The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-06-08
lERYHOT FIRE.
Ear Three Hours Ten American
Warships Poured Shells Into
Santiago Forts.
rhe Percentage Which Took
Effect Said 10 Have Been
Very Large.
Eyaniards Admit Some Loss, But
Not as Great as Is Gener-
ally Believed.
'hn Reina Mercedes Struck by
a Thirteen Inch Shell from
the Oregon.

CARE HAYTIEN, Hayti. June ,.-":Oo
h. The lighting before and IN the
|y.e.A.;y Of Santiago dc Cuba continued
h. -Iea.,er part Of yesterday from 40
4. i. uutll nearly II o'clock. Ten o.
|, american war>hip> maintained a
/. Il and carefully directed tire against
4 u no castle, and the batteries at
|IauA Gorda, Socapa and Clncoreales,
f. ..4.t.on TO bonn bareiln, the Spanish
/. II the harbor. The percentage os
1, .ye proJectilcs was very large.
l..lpears, |. from the best information
\, ..au.c at this place, the caO!e sta
| / ! { meeting with Santiago de 0uoa,
,.at immense damage was inflicted on
IL ,Lemy. The Slaniards admit that
Ii uembardment from the American
.,v' was most destructive. About siX'
te,A hundred lrojec,iles are SAID 70
Aaya been fired by the American war
| s. =, and it seems that the responsive
IL from the Spanish forts and ships
", -carcely felt at oil by the Amer
.c4l-
Riddisd with solid Shot
Iay ior,iiications near the entrance
O. - harbor are described as being
II I'D with solid shot and shattered
Il tic explosion Of the immense shells
tgeI by the American bat;leships. lhe
SPANISH batteries are understood to
have been virtually silenced, ana Il
N rro and the fortitications at Socapa
a.. lunta Gorda are reported to haV'
teel demolished by the three hours
uAlaterrupted hammering OF the Amer
lean fleet.
The American attack is next SAID Z
Aayc been specially directed asaihs
A-uadores, u small coast town h'l'
y the east Of the entrance TO SahtlaS'
tay. The idea Of the American al
M.ral, it appears, was to land troop
aAa siege guns there. after reducing
Tie defenses Of tho place. and thei
Rake a close assault upon Santiago
winch III view of the present conaitio'
q lis Notifications may be expected
yc.d very soon after the beginning Q
s4eh an attack.
Net Results Extremely Disastro"''
Heavy cannonading was opene
nion Aguadores at about m'uua,
Inc latest advices received here 1loi
Spanish sources do not Indicate IN
duration OF the fire. or whether Ame'
lean troops aud scige guns were ~
tually landed at Aguadores. but iroi
the information obtainable 1t cannot
doubted that tho net result OF MONDAY
lighting was extremely disastrous
'Ae Spanish defenses. 1t Is also unoo
stood here that the Cuban troops ma''
tanned throughout the greater part
the day an attack by land upon oa'
nago; aud the Spanish reports say y
garrison lost heavily III killed ~
Wounded.
The military commander OF sanial
de Cuba acknowledges the ioilo"il
Casualties among tho land forces:
Colonel Ordonez, Captain sancne
Lieutenant Yrizar. Of tho artiilei
and Perez and Garcia, both opanl
eflicers, whose rank is not mehlono
These officers were badly wounue
The Spaniards also admit the loss Q,
infantry soldiers. severely wounue
and say one soldier was killed. !.
But it 10 believed the losses "
Spaniards were much more heavy:
In the naval force the Spaniards
that the officer who was second IN GO
mand Of the partly dismantlea opau' u'
cruiser Rsina Mercedes and nve sa'''