The Irish standard., 1898-06-11
gun, inJurng the cruisers rudder and
wounding several OF her sailors.
Spanish Losses,

wounding several OF her sailors.
Spanish Losses.
According to official Spanish dis
patches received here. the exact loss Of
the Spanlards at Santiago de Cuba on
Monday is as follows:
Land forces. one soldier killed and i've
slightly wounded.
Sea forces, tho second officer in command
Of the Roma Mercedes. i've sailors and
rs marines killed. and an officer and II
sailors were wounded.
The official dispatches also say that
many Of the wounded, including Col.
Ordonez, are able to attend to their du-'
ties.
XIII 1890 ON Paper.
Madrid, June 0. A semi-oflcial ote
was published here Wednesday, pur..
porting to give an account OF the bonn
bardment Of Santiago de Cuba by tho
American feet on Monday last:
. 1.-THE American navy. under Admiral
Sampson. has hercely attacked Santiago de-
Cuba. and q bloody encounter ensued. The
Americans made three attacks on the Span,
fish marine and land batteries. which re-,
piled. AZ consequence, the Americana
were repulsed with heavy losses. estimated
at 1880 men. The American prodect1les,'
however. sank the Spanish cruiser Reina
Mercedes"
Americans Again Repulsed.
Madrid, June 9. - Dispatches re-,
ceived here from Havana, from Spanish
sources, say: 1.-THE Americans were
again repulsed at the last bombardment
of Santiago de Cuba"
Continuing, these reports assert that
the damage done to the batteries and
town sis unimportant" or is already re-
paired, adding:
"The Spanish guns did not cease to fire
an instant during the fight. and all the
batteries are in condition to reply to the
enemy's fire. During the second attack
Col Ordonez was on board the Reina Mer.
cedes and personally assisted In working
her guns. Every one regards Col. Ordone1
and Gen. Ltnarea as the heroes Of the day."
The News in Spain.
London. June 9.-The Madrid cor.
respondent of the Standard says: It Is
reported that during the engagement at
Santiago two shells struck the vizcaya
and one the destroyer Furor. Admiral
Cervera praises the splendid behavior
of the marine brigade that served the
guns of the Castillo de la socapa bat.
terry under terrible fire for several
hours. The papers are doing their Ut
most to dispel the unfavorable impress
sion made by the news from Santiago,
and they recommend the authorities to
give more details and not to keep silent
on the facts, which afterward would
leak out through foreign or private ad.
vices. Nevertheless the ministers and
leading officials are very reticent, al
though they admit having received
fresh dispatches from Havana and SAM
Itiago which Gen. Correa and Capt. Au.
non had communicated to Senior Sagas-
ia before replies were cabled to Blanco
and Cervera.
Press dispatches say that the Reina
Mercedes suffered most from the shell
fire which mortally wounded her com.
mander, Capt. Acosta. The total num-
Der of casualties Oh the ship was 30
the captain. five seamen and 81 marines
killed and lieutenant and II men
wounded. Most of the Hontoria and
Krupp guns had before the action been
placed in the Socapa battery.
Admiral Cervera's squadron, with
steam up, was lying behind the first
line of defenses in the channel leading
from the bay ready to cooperate, but
the land defenses sufficed to keep the
American feet from attempting to force
the entrance.
The loyalist volunteers, according to
the press dispatches, took part in the
gallant defense of Moro fort, losing
two officers and several men. They also
assisted the troops to oppose an Amer
lean landing attempted at two places.