The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-08
And El MORO Castle Said 10 be
Demolished
7BYs PERSISTENT IIAMMEIRlINiG.
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o. m.TT-The fighting before and In the
Vicinity OF Santiago de Cuba continued,
be pre, 3e, no. q ,o, !,
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Until nearly near II clock. Ten OF
\ the American warships nialntnirdi n
Z steady and ca reftIily lIrected 6ra
os., Il I, Il, NJ. -.
- I. = ssie u !. vhe pa
s teries at Puntn Gorda, SocaDa and
II ff,e Snan Iahf doc, a., ~, :, Ia M,
- ", =" 10 ta' he
4 Oh eitectiVe pro1ectiles was
very large. a, I'll Z
s 1t appears from the hest In fnruatjon
i htainah ,a ~ ,hi, ,,,aoa
= - - ''''s t!.e s'ip'e SKA
\ tio lHlStcsonnectlhs With Santiago de Cuba,
Z that immense damage was inflicted, ON
4 the enemy. The SpanIards admit that
\ the bombardment from the American
4 fleet was most destructive. About six
teef hundred yproiectIIes ara said n
have been fired by the American war
ships, and 1t seems that the responsive
I fire from the Spanish forts ard ships
WAS scarcely felt at all by the AmerI-
z cans. J. ~ lsl1
The fertilization near the entrance
) OF the harbor are described as being
Z riddled with solid shot and shattered
s blythe explosion OF the immense shells
y fired by the American battleships. The
I Spanish. batteries are Understood 10
u -,
i Moro and the fortifications Mt Soc,no
s and Punta Gorda are reported TO have
been demolished by the three hours,
= uninterrupted hammering of the Amer
y lean fleet. 1s:5,5 ! 51i,I,Eif I
Si
The American attack Is said 10 have
been Specially directed against Anna
J dores, a small coast town a little totthe
east of the entrance OF Santiago bav
(. The idea OF the American admiral III
q appears. was TO land troops and Store
4. guns there. after reducing ttheI 'defcnees
ofsthecplace. and thence make n. close
assault upon Santiago which. In vIew
8 OF the present condition of lis fortif-
& cations, NAV be expected IN yJeId very
soon afterithe beginning of suct, an nj.
y tack, 49, 81 = ~;
HEAVY cannonat1ir- was onened mon
As1radores at about midday. yesterdnv.
Z The latest advices received here from
4 Spanish sources do NOT Sirdicateftbn
duration ofitie fire or. whether Ameri-
H on n troons md siec,e syi,ne were n c,,,a jIvi
nation obtaInab le II ca nnot be doubted
Z that the net result Of MONDAYS fipht-s
ing was extremely disastrous to the
& Spanish sdefenses5 Is q : : 81
Si5i It is also understood here that the
: Cuban troons ID mointaIned 2thrnnpho,,t
the greater mart of yesteri5a,- nm o,tocls
y by5lard ON Santiago and the Snanish
x reports saw the garrison lost heavily in
Z Killed and .wounded. ~ - -.
81 The military commander of san,iaro
de Cuba =acknowIedges the 4 following
casualties amore the land forces.l =.
Col. Ornondez. Capt. Sanchez. Lieut..
EYrbzar5 ~ the Iartdlery and Perey and
z Garcia both Spanish officers / whose
i rank is not mentioned. ~ : =.
siilSThese officers were killed Tho snar-
a.fards also ndrnit the loss of;twentv-one
jtnfa rftry soldiers severely wounded and
y saw ONE soldier, was lr,Iled go. 5
But II is believed the losses Of tho
sna r5ards u;ere n,,,ch n,ors ba,,ys ~
In 'the naval force he Snsn5n rds SOW
i that he, officer who was second In COM
z noni1Enf the SnartIy disma r;+iad sna rish
cruiser Reina, Mercedes ond i've sail.
9ors am, nm ensign were killed = The
4 Spanish sailors wounded Il Is asserted
! number sixteen men. s : - -, 49,,
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The loss on The American side the
Santiago renorts saw is NOT known :, :.
The spa nlardss acknowIedre that a
4 great deal Of damage was inflicted on
and they saw Moro Castle shows great
Il gaming breaches In It's walls ~ $50 =