The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-17
Cartagena, Barcelona, Ferrol. Cadz
and Their DefenSeS Against
Hostile Fleets.

runa and santander. ana on "A. .s...
coast FontevsdFa. but of these - -.
'"o named are the most imporsar, ~
roi Is one Of the chief naval arxsns,.
Coruna Is Noted as the scene Of ~ 49,
where Sir John Moore fell morts;lr -. -
ed and whose death was immorsasrss
the stirring poem by Rev. Charles Va.
Not drum was heard. not nns-s
note, etc. /; is also the port from 49,.
the mvincible armada sailed al -.
exist remnants OF its once famous tnr,,ss.
The harbor of Ferrol. one Of III - i
Europe. is entered by narrow s,r.s, -.
is defended by the castles Of San ~.
and Palma.
The town on the northern sh.,. a.
strongly fortified. Its vaSs arsp..l =.
dockyards. founded by Charles hi -.
nearly twenty-four acres and san,...
many magnificent docks and sto,ssas..
II has a naval barracks. ia the sss. !,
the naval academy. contains psiscs d,
galley slaves and has hospitals and l,rs.
tutions similar 10 those possessed b. e;as-
towns in Spain. The population Is xm
There are factories of considerxh. ~
and the city has an export trade in ,svu.
brandy. vinegar and fish. Several Il ~
Spanish ships have lately been rssaIras
there. and the Numaneia is stiil il n.
docks
Santander Is city of Aa.0oo peope, wls
old and new quarters and public huSess
like other places already described rhs
harbor Is easy OF access, and the fcrasea.
tons are slight. This town was sackea
by the French in 1885, stormsd hy ts
SpaniardS later. retaken by the FrsnsA b
1909. and evacuated by them In ISL
What remains of the Spanish nsyY q
the home coast--enough vessels to fsrn
s1uadron-~ls in a state OF insneee,
Admiral Camara left behind the sssssi
Cardinal Cisneros. Alfonso KILL. pssars
de Asturias. Numaneia and Ia ha
The best of these Is the Cisnesu "A
armored cruiser carrying two a.4-inxa y.
55-inch and 2.7-inch guns. toesss
small cannon and eight torpels iasn
Her Whereabouts for fong time "
puzzle TO us. but IL Is now known aa
sNe Is being repaired at CartagDna- rs
Nitoria was ordered 10 be transfers..
from a training ship into proiktts
cruiser last year. but has not ,ss be-
fully armed. though 1t Is INTENDED NJ
should carry eight a-inch. two &satn ons
TS-inch, one 35-inch. two sfAncA ard
eight machine guns. The Alfonso Kill.
which was recently damaged BY hfe, and
lie Panic are of the same type and afma.I
ment, carrying four 7s-inch and sxl
4i-inch guns, twelve rapId-nrers and fei
torpedo tubes. The Princesa Do Asfura'
is of the same type as the VtsoriA n
Numancia. which the Spanlafdl cal
broadside ship, Ia practically wofshsA.
She Is an old protected cruiser, but n
perts claim that SPANS protected VESTS
are virtually unprotected. Aside from ~
Cisneros. one of our tirst-class hAssle4%
Is superior to the entire collection
Commodore Watson has tine fetsss
When a young officer. with the asastars
OF Richlrd Knowles. seaman, ne lasaS
Admiral Fnrragut 10 the rigging q =
Hartford in Mobile harbor In Angus, "
He has with him several OF the most e.
brated lighters of the navy. ard y ss'
Spanish admirals steam forth from spssa
looking for trouble they win nnd ~ sss
want and more besides when Watsqss ~
guns begin laundering "Rememn6 w
Maine,''
ALBERT +. souTHwIcK