Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-07-09

lut american SHIPS AnOuEH HHOlutT
port had 1t that one man was killed on
board the Brooklyn which could not be
verified this dispatch was sent.
Spanish Loss Very Heavy.
There Is no means of telling now what
the Spanish loss was but it is believed 70
have been very heavy, and the prisoners in
custody report their decks s.rewn with
dead and wounded IN great numbers. and
besides there is statement that many
bodies could be seen fastened to the
pieces of wreckage floating in the sea after
the fight was over. A large number OF the
Spanish wounded were removed to the
American ships.
Cervcrn's Movement Unexpected.
There can be no doubt that Admiral
Cerveras plan to escape from Santiago
harbor was entirely unexpected by Ad-
miral sampson, and the best evidence of
this Is the fact that when the Spanish ves-
sells were seen coming out of the harbor
the flagship New York was seven miles
away steaining to the eastward toward
Juragua, the military base, nine miles east
of Morro The New York was out of the
hight altogether at every stage, but she i'm
mediately put about and followed the 9TH
ers.
| Admiral Cervera. on board the Cristobal
! Colon, headed his fleet in the attempt to
| get away al about half-past nine o'clock.
So little were the Americans expecting the
| dash that the flagship New York was cruis-
| ing up the coast to the east and returned
only in time to see the finish of the fight and
| to fire shot or two al the torpedo boat
| destroyers.
American Vessels Engaged.
The Iowa, Indiana. Oregon, Massachu-
| setts, Texas, Brooklyn and the converted
yacht Gloucester, formerly the Corsair,
formed in position to give battle as soon
| as the Colon was sighted rounding the
wreck of the Merrimac. The American
vessels did not open fire at once; they
waited until Cervera's ships were out of
the range of Morro's guns before giving
battle. Cervera headed to the west the
Colon in the lead, followed by the Vizcaya
and Oquendo and the destroyers all fir
! ing rapidly.
All of the American ships opened fire at
once, and the Spanish were soon in a hur-
ricane of shot and shell, but the Colon kept
| on bravely till when about ten miles from
| the westward of MORO castle, Admiral
| Cervera turned his vessel to the shore and
beached her. She was blazing in a score
of places, but her guns kept at work, and
the white flag never showed until she was
completely disabled
No Match for the Americans.
The Oquendo and Vizcaya were opposed
to the Iowa, Texas and Indiana and went
down to defeat with fearful swiftness, COW
ering only about half the distance made by
the Colon before their captains ran them
ashore. Their crews fought with desperate
bravery but their courage was no match
for the courage of our men, added to their
superb gunnery. The Spanish shells went
wild for the most part, but the American
gun fire was marked by merciless preci-
sion. The two cruisers, both on fire, were
beached not more than one-quarter of a
mile apart.
Hot Work for the Gloucester.
The most dramatic feature of the battle
was the contest between the torpedo boat
destroyers and the Gloucester. The lat.
ter was struck several times and is the
I NNIN A na~fa cd do, III
At first the Gloucester fired upon them with
her six-pounders, but they ran past hel
and engaged the battleship. Finding the
fire too hot, they turned and attacked the
Gloucester again until both destroyer:
were afire and had to be beached. Theil
crews threw themselves into the surf tC
save their lives. Just before this the New
York came up and assisted in giving tn,
finishing blow to the destroyers. Their,
was explosion after explosion from thu
Dispatch from Watson.
Washington, July Sat u:25 Monda!
night the navy department posted the ap
l'pended translation of a cipher cablegran
received from Commodore Watson. 1t Il
similar to that received Monday from Ad
/ miral Sampson. but contains the addition
al information that $50 Spaniards wer
} killed or drowned. 160 wounded and l6O
captured. Commodore Watson's dispatch
follows:
Playa De- Este, july 3.-IO the SeCretar'
of the Navy: At $3.50 a. m. Sunday the Span
} ish squadron, seven in all, including on
gunboat. came out of Santiago in column
> and was totally destroyed within an hour
excepting the Cristobai Colon, which wa
r chased 45 miles TO westward by the com
mander in chief, Brooklyn oregon AM
D Texas, surrendering to Brooklyn, but wa
: beached to prevent sinking. None of ou
! officers or men were injul | except o
board Brooklyn. Chief Yeo.Ian Ellis wa
killed and one man was wounded. Ad
a miral Cervera, all commanding officers, ex
cepting OF Oquendo, about 20 other officer
and 1000 men are prisoners. About 81
f killed or drowned and l60 wounded, latte
e being cared for on Solace and olivette
4 head to take charge while Commander /
/ (signeD WATSON"
{ Shnfter Demands Surrender.
i OF Juraugua. on Board the Dispatch Boa
r Dandy, via Kingston. Jamaica, July g.
Y Gen. Shafter has demanded an instant an
. | unconditional surrender OF Santiago de Gu
ba. The Spanish commander curtly an
emphatically refused. The American ger
eral in sending his demand warned all fol-
e eign residents out of the city before te
O'Clock Monday morning, July 4, at whic
q hour the bombardment would he said, be
q gin. The oTly notice Gen. Linares too
a was that nc Cubans would be permitted I
v leave.
h The Correspondence.
= Following is the correspondence of Ger
ondIlerp uvIldHulH6 the SURRENDER OF Saf
$ tlago. 1t is dated Sunday:
TO the Commanding General of tn
: Spanish Forces, Santiago de Cuba-Sir:
!, shall be obliged. unless you surrender,
d shell Santiago de Cuba. Please inform tn
@ citizens of foreign countries and all won
n en- and children that they should leave tn
:, city before ten o'clock tomorrow morT
ing. Very respectfully. Your obedieI
e "W r. SHAFTER,
Major General U. s. A."
y Following is the Spanish reply which Co
l. Dorst returned:
d Santiago de Cuba, p M, July 3.--H
Is EXcellency, the General Commaudin
Forces of United States. San Juan River
Sir: l have the honor to reply to your con
munication of to-day. written at $3.50 a m
d and received at one p. m, demanding II
n surrender OF this city; on the contrary cas-
d announcing to me that you will bombar
h this city, and that | advise the foreig
70 women and children that they may leaN
- the city before ten o'clock to-morro
- morning. 1t is my duty to say to you thi
N this city will not surrender, ard that wi
r, inform the foreign consuls and inhal
e ;tants of the contents Of your messag
a very respectfully "ros,, rOpArn