Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-29
NINI.N MNhr. nrroRr.
Tier Commander Tells What Ills Vessel Did
IN the Right with CerVrra,

washuzt1n. July 2s--nhe following
additional reports on the destruction
Of ccrveras neot were made public
today;
u. 8. steamer vixen. Guantanamo.
cuba. July Z. iSpS.-S.r.-t have ihc
honor To make ghe following rrpoTf az
60 the part takcn by The u. :. $. Vixen
Do the engagement with The spaulfh
Not undcr Admiral Cervcra, during
1hd sunday " Iuly 20
uetweon a;ls atd a:is q. M uic
Vixen wat az q p1lit about four miles
20 ihe west ~ The Moro and 40 us
/ ihrce ~ about one and one-hlif miles
south 4 The shore line, ~ $3.50 Il was
imported 10 me ihat an explosion had
tlkHn pAUe he the entrance " Sintl-
$50 harhlr ! wrfc 1n deck aud ale
most Immediately sighted the Leading
veessl y ihe spanish nert standing uIt
u Mg entrance. Some " Tho vrss'. nf
our neg, were closing In toward Moro
and nuus,
m Vixen was heading toward Moro.
The engIne8 were ordered ahUli 1g fuil
speed and the helm pm hart iplrt,
ihf ohiec, being TO cross lheIl M the
leading spanish vessel and thus NOT
% onHiruct the Eunnrc OF 1nr own
f noct, Che shela from which soon began
/ - ihl 1huui the position wg had just
.
/ "Hnri nre ON this vessel with her
/ gihthlarl bow guns. the piVicctllas
from which plTssd over ~. All being
o. nigh. 1 estimated the number or
.h'H hrDd a. us at this time 10 have
been between i've and ien
A. iho Vixen rathorcd Roadway she
clmn 90 about q. by H. opening the
hfuullyn up about two points on our
port bow. StradIcd her and steamed on
about this courue until we had reached
q position about mile tn the =. ana
W, or the brooklyn, which was now
turning with nnrt holm and firing her
suns 49, they bore ON the rnemy's yea-
Al $3.50 holstod signal 40. 2ss. Tho
course was then ordered changed 20
W.S.W., the Intention being 10 steer
n parallel course 90 that NJ the Span
iah nret, liy some mistake the quar-
lermnHter stendlod the helm ON S.W
by s., which was soon discovered. hut
not until the Vixen had Increased hsr
distance on-shorc by perhaps another
half mile. The course W.S.W. was
again ordered and whom steadlod on IL
We were on an estimated distance Of
about 1--WE miles from the shore. Ree-
lng that the spanlah vessels were out
of range VI our guns while we We're
wen within range Of theirs, We reserved
our nre.
About li;OG. having approached With
IN range NJ the Nizcaya. we opened
ilre with our sinrhOafd battery AZ an
elevation uf 5000 yards Tor the six
FOUNDER guns and extreme elevation
Tor the une-pounders.
Continual the IRE Tor Slx minutes.
whom seeing that the ensign NJ the via.
caya was not nylng at iil2 ordered
cease nrInR. Expended q FlN-p1mder.
/ Ar shell ana IL one'poundcr common
shells.
Afterpasslng Assorideros. the course
I was held at from W ~ n by w head.
ing for the point ON the western hort
znn. Average speed about ~ 10 1915
| knots, average number ~ revolutions.
I lni per minute; average steam pressure.
I l22A pounds The brooklyn and Oregon
bore on the port ana Htarh11rd bows
| respectively ana were gradually drop.
. ping. the Vixen astern, as was the Crls-
I ipbal Colon, which was running closer
/ In shore, About 1925 the Oregon
I opened IRE on the Colon, as ala also Inc
/ brooklyn feellng their way 10 The
/ range, which was apparently obtained
/ after the fourth or nth shot Abouf
| 1890 the oregon and brooklyn headed
| Ia shore about four points. About i.2s
| inc Texas holsted signals, Enemy has
| surrendered" Tho signal was reported
% thu New York hy the Vixen. Al
$3.50 the Vixen stopped on no Tar
! qulnn In the vicinity OF the Oreron ma
brooklyn. The Crlst0hni Cnion WIS
close In share on the beach. her coiors
down, lying on the deck at the foot OF
her stan. 80
also enclose a copy of the notes tok-
] On during the chase by my orders M.
ON the euggestlon ~ Lieut. Harlow.
Those notes were wrlttn By Asslstnn,
/ Pnymg8ter Dohortv: the incidents an,
time were given by Lieut. Horlow. whoa
Match was I'VE minutes slow of tho
1880 are accurate; those taken beforr
mat time were ertimatod and may bt
In error a few mlnutos Wv
Enclored, " a akotch showing most.
lions Of vessels AZ various times. m /,
taken from a chart taken from the Crls.