The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-05
SIMPSONS VICTORY.
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two torpedo 0at ~destroyers we're lying
on the shore ten to Is miles west of
MORO Castle. pounding to pieces.
smoke and flame pouring from every
part of them and covering the entire
coast line with a mist which could be
seen for miles.
Heavy explosions of ammunition oc-
Cured every few minutes, sending
curls of dense white smoke a hundred
feet in the air and causing a shower of
broken iron and steel to fall in the
water on every side. The bluffs on the
coast line echoed with the roar of
every explosion, and the Spanish YES
sells sank deeper and deeper into the
sand or else the rocks ground their
hulls to pieces as they rolled or pitch
ed, forward or sideways, with every
wave that washed upon them from the
open sea.
Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore
in a boat sent by the Gloucester to the
assistance of the Infanta Maria Te-
resa, and as soon as he touched the
beach he surrendered himself and his
command to Lieutenant Morton and
asked to be taken on board the Glou-
c%ester, which was the only American
vessel near him at the time, with sew
eral of his officers, including the cap
tain of the flagship. The Spanish adj
miral, who was wounded in the arm,
was taken to the Gloucester, and was
received at the gangway by her COM
mander, Lieutenant Commander Rich
ard Wainwright, who grasped the hand
of the gray bearded admiral and said
to him:
81 congratulate you, sir, upon hav-
ing made as gallant a fight as was ever
Witnessed on the sea-"
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
then placed his cabin at the disposal
Of the Spanish officers.
The Cristobal Colon was the fastest
of the Spanish ships, and she soon OBJ
tanned a lead over the others after
leaving the harbor and escaped the
effect of the shots which destroyed the
other vessels. She steamed away at
great speed, with the Oregon, New
York, Brooklyn and several other ships
in pursuit, all of them firing at her
constantly and receiving fire them
selves from her after guns. She was
finally oyertaken, and surrendered to
the Brooklyn, but was so badly dam
aged that she was beached to prevent
her sinking.
The most dramatic feature of the
battle was the contest between the tor
pedo boat d~estrOyers and the Glouces-
ter. The latter was struck several
times. and is the only American YES
sci reported damaged. At first the
Gloucester fired upon them with heI
six Founders, but they ran past hel
and engaged the battleships. Finding
the fire too hot, they turned and at
tacked the Gloucester again until botf
dostroyers were aiire and had to be
beached. Their crews threw themselves
into the surf to saw their lives. JUS
before this the New York came up anC
assisted in giving the finish blow tt
the destroyers. There was explosion
after explosion from the beached yes
sells.
In addition to Admiral Cervera al
commanding officers excepting those o
the Oquendo, about 70 other officers
and 1.6O0 men, are prisoners. Abou.
$50 were killed or drowned and 16t
wounded, the latter being cared for OF
the Solace and Olivette,
There a be no doubt that Admira
Cervera's plan to escape from Santiago
harbor was entirely unexpected by AID
miral Sampson, and the best evidence
of this is the fac. that when the Span.
ish vessels were seen coming out o
the harbor the flagship New York wa.
sever miles away, steaming to thu
eastward toward Juragua, the militar!
base, nine miles east of MORO. Sh,
Immediately put about and followed
the others.