Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-07-30

quarters at Cartagena. Other impor-
tant strongholds, such as Corunna and
Barcelona, are included in the north
ern and eastern captain generalships
respectively.
1t is now proposed to furnish some
account of the Notifications of the
ports and harbors enumerated. Com
mencing on the north, Ferrol (popula.
ton 25,OOO,) the premier arsenal OF
Spain, first claims attention. The
harbor here is one of the finest in Eu-
rope, and is entered by narrow strait
two miles long. This strait is defen-
ded by the castles of San Felipe and
Palma, which cross their fire at the
narrowest point. The town on its
north shore is provided with three bat
teries and a redoubt; on the south
with solitary fort, named Segano,
after the headland on which it stands.
For many years the projected encir-
clement of the fine dockyard, cover
ing "a acres, by a chain of detached
forts, has been much talked about,
but nothing as yet has been done.
Altogether, therefore, this magnificent
port, which offers every facility for be-
ing converted into an almost impreg-
nable stronghold, has been grossly
neglected, and its defensive resources
are quite inadequate to its strutegical
value. The fortified city of Corunna
population 36,OOOD but 12 miles south
west of Ferrol, is built on peninsula
that runs out between the bays of Co.
runna and Orsan. The large and ex-
cellent harbor, surrounded by granite
rocks, is defended on the east by Fort
San Diego and on the west by Fort
San Antonio. A Fashioned enceinte
protects the peninsula from the land
side, citadel commands the town
while the entrance to the harbor is
protected by two batteries and one
really strong modern fort, named Dor
mideras. The heavy Krupp guns in
the castle of Santa Cruz, situated on a
small island off the eastern shore of
the Bay of Corunna, sweeps the road
stead. Considering its minor impor-
tance, Corunna is ten times more
strongly fortified than its neighbor,
Ferrol.
CADIZ FoRTIFICATIONs.
Cadiz, very strongly fortified town,
standing on a narrow tongue of land,
which projects about FIVE miles north
west into the sea, is admirably adapt
ed, both by nature and by art, for
defensive purposes, and is commanded
by forts, while on the other sides large
vessels cannot approach within three
fourths of mile of the city. The
city itself population 10000 is situa-
ted at the very extremity of the penin-
sula, and is in reality huge fortress,
since it is surrounded by solid ram
part, over 40 feet in height, provided
with casemates for the numerous bat
teries, which are, for the most part,
armed with powerful guns capable OF
piercing armor plates several inches
in thickness. The most powerful bat
terry is the Soledad, which is fort OF
itself, with quarters for its garrison,
and bombproof magazines. This bat
terry can certainly boast two very
formidable weapons in 49-ton Krupp,
firing en- barbette, and 26-ton Arm
strong, firing from an embrasure. On
small island due west of the town is
Fort Sebastian, and to the south, pro-
tecting the isthmus from the land side,
is Fort San Fernando, described as a
very strong work. Fort Terre- -Gorda,
little to the southwest of the former,
is only important from being the gov
ernment telephone and cable head
quarters. Three modern forts, Pun
tales, Matagorda and San Luis, COM
mand the short, straight channel that
separates the northern bay of Cadiz
from the southern land-locked bay OF
Puntales. They completely protect
also the arsenal of Carraoa, which,
though we'll fortified itself, has had
much of its stores and works trans
ferred to Cartagena. Both the bay OF
Cadiz and the bay of Puntales possess