New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-27
WHAT CAPTAIN EVANS SAlH.
STORY OF THE BATTLE AS SEEN FROM ne
RpTDGE OF THE IOWA
T.. S S. Iowa Grst rate.
OF Santiago de Cuba, Cuba July : 80.

RI, La,,o mo bonor "a make the following re-
mort Of the engagement with the Spanish
off Santiago de Cuba on July 3: A., o,
First-On the morning Of the sd "hIe ',e
vos AZ quarters for Sunday Inspection lhe ' - >,
,,ossal Of the Spanish squadron was sighteu a. 80
o,oIool coming OUT of the harbor Of santiago -
cuba The signal "Enemys ships cohihs o
was Immediately hoisted. and gun nie" ~ -
attention The call 10 general quarters was sou''.
Immediately the battery made ready TOT ni'i'e a'''
the engines rung full speed ahead =.
saoond-The position Of this vessel az the ,ih'e VI
.,rhttrr tho squadron was tho usual olockacins
,o,,o off tho entrance Of the harbor. MOTTO Nas"e
,aar,rc ohout north and distant about tnree " io
miles The steam at this time IN 'he oo'i
sufficient for speed Of five KNOTS. p
rhird-After sighting the leading vessel .ne az =,
,ar,a Maria Teresa admiral Cervera's hagsniP' II
1891 that che was followed in succession
nv the remaining three vessels OF 'he 'ps'. 49,
SQUADRON the Vizcava the Cristobal colon anu '''e
,ir,ranta Oouendo The Spanish ships moved a'
snaod of about eight to ten knots Whch was
steadily increased as they cleared the "ai 80
trance and stood TO the westward $500 49,.
They maintained a distance OF about eish' nun,
sred wards between vessels The SQUADRON f''0'e'
with precision. and stations were wen HepU
THE FIRST SHOT.
Fourth-Immediat upon sighting the ,e"u,"s
y.ssel fires were spread. and the Iowa heaueu
tho nrst shot was fired from this snip at d '''
lance Of about six thousand yards. 49,,
~ course of this vessel so laid that inc
ronge sneedily diminished. number OF shots "ele
fred at ranges varying between o,"' anu o.oo
,ards .rbe range was rapidly reduced 10 -'''
yords and subsequently TO 1000 and lzOo yatus
1,,h when II was certain that the Maria teresa
ID ,ass ahead of us the helm was put 10 star
ho,rd and the starboard broadside dehVereo' az "
ranpe of 300 yards. The heim was ,he' -,
mort and the ship headed across the DO" u .ne
aoond sbin and as she drew ahead the heifh was
seoo''' -, ,orhoard and she received In turn
eiI o,vbt If our starhoard broadside AZ
- - about one thousand three hundred yaros
The Iowa was again headed of Win port he''' "
the third ship and as she approacHeu '"e '' ,
nut "a starhoard until our course was aPp.oN'
mateIv that Of the Spanish ship In tnis pos'.'o
NJ range Of 400 yards. the FIRE OF the e,itiie
,erv ,ocludng rapii-lre guns. was poured into 'ne
enemys ship .o-,aao heat
Sivth-About 10 O'Clock the enemys torpeoo-ooa'-
des,rovers Juror and Putcn were observed 10 haNo
loft the herbor and to be following the SPANS,
squadron AT the time that they were oosei'e"'
and in fact most of the time that they were uhuei
Are they were AT a distance varying from t'o" ~
orn rd A soon as they discovered the
secondary battery OF this ship was turned upon
.bcn, while the main battery continued 10 ehsasc
the Vzcaya the Oquendo and Maria Teresa
THE MAIN BATTERY's EFFECTIVE FIRE
The fire Of the main battery Of this snip "heh
the range was below 800 yards was most eHectiNe
and destructive and after a continuance oi ui's
fire for perhaps twenty minutes II was no-lceo '''
the Maria Teresa and the Oquendo were III "a,iie
and were being headed for the beach Their coiors
we're struck about 1929 o'clock. and they were
beached about eight miles west OF santiago
seventh-About the same time aoout io'@o
ocloclD the fire Of this vessel together WIN 'a' y,
the Gloucester ard another smaller vessel proven
so destructive that one OF the 'oipeu'
stroyers (Pluton) was sunk and the Furor was ~
much damaged that she was run upon the rochs
Eighth-After having passed. at 1875 O'CLOCK the
Oouendo and Maria Teresa. on fire and ashore th's
vessel continued 10 chase and fire uron the 'i@caSd
until 1896 o'clock when signal to cease hrihs was
sounded on board II having been discovered that
the Vizcaya had struck her colors
THE vIzCAYAs SURRENDER
NinthAt II o'clock the Iowa arrived IN the
vicinity OF the Vizcaya. which had been run aso. 9
and as II was evident that she could not catc" ,'o
CrIstobal Colon and that the oregon the prooA'S :,
and the Nev-York would two steam cutters anu
- ort,ars were Immediately hoisted out and
con, N the Vizcaya 20 rescue her crew our ooa's
rccooded IN bringing off large number OF ohcers
and men of that ships company, ana IN p'dcihs
many Of them on board the torpedo-ooat hricsson
and the auxiliary dispatch vessel HIST.
Tenth-About II 80 o'clock the New-l orK Pasee'
In the CriStODal Coion' WHY"
deavorrg to escape from tf'e 'ies''' ~
and the Texas.
rloventh-We received on board this vessel from
tho y,zcaya Captain Eulate the commanding ON
ce- and twenty-three officers together with ''''
two hundred and forty-cight petty oinoeas
of whom thirty-two were WOUNDED ine'e "'0
oIso received on board five dead bodies wnicn were
''C sto,o,,, hur,en with the nonors due TO their
grade. iii &, all re
Twefth-The battery behaved we" III a"
noo,s the Sashpot OF the forward l--hch gun
damaged in the engagement OF the a. nal'"s
ren,aced the same day by one OF the o'u u"'"p'
witch gave no trouble during this engagement"
Tb,rtaenth-The following IL an appro"i"ia'e
statement OF the ammunition expended curing ','e
o-.o,t A more exact statement cannot De
given az this Tune - .u ,,,,h t,,
charges. IL. <r
charges.
Two hundred and ffty-one 4-inch cartridges, COM
Ore thousand and ntty-six s-pou1er cartridges
common shell
One hundred l-pounder cartridges common shell
TWO PRoJECT1LEs STRIKE THE HULL
Fourteenth-This ship struck in the hull on
the starboard side during the early part OF the en-
gagement BY two projectiles OF about 6-inch CAL
ibre one striking the hull two 20 three feet above
the actual water-line and almost directly on the
line OF the berth deck piercing the ships side be-
tween frames Q and 10 and the other piercing the
side and the cofierdam between frames IS and 10
The FIRST projcctile did not pass beyond the inner
bulkhead OF the conerdam 4l-2 The hole made
by 1t was large and ragged. being about sixteen
inches in a longitudinal direction and about seven
inches in vertical direction 1t struck with
slight inclination aft and perforated the eoner.
dam partition bulkhead a H-i3. STD IL oid not
In he
The second rrojectlle pierced the side OF the snip
and coRerdam A lo5. the upper edge OF the no'e