Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-06

heavy as during Friday. When Sat-
urday ended the Spaniards had about
all retreated into the city and the
Americans held the outer works with
comparative safety.
Early Saturday morning the feet
engaged in a terrific bombardment
of the Notifications at the channel en-
trance. Several of the other bonn
bardments, have been described as
heavy; but this was the heaviest of
all. The big ships went close into the
mouth of the channel and literally
smashed all Of the Notifications to
pieces. Moro was crumbled and the
flag was knocked down. Big shells
fell on Punta Gorda in perfect hail
and it is said that the works were al
most completely destroyed. All of the
batteries were silenced during the firing
but as the ships withdrew, few shots
were fired at them from one of the
batteries at the west of the harbor en-
trance. None of the ships were hit.
During the day Pando arrived with
in a short distance of the city; but it
was understood that Garcia and Law
ton would prevent his junction with
the troops in Santiago.
The Spanish prisoners in the hands
of the Americans at the close of Sat-
urday numbered as well as could be
estimated about 5000. 1t was estima-
ted that 5000 Spaniards had been
killed and wounded and the American
loss in killed and wounded was about
1000. General Linares, General Vara
del Rey, Colonel Ordanez, and several
other high officers were among the
Spanish wounded. Captured Spanish
officers said they were astonished at
the remarkable pluck displayed by the
Americans.
SUNDAYS DEVELOPMENTS.
There had been talk for several
days of a probable attempt of Ger
vera to make a dash out of the
harbor and run for it. The dash
came at 9.20 Sunday morning. 1t
was unexpected to the Americans;
but they were on hand, of course.
They saw the ships the moment they
began to enter the harbor. The ships
were the Infanta Maria Teresa, Cris-
tobal Colon, Oquendo and Vizcaya,
with the torpedo boats Pluton and
Furor. Not a shot was fred at the
Spaniards until they had passed from
under the guns of the shore batteries.
Then the chase began, the Spaniards
firing as they ran and the Americans
pouring it into them from all sides.
The papers of Tuesday morning did
not contain full details but it appears
to have been like lot of hounds after
a rabbit during a Thanksgiving hunt.
The Americans followed in great glee
making nearly every shot tell. The
Furor and Pluton were destroyed with
in four miles of the harbor entrance;
but several of the other ships managed
to make 60 miles. One after another
the ships made for the shore full of
holes and in sinking condition. Ger
vera was on the Maria Teresa. AS
the ship was sinking he was picked
up by one of the boats that had been
sent by the Gloucester and taken to
the shore where he surrended with
those that had been on board. At his
request he was taken back to the
Gloucester. The other ships except
the Colon were run ashore in like
manner, and the Americans had to be
quick to get there in time to prevent
Cubans from butchering the crews.
The Cristobal Colon was overhauled
As miles from the starting point and
surrendered. The loss of the enemy
was about $50 killed or wounded and
about 1000 captured. The Americans
lost one man killed-George Il. Ellis
on the Brooklyn-and two or three
wounded. At 2 in the afternoon the
whole thing was over.
On Saturday, General Shafter de-
manded the surrender of Santiago, on
pain of mbardment within "a hours.
General Toral, commander, refused to
surrender; but said he would notify
foreign consuls to remove the non
combatants of their respective coun-
tries. The consuls then represented
to General Shafter that there were
10000 people who desired to leave,
and said they could not be gotten out
of the city before 10 o'clock Tuesday.
General Shafter consented to allow
until - o'clock Tuesday on condition
that no move was made against his
troops in the meantime The latest
advices in the papers Tuesday morn
ing were to the effect that since the
destruction of the fleet a new phase
had been put on the situation, and the
was that General Toral
would surrender.
Spanish prisoners were at first quite
;ullen but after they learned that they
would not be killed they began to
smoke cigarettes and play cards.