The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-17

pe-t ha4 given explicit directions - REFUGE
t1e powser charges and 20 esesass Tire xzzEzs
- a. 10 suorten tins trajectory ard fissas 70
sscurs pigngsnw Ara IA sSe shsis II the
preceding DorharS.rssa.s Dropped with thu
Almost straight tr2ssesories of prosec4fs~z.
With full cnargss Il WAS aiusoss Impossible
20 pian. then They voaid shoot into tire
air. encirrssnw the batteries. owing 70 the
cations- Ire effect of the reduced charges
WAS marvellous.
In fifteen minutes Gre % the western bat
tsTses wAs coupleessy wrecked. The Mas
s1rhsxsssfs tore a gaping koss In the ess-
placssnent with trosssa nd pound prosec-
TIE. aas the Texas aroSp>.d shell into the
powder magazine. Tire enpsosseu wrought
terrible havoc The frame was lighted. the
stdes were blown ost ard a shower of de-
Iris few IN every sfirecfsoE One timber.
carried oTst OF tho side Of the battery. wen.
faneisEg down the hlli The toss Of uss
MRS. have been great
The batteries on the sass Of Moro were
barber 20 get AZ. bus the New Orleans
crossed the tpws % the New York 20 with
ir los yards OF shore ard plsy.i a tattoo
with her long teE-iHch riffs. hitting them
repssiediy, striking gun squarely in the
yrsaxzle, lifting II OF its foundation and
sss6ins Il sweeping somersaults into the
air
After awhile Admiral Sampson slgnaisa
tbs ships 10 Temporarily cease firing. Ia
ordsr 90 allow the smoke 10 clear from
the batteries When tho order came a. Gao
- cease firing, every gun of the enemy
had been slIeneesi for Ten nanutes. but as
The ships drew of some Of the Spanish
courage returned and a half dozen shots
were fired spatefuIly at the Massachusetts
and Oregon. falling In their wake.
Throughout the bouibardrneut the dvna-
mite cruiser Vesuvius and the Porter, by
direction OF the admiral. lay outside OF the
right flank The steam launch of the flag
ship soarried among the ships carrying
messages.
sampson Compliments the ships.
> Al tbs close OF the action a. stream of
nsiisi-coiored flags foaied from the New
York. generally COMMUNICATING tha ships,
and especially commencing the work Of
the New Orleans raised a cheer, which
was passed quickly OF from snip 20 ship
until every Jackie In the feet was bowling
himself hoarse.
The destruction and death at the west.
ern batteries must have been appalling.
Many N the guns bad been mounted dur
ing the last two days. From this Il is in
fsrrsd that Admiral Ceryera had given IN
al hope of extricating himself from the
.rap In which he IL caught and has re-
moved the arms from some of his ships
to strengthen the land defenses Admiral
Sampson is highly gratifed at the results
OF the bofnbardment. lie thinks the west
efn batteries practically demolished AS
some az the guns or the eastern batteries
did not IRE. he thinks Il probable they
were only dummies The only regret ex-
pressed Is that Lieut.. Hohsor, and mis- men
by their presence In IL Moro. made IL
sacred. Otherwise It would now be a pile
OF ruins
The number Of shots fred Is ret known
at the time this dispatch is seia. Judged
frem posl''on near Ihe flagship. which
during the bcmbardment, with several I'm.
tsFruations, bTed as shots. IS from her
eignt-luch guns. l3l from her four.iueh
suns and 81 from her six-poundcrs. prob
ably no fewer than 5eo projectiles were
fired. of a total weight OF half a million
pounds.