The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-21


and a little behind the Vizcaya and
three-tenths miles from little in advance
of the Oquendo The Texas was one and
two. tenths miles from the Teresa and d
little behind her and one and four
tenths miles from and behind tho next
Spanish ship, the Oquende. The Iowa
was one ana one-tenth miles from the
Teresa and little closer In, but not
quite as far west of the Texas. The Ore
gon had pulled up and passed the Texas
and Iowa, being a iittles further in
shore than the Texas and "a little farther
out than the Iowa. Shs was in advance
of the Teresa being one and ssven-tenths
miles from that vessel, six-ten this OF d
mile from and directly in the line of the
Oquendo, seven-tenths of mile from the
Colon and one and two. tenths miles be-
hind the Vizcaya. The Indiana was two
miles from the Texas and two and six
tenths miles from the Oquendo, the near.
moved up six-tenths of a mile and was
just a mile directly south of Moro.
Position No. 4-i020 a. m. OQusndo
turned to run ashore. Only five min utes
elapsed from position No. 8. Ali vessels
had been running westward without ma
terial changes in their positions. The
Colon had run one aud three-tenths
mile less and swerved to the left, bring
ing her to within one aud one-tenth
miles of the Brooklyn. The Iowa was
the same distance, but almost directly
astern and the Oregon was one and three
tenths miles from the Vizcaya, but farther
a mile from the Oquendo, the Oregon
nine-tenths Of a mile from the same Ves-
sci and both somewhat in advance of the
doomed Spanish ships. The Indiana had
advance $40 of a mile and was two and
siS-tenths miles from the Oquendo, the
nearest Spanish ship. The New York
had advanced nearly mile, bat was not
yet abreast of Moro. The Gloucester had
run over two miles and was now we'll
west of MORO, but five miles east Of the
Oquendo.
Position No. 5-l030 a. In. Furor
blew up and Pluton turned to run ashore.
This is ten minutes later thaD position
No. 4. The Gloucester run a little more
than two miles and was four-tenths of q
mile from the Furor and but little farther
from the Pluton. The New York had run
two and two-tenths miles and was three
and three -tenths miles from the FuroT,
the nearest Spanish ship, and two and
two.tenths miles south and little west
of MORO. The Colon had run two and
nine-tenths miles and the Vizcaya two
and seven .tenths miles. The Brooklyn
had run two and three-tenths miles and
was one and two-tonths miles from the
Vizcaya and one and six-teuths miles
from the Colon. which was running near-
or the shore. The Oregon had sailed two
and one-half miles and was one and one
half miles from the Vizcaya and about
the same distance from the Colon. The
Texas was one and two .tenths miles
aetern of the Oregon. The Indiana was
one and one-half miles astern of the
Texas.
Position No. 6-1l.05 a. m. Vizcaya
turned to run ashore. In the 35 minutes,
the Vizcaya had sailed about seven miles
and was off the mouth of the Asserradoro
river. The Colon had run five and one
half miles further and was more than that
distance in advance of any of the Ameri-
can vessels. The Brooklyn was one and
three-tenths miles distant from the Viz
caya and slightly behind her. Tne Ore
gon was one and half miles from tha
Vizcaya, but nearer the shore and some
what more astern of the enemy. Iht
Texas. two and seven-tenths miles from
the Vizcaya and directly astern of the
Oregon. The Iowa was three and two
tenths miles directly astern of the Viz
caya. The New York was five miles be-
hind the Iowa. The Ericsson had kept
along with the New York all the tina
and was at this position half o mile in
advance of her. The. Indiana was four
miles behind the Iowa.
Position No. 7--l.15 p. IN. The Colon
surrendered. In the two hours and ten
minutes from the last position given,
the vessels had courseG westward a great
distance. The Colon had run 26 1-2 miles
and was off the Tarquino river. The
Brooklyn was the nearest American ves-
sell She had sailed 2S 12 miles and was
three and four-tenths miles from the
Colon. The Oregon WIS - miles from
the Colon and more inshore than the
Brooklyn. The Texas was three and
four-tenths miles behind the Oregon. The
New York was nine and one-half miles
from the Colon. None of the other yes-
sells had come up save the Vixen, which
vessel at the beginning of the fight
steamed out to sea and sailed westward
on a course about two and one-fourth
miles from that of the nearest Spanish
ships.
The tracing of the chart show that the
Spanish vessels sailed on courses not
more than three-tenths of mile apart
until the Oquendo ran ashore. Then the
Vizcaya veered out to sea and the Colon
kept nearer the shore, their courses being
about 7-10 of mile apart Up to the
time the Oquendo went ashore the 10 Wa,
Indiana, Oregon and Texas sailed on
courses within three .tenths of a mile OF
each other, the Iowa being the nearest
and the Texas being the fa-thest from the
course of the Spanish. The Brooklyn's
course was three-tenthS to one-haf mile
outside that of the Texas. The swing to
the right which the Brooklyn made at
the beginning of the engagement shows
an oval four-tenths of mile across She
crossed the courses of the Texas, Oregon
and Indiana twice while making the turn.
but before these vessels had gone over
them the course of che New York after
passing MORO was nearer the shore
than any other United States vessel ex-
cept the Gloucester and a mile behind
where the Oquendo turned 60 run ashore,
she passed inside the courses OF the Span
ish vessels, ten miles west of the Vizcaya
disaster she crossed the Colon's track,
but followed very close the course of that
vessel until the latter surrendered. The
Iowa, Indiana and Ericsson did not go
farther west than where the Vizcaya ran
ashore. The Gloucester stopped by the
Maria Teresa and Oquendo, as also did
the Hist. The latter vessel was not able
to keep pace with the New York and
Ericsson, the vessels shs was with at the
beginning of the battle.