La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1898-07-09

| ea WIN He ieAas 10 poubd the
| olucnuo'
| iheh eNeFy .thericah SHIP was IN
| hc.ion anu sihohe shtouued tie eoast
| anu pie~ aAhy' Ie'ehiins se!sers
| ABOUT thn snlPs where tne spanlsh
| shc'n from thc q fuiseis anu Id hoi"
| tore tue wafer. snip move rom
,he h"Io1,. was tne NAcMSh COM
ing II, iuii sIeeu. smoke curiihe over
+, her DOW hs she .ook ner course 10 ,ne
WESTWARD anu orousht hcr guns ih'o
Pa!;
| behlhd her came ,he ihihnta Ahria
Teresa ana spain TWO much dFradea @
totlsuo poI' aes'royers. rcrhAl' ~
| sarus apar.; me MhIn Acresa WIS ~;
| i.eeiEeu WIN '.ri'hc STORM oi 4hgis:
| Shihsileu ana on hre' shc WAS btlG
| cnse 10 Tue siofro.
| ihs ioWa s'eaineh ior nm" ior-
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uIahh uiu .ne shihe WIN ,ne lLFash;
hu' us 'he Hshi titis iuoVeu IVES Nafu
II pechi,e ciear 'hat tne AM Hlhs
| were "ilIhs INA. thc sP'nisn st"'s
shouii run 'ar enough rom M"rt3 10
ivse ,he aiu Oh 'he guns 'nere ana III
wcn,! minutes .his was uone -,
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wcft souie''pies "i'",n .norhHlu
n"s VI me ihui'ha. I"e f,"s va
icu' pu, he ,uie was rnot anu
ne ~
nIgh spcc. anu ,niek a.hor OF thci,
ciass stpo'i Tue SPah,sh ia Ioou s'eiu
as lhe! ioiio"e" III .ne pa,n ., h"noT
marked on' oy An.i1ai s'rNsra.
n,eeIuar'ers y, an nouI u',er the
action neaah IL WIS esiuent INC span
ish hha many guns aisao'ed hhd
Wouih nave 10 SURRENDER. ihere we're
,ersihie cisnni'ies on the enemy
ships.
AS the smoke cleared httie one
conid see 'he spanish naGsnip' her
port br"ausiue spoutihS snioke' sun
! hoidlng on 10 the westwnru. Inc lex
ms ana massachusetts, joined the In
diana ana the Iowa. The Oqnenho and
the NiZcaya hugged the shore and
steamed after Cervera, pledged to 20
with him 10 defent and death.
Shells burst on the deck OF the Span
ish cruisers nj short Intervals. Often
(, they Were on fire, but again and gain
| they cxtinguishcd the flames and Inan-
ned again ans. again the guns from
2 which they had been driven.
The green coast on their starboard
, smoked with the shells which flew
, over. and crashing sounds heard amid
I the thunder OF great rifles told of arm
or piercing shells driven into and
through their protected sides
| Two destrcyers coming on after the
yizcaya were headed OF and perfor-
ated hy the guns OF the Indiana and
Gloucester They ran upon the shore
and blew up
+. The New York was six miles AWAY
when the ,lestroyers saw her. The
Morro thundcred nj Sampson as he
came within range. but the admiral
never hecded. seeing only i'm the dis
I tanee the dim forms OF the Vizcaya
and Ouuendo. hopelcssly hemmel In
by a circle OF fire. and In the fore
ground the Gloucester fighting two
destroyers nj short range.
| The Spanish admiral was lost In
smoke to the westward when. at
quarter before eleven o'clock. the
Vizcaya hoisted n white dag. This
was followed by the Ouueu,lo's CO.
Ing ashore with flames bursting from
her decks.
The Iowa. Indiana. Texas and Mas
sachusetts ceased firing. the Massa-
chuset,s going at once 10 join the Or
egon and the Brooklyn in rounding
up aud smashing Cervcra's ship.
! once headed OF. the oauendo
turned into n small hoy four ar Ave
miles west of Santiago. where she
lay close TO land.
I Win nm ever.weakepiny broadsitie
the vizcaya followed. first heading
out as II 10 break through the line OF
battle The Indiana and Iowa closed
In. and their formation made her cs-
cape in that direction Impossible.
| Captain Eulate then attempted TO
reach the east side of the bay. occu-
pied by the Oauendo. but in vain.
With n glass + cou,J 500 th.t tho