, Sooapa and GIN
eorsales, in addition to bombardlng the
Spanish fleet in the harbor.
The percentage Of effective project1les
was very large 1t appears from the best
information obtainable at this place that
immense damage was inflicted on the en-
envy.
The Spaniards admit that the bonn
bardment from the American feet was
most destructive.
About 1900 projectiles are said to have
been fired by the American warships, and
it seems that the responsive fire from the
Spanish forts and ships was scarcely felt
at all by the Americans.
The Notifications near the entrance of
the harbor are said to have been riddled
with solid shot and shattered by the ex.
plosion of the immense shells fired by the
American battleships. The Spanish bat
teries are understood to have been virtual
ly silenced and El MORO and the foroitca.
tions at Socapa and Punta Gorda are re-
ported co have been demolished by the
three hours uninterrupted hammering of
the American feet.
The American attack is next said to
have been especially directed against
Aguadores, small coast town little to
the east of the entrance to Santiago bay.
The idea Of the American admiral, it APP
pears, was to land troops and seige guns
there after reducing the defences of the
place and thence make a determined and
more close assault upon Santiago which,
in view of the present condition of it's
Notifications, may be expected to yield
very soon after the beginning Of such an
attack.
y Heavy cannonading was opened upon
Aguadores at about midday yesterday.
The latest advices received here from
Spanish sources do not indicate the dura-
ton of the fire or whether American
troops and siege guns were actually landed
at Aguadores. But, from the information
obtainable, it cannot be doubted that the
net result of Mondays fighting was ex-
tremely disastrous to the Spanish de-
fences.
1t is also understood here that the
Cuban troops maintained throughout the
greater part Of yesterday an attack by
land On Santiago de Cuba and the Span
ish REPORTS say the garrison lost heavily
in killed and wounded.
The military commander of Santiago
de Cuba acknowledges the following
Ordonez, Capt. SancheZs, Lieut. Yrizar,
of the artillery, and Perez and Garcia,
Spanish officers whose rank is not men
toned. These officers were killed.
The Spaniards also admit the loss of 81
infantry soldiers, severely wounded, and
say one soldier was killed. But it is be-
lieved the losses Of the Spaniards were
much more heavy.
In the naval force, the Spaniards say
that the officer who was second in COM
1nand of the partly dismantled Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes, and five sailors
and an ensign were killed. The Spanish
sailors wounded, it is asserted, number
16.
The loss on the American side, the San
tiago reports say, is not known.
The Spaniards acknowledge that a great
deal of damage was inflicted on the
Spanish Reina Mercedes and they say
MORO castle shows great gaping breaches
in its walls.
Later in the day landing of American
troops was effected near Daiquiri, some
distance east of Aguadores and near the
railroad station connecting with San
tiago.
Later an engagement took place between
the American forces and a column of
Spanish troops, which had been sent
against the landing party. The accounts
of the battle obtainable here, being
from Spanish sources, do not set forth
the result. Therefore Is it to be inferred
that the Americans were victorious, and
that is the belief which prevails here.
There is report current at Cape Hay
tien that the first. Glass; scruiser Maria
Teresa was sunk yesterday by the Ameri-
can ships.
1t is said that only 500 American troops
were landed at Daiquiri or possibly at
Aguadores the two places being mixed
up in the reports received here.
But it seems to be admitted that the tire
of the American soldiers was SO effective
that the Spaniards We're compelled to flee
from the Notifications they were defend
ing. s29
Later reports show that Col. Ordonez,
Capt. Sanchez, Lieut.. Yrizark of the
artillery and Seniors Perez and Garcia,
officers whose rank is not mentioned, are
only severely wounded, aud not killed as
AFT first rap0rLeG