The herald., 1898-06-02
CfRVfRA'S FLAGSHIP IS DISABLED
Santiago's Outer Fortifications Are Practic-
ally in Ruins
Imported French and German Gunners No Improvement
Over the Spaniards, for Not One Of Sch1ey's
Ships Was Struck
SPECIAL TO THE HERALD

KINGSTON June 1Schley h first hard blow in the At
ntc The outer Notifications of Santiago practically ruins
the formidable Moro forfon br ry wrecked Admiral
vera flagship battered and chaed with of great plates
and her machinery injured longer the dangerous bahp
the Atlantic to lead the Spanish fleet against the American wap The
imported French and German the po the Kupp
close to Ships but that ALL Not shell actually struck
Scheys vessels and today
before the hed Spanish ronghos prepared to hammer them to alb
solute destruction or surrender
was the Marbhead that first the presence the Span
ISL fleet Santiago The fight yesterday the sequel to the Marble
heads discovery The Marbehed cruising entrance
found tour Spanish cruisers two torpedo boat deroy and the old Rena
Mercedes lurking behind the batteries the mouth of the
Schey at once made his mind to draw the fire of the batteries His
object was two-odo make the enemy reveal the location of the
masked batteries and to compel possible b. Spanish fleet
and fight When the American advared Cstob Colon lay
the the habo port facing the assan
Schy wanted get the thick of going happen
transferred bis flag from the Brooklyn the heavily Massa
chusett This at Two hours later the Massachusetts, New
Orleans and Iowa. the order named and than cable length
apart steamed up 10 the hor mouth within 1000 yards of Moro The
New York Journals dispatch boat the only nonombaant which
lowed the baleshps Two miles out the Brooklyn and other
ships OF the bokading fleet smoked sulny riding the with
headviy enough for steering purposes sng would have
brought them into the field but they got invitation lay there to
the end The Massachusetts, opened fire first taking the Spanish flagship
for its target An Snch she'll opened the proceedings good
shot, almost as bad fact the shot that answered
chuSet tried its 13ch guns The was new voice
Even the ships by mbed from the SHOCK seemed to
hum like great sounding board The Csoba Colon and four batteries
two on the east side the west and
the channel replied Their 10 and lnh Krupps spoke shot
with our sixes gh twv and heens noisy spectacular
but not effective either side at first Both sides get
the The Americans steamed before the batteries speed
crcled and passed again.
Both sides had found the by the time the passage was
made and began shoot Close Several shots right the Iowa
three fell dangerously the New Orleans and sprayed bow of
the Massachusetts, and the bay geyed before her. But the
was eating into the Notifications all the time Once they got the
there ewho wasted The many places
and its fire sackend first Two stood the highest parapes
the first part of the engagement watching telescopes They
disappeared f Aoon of one of the Massachusetts,
could not be told ey blown up after fighting both
Notifications the and the the send Five
minutes later ships ceased firing The battery Spanish
flagship kept up the shooting for twenty longer
Intellectual At time the cheering and shouting
that the Colon a seemed after had
exploded on her. but The Spanish had exngush she
kept right on shooting and d the last gun the Scby changed
back to the Brooklyn and steamed erey out boat
went to each ship and the py ono Simpsons
fleet and the Oregon expected tomorrow and then the reduction
Santiago Notifications and the Spanish fleet should seriously attempted