The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-07-08

Resume Of Important Naval and Other Operations
as Reported Each Day to Us by Wire.

Friday-ju when column closed for the weeheayy
firing had begun front of Santiago This meant move
ment Of the American line of battle forward positions
defence the Spaniards would have make
their last stand and the batteries the city which our artillery
could play with precision At the irregular parts the advance
ssanee stubboy made and success renamed Moment
with and then with the other The result OF checks at
necessary the advanced section to resign its
advantage falling back to restore the alignment This swang OF
conflict makes the fighting harder and the losses
heavier It took nearly fourteen hours for the invading army to force
bad @ IS Ban no IT.
The American alignment semercuar its left upon AZ
centre at La Caney fighting the day had been
DONE and It's right resting emnenee overlooking the
this strategic 800 1900 Americans had be sacrificed to
deand wounds but the other hand the Spanish troops were
and surrounded that retreat during the next
action would for their ranks awful slaughter while 1t would
certainly mean the capture Of Santiago
On Saturday the of the contendng armies produced
friction picket firing which pend into usiade that contn
the wounded and SICK collect and bury
the dead post renfoceen that small number had arrived
~ be+ f q SINCE HER ToTs had Iono ao been carefully
and powerfully constructed and ready them It
OF this decided difference the situation that General Shater
eaphed that day that on approaching these works he found
them formidable that they could be attacked until he received
These immediately forwarded but at this
date July g it deliberate Judgment that the period hard
fighting at Santiago has passed
But the spectacular and deemnate event the occurred off
the southern of Cuba Santiago the very
ing July shortly after nine o'clock It STILL ury Sabbath
the smooth and drows The batemen about Santiago shore
and the harbor entrance to varied elevations but alike
OF the American fleet lay off port at regular intervals their enss
dropping and their tunnels emitting pale spa Of smoke that wound
upward and waited the sky The life
the spc humanity perched above the works Of each vessel
and other little that moved along behind her guards These
ookouts at the and deck officers taking and
they looking with lynx toward the dangerous shore
Directly column of black thick smoke culed the hills from
within Santiago bay and moment later the dense smoking funnel
of Cereras flagship followed in file by his whole squadron burst
into its exit and bore down hedong westward at the top OF
seaml
Sampson miles away and the surprise Of the movement
calculated parayze Not ship navy could
proxmate speed the owst of Cevera ships and they should
get open start they would be flown forever
Commodore Schley nominal command, and not
whit less staggered than other by the unexpected the nconcey
able Objects that taied not but fitted by lightning The
marvellous observation-disclosures this officer his instant condl
ons and the Wild needless fury with which he fell upon the leading
washp of the and blinded her with the broaddes Of the
Bookn guns will thrill both the narrator and the reader Of the
tale of the American OF W
Schey gnaed his other ships action and like
wolves they flew for the Spana flesh For miles the Oregon
Iowa Texas Indiana and Gloucester reveed running assault
hundeous with heavy gunney and horrible with shot and she'll
Cevera teelad eeed and quyered under the
that poured upon and through Them deuge The Span
ads guns themselves supeed with and tore the
and the sky with their amess Shots but could hit ships In the
extremity hpssnes the bewdered and wounded turn
ed of fire their magazines In four hours only black
huks burning along the shore distances for forty miles marked
sombe the humiliation of the Spanish fleet
which months had American naval squadron
for Wainwright of the gunboa
Gloucester This vessel formerly pleasure craft and she isn't
terrifying contemplate than howwndow Of retail fireworks
waTsps the Iowa the Gloucester looks like
makes racket like the release of root beer Lieutenant
mander Wainwright executive officer the Maine when that his
bateshp blown When Cervea out from Santiago
for Havana he his opedo boats the because their wonder
full speed and deadly capabilities would enable them
easily oyertake the squadron I'm
fortunately however, for this pan WainWrghts toy wa1shp
ust in the path OF the desroers the rest has been told