The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-06-08
THE FORTS
SILENCED.
Vigorous Attack on the De-
fences at Santiago.
OUR SHIPS FIRED STEADILY.
A Torrent Of Shells Fell Upon the
Spanish Works.
MARINES PROBABLY LANDED.


Previous to the Bombardment Orders Were
Issued to Avoid Firing on MORO Castle,
as Lieutenant Hobson and His Brave Com
panions Are There Confned-The Brook
lyn Approached to Within Eight Hun
dred Yards of a Spanish Battery-The
Spanish Fire Failed to Strike Our Ships.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 8.-The
American fleet Monday morning en-
gagged the Spanish batteries defending
the entrance of the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba, and after a three hours bonn
bardment silencod nearly all the forts,
destroyed several eartbworks and rem
dered the Esuella and Cave batteries
the two principal Notifications, use
less.
The fleet formed in double column,
six miles off Moro Castle, at 6 o'clock
in the morning, and steamed slowly
5000 yards off shore, the Brooklyn
leading, followed by the Marblehead,
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