Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-08

second and tho navy was requested 90
Keep ~ IRE at the batteries ON the
blum. The squadron consequently
closed iu carly un the morning Of thr
SECOND and kept up a. vigorous flre for
Two hours but %. attack proposed ~
Gen. Shnfter dil not take place On that
date. on enc nIghi of July 10 the Rriun
Mercedes was sunk BY the spanlaris
s1 ~ 60 ubfiruct the ehips. Exicnaivr
shore hliiHrlqG existed and N smaller
vessels had been sent In and sunk hy
the marines or batteries tho harhnr
would havc been troctulily closed
against w.
70 was essential 20 the now scheme OF
attack of the combined forces that the
position occupied bv the eastern aud
western batteries should be carried and
this was the plan - action first pro-
posed BY Gen shaftor on the day NJ his
hrit arrival
Il was Mt hrut expected that those
points should first be- carried ~ their
possession Insured the destruction NJ
tle mines the entrance 0f heavy Hhipa
into the hurh1n ana tho assault on
CtrNotuH iirct This WIS heartily con.
Hgniti % by General shaftcr. who stat
90 th1t tho entrance 90 the hnrhlr was
the hoy Co. The situation. This was be-.
pcntrd ln his Interview with Cen. Gar
cln no ACcrrldoros
u had been the admiraiH desire 90 do
everything possible 90 cooperate With
Con. NhhfteT Such an attack na that
proposed by the general was In com.
plrtn accord with the Views held by
the admiral ana discussed with hia
star. u was proposed CO. bring mp the
m1rlucu from Guantanamo and ada
ihom in the marines nf the squadron.
thus making force OF nearly n th1u-
sand mon which must hH landed either
10 the foot of The MORO inEstrolln cove
Go assault the Moro. or 90 tho wcst-
ward Tor the purpose Hf aHstulilnE the
west battery ~ the Same tImp de-
tHchmtnt % two or three thousand
mon from the army could proceed hy
Asntdores' occupy N. ground bee
nnrthward ~ u. 4 visit 10 Gen SHAFT
t,r was arranged but The admiral be-
Ink 100 his chief N stan went instead.
tn, following ARRANGEMENT wla
made;
camp near San Juan River cuba.
July g. 1885. Minutes % a c1nveraa-
tl1n between Captain Chadwick Of the
navy. representing Admiral sampson.
and Gen. shafor
That long continued lombard.
meni b. made W Santiago from the sei
with the heavier guns ~ tho fleet. the
nsoi airing slowly during. say 20 hours.
~ N. rate 10 one aholl every flvo min
utcs Al uilnf one u our, no the rate 90
one every two minutes. This rrfars 90
ihe s-inch 20 i3-lnoh shol'r. n Ibis be-
NOT sun ..rnt 90 bring the enemy 60
tlrmH that an assault De arranged 0u
the Hlr1pl battery. using marlnel and
The cuban forces under Gen. Chbrecn.
and 1n snlri made o. enter Ghd h1rh1r
with some ~ he smaller ships NJ ihr
squadron. This attack O. be made IN
ON knowing the result ~ second de-
mlui made upon the commanding Hin-
cor ~ the spanish forces fir fhs SUR
rcndrr NJ The place, stating 90 him me
rlnd'Iunf ihtt surround him. deatrur-
zion lt me spanish fleet. etc., AMI the
numhlr " forces opposed 90 him TO
give him ims 90 consider the mlssfr.
The date Uf che humhtf lmHut H. uNrd
90 noon nf ghe aih unless h. positively
refuses o. consider o. at 400. whom ID
viii begin ai such time as ~ ronvou-
Tent 90 ourselves
Gen, Shnftsr win furnish the IA.
mlrll with correct maps. showing
WHORE his lines will hn surrounding fha
city ana also open trlrgrlphie com.
munic1tlon by The way ~ gibInry
down 90 near Aguhd1rus. o. give iu.
formation as % the falling ~ the
shots"