Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-05-27
BOMBARDMENT OF San JUAN
Full Account Of SIMPSONS Pounding
Of Porto RiCO'S Capital.
Gallant Conduct Of the American Men al
the GunS-They Recognize Bravery
Of the Foe.

| SoptC ltoih wv I"bt
West Indies, says:
San Juan, the capital of PortC
Rico, has received the punish
ment designed for her. 1t is un,
derstood it was not the purpose t.
capture San Juan. In view o
tue prospect of fight with the
Spanish fleet, it was not deemet
expadient to leave a vessel IL
charge of the harbor, and further
more no landing force was avail
able to take possession of the
town. Having hombarded the
forts the squadron of Admiral
Sampson is now on its way west
again to carry out the further pur
p s-s assigned to it.
1t WAS 5 o'clock Yes erday
incoming when the squadron, con-
sisting of the Iowa, Indiana, New
York, Terror, Amphitrite, De-
troit, Montgomery and Porter
arrived at the entrance of the bar
Dor of San Juan. Admiral Samp
-"n had trspsI-, red his head
quarters to the Iowa, which WAS,
temporarily at least, The flagship
OF the squadro
Two hours before the war IT'S
came within range of tn San
Juan forts, all hands had teen
called, breakfast was eaten and
tn men took thci- places of day,
eager for the coming fight TIE
Notifications at San Juan extend
along the sea front for mile ami a
halt on the nor b coast of the it
tie coral island on which the CRY
Is situated. Iney also ex'end
three quar- e.s OF mile along tn
W stern shor4 OF the Island fiou
the entrance IF the harbNr. Thus
the city is supposed to be protect
ei both from the s-a sud from
vests st,acElDg It 10 the hsrbor
ent snce.
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entrance, and the line q a;'sek
extended to the east, tn firing b.
lug directed upon the fortiica
tons stretching along the sea st q
considt rable height above the
water.
The Detroit was leading the
squadron as it came into action,
but the first shot was fred by the
Iowa, which followed her, her
shot being directed upon Moro
fort. Then the line of vessels
steamed to the east along the coast,
each delivering its fire as it passed
the Notifications and when the
head of the line reached the end
of the Notifications it turned and
travelled back to the starting point,
the whole circuit making an
ellipse.
All the vessels of the squadron
made this round three times.
During the first shots the firing
WAS a little too low, bnt during
the second round the ships got the
elevation of the for and for a
time at least silenced the guns of
Moro and of some of the batter
les further along the shore. Be.
fore the line got around for the
second assault nearly everything
was hidden by clouds of smoke
and in most cases it was impossi
BILE to tell where the shots took
effect or how much damage was
done. 1t is believed, however,
that the Spaniards were repeated,
ly driven from their guns, and
that some of the shots did damage
in the town beyond the line of the
forts.
The Spaniards mounted seven
very good guns, but their marks
manship was wretched. 1t was
evident that our shots we're hitting
the forts repeatedly, while the at
lacking feet escaped almost I'm
touched. The tendency of the
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