The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-06-24
CERviRA Has GIVEN Up.
Admits that He Cannot Get Out
Of Santiago. q
DlSMANTLES HIS SHIPS.
Gums Are Removed and Put. 20 Use ON
the Outer Harbor Forth
6 s hcations.

B On Santiago de Cuba, June 16, Thurs
day Noon, (per. the Associated Press Dis
match Dauntless. via Kingston. Jamaica,
Friday. June It, i a. M While Rear
Admiral Sampson on the bridge of the
dagshin New York watched the lombard.
ment of Santiago do Cuba this morning
he saw two guns of the eastern battery
apparently in position. He stopped the
New * ork as she was going back to her
Eblockading position. ana personally direct
ed the firing of the $-inch guns at those
marks
In the admirars general orders for the
bomhardmens, issued last night, occurs the
following paragraph: - -
Sire will be deliberate and after the
batteries are silenced it will be carefully
tion will not he thrown away. Careful
Instructions will be given to the gun cap
tains not to fire until they can see their
mark which in this case will be the en-
.emy's guns. s@ss,,r2..
These instructions were so well carried
ont that Admiral Sampson after the bonn
bardment said: II don't believe there is
much left of the western battery. It got
a great hammering this morning.
The eastern Notifications were harder
to hit think some of the guns we. see
there are Quakers. &
II wish Hobson and his fellows were
not in Moro castle, we would knock that
down We're it not for that reason.
II suppose the Spaniards deserted their
guns soon after our fresOpened. 1t would
not do them any good to stay there;
If it be true that the guns Of the Span
lsh warships have been mounted on the
land batteries the fact is of great signifi-
canoe, as it shows that Admiral Cervera
has given up hope of ever getting out of
the trap which Admiral Sampson guards.
After the decks had been washed down
and the guns cooled, Admiral Sampson set
this signal: The firing on the western
battery was exceedingly good, especially
that of the Texas"
Havana. June 1.-THE following is a
Spanish report Of the bombardment of
Santiago de Cuba: ~
ION June .16 at 5, a. m. fire was open
ed upon the coast batteries of Santiago
de Cuba by four American battleships,
two ironclad cruisers, and a protected
cruiser, while one yacht opened fire op-
posite Aguadores beach. The cannonade
hour and a half. Tie Americans fred
over 1000 projectiles and temporarily dis
abled two Hontoria cannon at La
Socapa, covering them with earth. The
parapet was destroyed by shell. One
cannon of Moro castle was damaged by
the American projectiles. All the dam
ages were repaired today.
The Americans suffered severe dam
age. Shells from the Spanish batteries
were clearly seen to fall on the Ameri-
can ships, which were approximately two
miles off. :. >.
- The Spanish losses at the Moro were
one artillery corporal killed and one sec
ond lieutenant, Juan Arbol, eight soldiers
and two sailors of the watch service,
wounded. '.:y
AT the Socapa battery two artillery
sailors We're killed and Second Lieutenant
Ricaru Brusquita of the navy, and six
soldiers were wounded.
''The Spanish soldiers were unframed.
Gen. Linares eulogizes the behavior of
the troops and Capt.-Gen. Blanco will re-
ward several officers and soldiers wounded
today and i'll the engagement of June 6.
He will also recommend for special re-
ward Col 'Ordonez of the artillery