The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-06-03
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walls OF Moro flying into the air and
then the New Orleans confined herself
to the batteries, her fire being rapid and
extremely accurate. Every shot she fred
made trouble for Spain.
The Iowa came next and. like the Mas
sachusctts. devoted her attention 10 the
ships lying within the harbor. Her u
inch shells made the water fly all around
that part OF the harbor. in which the
Cristobal Colon lay. The latter. how
ever, was not seriously damaged. and
kept up her fire until long after the
American ships teamed out OF range
THE VIXEN TAKES A HAND.
After the Iowa came the little Vixen,
which apparently had no business In a
fight where 3tttleships were engaged.
but she scudded along after the Iowa.
like a fox terrier following q mastif. and
when at the proper point she let fly
with her one 6-pounder and glided away.
proudly conscious OF having done her
best.
After the Vixen had passed the forti-
fications. the Massachusetts turned again
TO the westward. followed by the other
ships IN the same order. with the ex-
ception of the Vixen, formerly the yacht
Josephine, which was ordered 10 keep
out of trouble.
The ironclads bore down on tie harbor
once more. The flagship kept In until
less than 1900 yards from the shore.
and then her shells again began to
heave up the waters Of Santiago harbor.
This time the shore batteries were bet
ter screwed, and the Spaniards replied
to the warships' fire I'm energetic fash
ion. But nearly all the shots from the
batteries fell short. Then came the
New Orleans once more. her long, black
guns doing fearful work and tearing
up the ground all around the batteries
in the most savage manner.
The Spaniards dropped shells close 10
the Iowa. as he came by for the second
time. sending a stream OF shells into
the harbor as she did so.
7 A. M.-The Spanish ships, with the
exception Of the Cristobal Colon, were
behind the hills and could not see the
enemy, who threw shells around them
with such rapidly such rapirity that
they knew he was somewhere on the
other side OF the hill and hopefully
raised the muzzles of their guns and
banged away. The result was what
might have been expected. Their fire
tore the bottom Of the Caribbean Sea,
but e harmed nohing else.
After the Massachusetts had passed the
point where she could fire into the har-
Dor with advantage. she turned to the
open SEA. tho other Vessels ioIlo"luB HIt'
That Fight was over as far as the Ameri-
cans were concerned.
SPANISH HONOR APPRAISED.
Spanish honor. however. demanded that
some further destruction Of g'inpowder
be made. and the ships doomed and the
batteries roared long after the American
vessels were entirely out Of range. The
affair soon became ludicrous, as all the
shots fell "a long distance from the YES
sells at which they were aimed. a lusty
man with a basket of brickbats would
be capable Of as much destruction as tho
Spaniards seem capable OF creating. NO
ship was struck and not a sailor was in
iured. although fully three hundred shots
were fired by the Spaniards, the Ameri-
cans firing not over a fourth Of that
number.
II IS likely that the latter part of the
week will see more serious work. The
dynamite cruiser Vesuvtus is comm
down and an attempt will be made by
her 10 eplode the triple row OF mines
extending across the harbOr mouth. WIN
these out Of the way. Commodore Schley
will sail into the harbor for n death
c-opuIa with the fleets and batteries.