Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-23
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Dampson's Fleet Utterly Destroys tn.
DefenSes A hOIlt SanfiaUo


Washington. June 23.-On Thursday
of last week came reports of further
destruction Of Spanish forts at San
tiago by SIMPSONS fleet There is but
one fort at Santiago now that is capa-
BILE of infiicting any damage on our
fleet, and that is the Moro, in which
Lieutenant Hobson and seven heroes of
the Merrimac were said to be confined.
Our ships were ordered not to fire on the
MORO. The other fortifications have
been reduced to dust and splintered by
the big guns of SIMPSONS fleet. There
Is little doubt that Admiral Cervera has
made UP his mind that his fleet is lost,
for in the forts that tried to reply to
our bombardment there were undoubt-
edly some of the big guns of his ships.
They were struck time and time again
by shells from the Texas and New Or
leans and fairly lifted from their po-
sitions and hurled yards away by the
explosions. SIMPSONS last lombard
ment was the heaviest and most de-
structive of all. 1t Is estimated that
over 100000 worth of ammunition and
shells were used, and that the loss of
life by the Spaniards must have been
comparatively enormous. Not man
was hurt in all our fleet.
/
Fridays dispatches told of renewed
successes for Aguinaldo's insurgent
forces in the Philippines. He has cap
| tured the wife and daughters of Cap
tain General Augusti, and Will hold
| them until the formal surrender of
Manila. Admiral Dewey, in report to
| the navy department, confirms the re-
| ports of insurgent successes. In an in
| terview at Washington General Miles
told of his communications with Gar
| cia, the Cuban insurgent commander.
General Garcia informed Miles that he
would regard his (Miles) wishes as
orders, and would see them obeyed.
On Saturday there was nothing of
Importance to add to the war news,
but on Sunday came advices from Ad-
miral SIMPSONS fleet which told of
the desperate and deplorable condition
of the people of Caimanera. Starving
and famine stricken. the people have
saturated every house in the town with
oil and other infiammable material,
and Will set fire to the place in order to
prevent its falling into the lands of the
Americans. The gunboat at Caimanera
is also prepared for destruction. The
people are eating horses and mules
/
berries. while the Spanish troops are
terror stricken and hungry. At jack
sonville, Fla James T. Gatewood,
stenographer to General Lee. was kill
ed by lightning bolt. Three large car
goes OF supplies nave run the Havana
blockade, and supplies are reachlng the
city from Clen1uegos ana othef points
Mondays oispatches told OF the ar
rival OF General Shafter's invading ex-
petition on Santiago de CUBA. General
Garcla' the CUBAN commander hao q
conference with Admlfai sampson on
poard the nagshlp new YORK regarding
cooperation with the Unlted states
troops. FROM Mahlia comes the news
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nave Iorceo captain Geheral Augusu
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