, 1898-07-30

LH6 AOIlIIul uoNOl hOCOCNb oCOA'iS VAlJ ~ III
distance the dim forms Of HE Viscayn and
the Oeuendo, hopelessIy kemmed in by Il circle
OF fire, aud ia the foreground the Gloucester,
lighting two deslIoyers at short range.
When t c destroyers saw lie flagship they
sped away from The Gloucester and tried to
overtake lho Vizcaya and get into shelter on
her star board side. If that could not be done
there ought to be n chance TO torpedo The
Indiana and break through our line to the
open sea, where speed would save them, but
the Indiana steamed inshore and The Iowa,
TOO, but further away.
Both The DertrOyers turned b0ck
The Indiann's secondary battery Ind the
FIST destroy er's range and rNined shellsssupOn
II. Splintercd and torn. but still with their
steering gear and machinery intact, both des-
troyers turned back to lun for the mouth OF
the harbour and seek safely inside, Mt it
was too late. The fight had been carried
nearly four miles west of the MORO, and the
New York was already past the harbour
mouth.
The Gloucester was ready for them close
at Land. Size aud the destroyers and the
Indiana formed q triangle Of which the dos
troy CTS wore the apex, and tho American fire,
oonverging, was too fierce for human beings
TO Withstand.
Al nndOned Destroyer blow up.
One destroyer drifted into the surf of fire
- battered wreck and then orept on toward
tie Gloucester and the New York, with
her guns silent and showing a flag OF truce
She was on fire, too, and her crew ran
her ashore to cave the lives Of those who
had escaped our shells. She blew up soon
after they abandoned her.
was standing behind DR.. SimOnds, Of che
Iowa. when the Gloucester was in greatest
peril, aud he could not help turning from
the main battle to watch her heroic work
and shouting his hope that she would not run
short Of ammunition.
Her commanders skill and courage wcro
simply magnificent.
Tie Spanish Admiral was lost in smoke to
tho westward. when. at a quarter before
eleven o'clock, the Vizcaya hoisled q = white
flag. This was followed by the Oquendos
going ashore with flames bursting from her
decks. The Iowa, indiana, Texas aud Mas
snchusetts ceased firing, the Massachusetts
going at once to join the Oregon and the
brooklyn in pounding up and smashing
Cervero's ship.
Once headed of, the Oquondo turned into
a small bay four or five miles west Of San
tiago, where she lay close to the land.
Eulate's Despairing Dash.
With an ever weakening broadside the
Vizcaya followed, first heading out as if to
break CnIOuBL II AAHO "a WV AS
Indiana and lowe closed in, ard their for
NATION made her escape in that direction
impossible. Captain Eulate then attempted
to reach the east side of the bay, occupied
by the Oquendo, but in vain.
With a glass ] could see that the Vizoayo's
bully arks near the stern had been torn away.
Smoke poured out where shells had exploded
inside. and she was On fire. Her guns with
the exception of those forward were ont of
action. Her bow guns were still fired at
intervals. Those who were not working the
bow guns crowded forward to escape the
smoke and fire aft.
The Oquendo was ashore, her guns silent
and smoke rising in thick black clouds.
There was q laundering of guns to the
westward now and flashes III the smother
told that Uervern still fought, 0ut to eastward
of Ills ship lay the burning wrecks of his
two destroyers.
The torpedo boat Ericsson was seen coming
along with the New York. The OQuendo
was helpless. The Indiana and The Iowa
were closing in, and she'll after she'll burst
above and aboard the Vizcaya.
Down came the flag of Spain.
Eulate hoisted a white flag as his ship
went ashore to save the remnant of his men,
and simultaneously up went q flag of white
on the Oquendo, and down came the flag