Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-07-09

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Ii0c SET out todislodge the Spanish
,hpir works at Aguadores, where
Michigan troops were repnlsed on
me Of the railway, Saturday morn
while they were marching forward
;,e ,be Moro battery and blow mp
,r, after the fleet had driven the
isb from their guns. Our torpedo
were not with the fleet, and when
iral sampson left the Moro bat
the battlcships and the cruiser
klvn were grouped off the harbor
b.
/ NOT known whether Admiral Ger.
has blown mp the Merrimac or
hi it in single column. His ship
cris,obal Colon, glidcd out of the
cr and shot to the westward, her
tunnels and high black bulwarks
ing plain against the green of the
her pennant and the Spanish red
Ecllow ensign in the lashing above.
few seconds the American feet
In rlotion, the Indiana, which was
st, heading straight inshore to &c,
j range,
e Spaniard opened fire with an IT.
lIontoria, and mighty fountains
ater rose above the battleship and
her decks The she'll fell near hcl
The Indiana replied with her l3'
guns, and a moment later let &C
ythinr She could bring to bear
Of the first shells fell on the Spanish
|er's deck. Ccrvera was going fast
The Indiana rounded to give him Il
dside: and then, as the Iowa anC
lcxas opened ON him, the doomed
ial turned to the harbor mouth
Fe the Almirantc 0qucndo was JUS
by into view.
first one could hardly believe hi,
but when the Oqucndo appeared
steamed swiftly westward into tn,
ke and lightning where Ccrvcra'
ktill flew, it flashed upon us that
was to be history making indeed
as sublime spectacle of a des
ie admiral, who had decided to Civ,
le against overwhelming odds il
bpen water rather than remain and
up his own ships in the harbor OF
peleagucred city.
fveras flag was hidden for a time
he fed westward, his port broad
emitting flashes and tongues oi
which marked his progress.
the next five minutes he ran q
let such as no ship had ever run in
ry, and when his consorts wer,
ng and he surrendered his ship h,
mad gun or two capable of action
The Savage Indiana.
{ Indiana fell upon the Oquendo
x no heed to the Moro battery
y sunners tried hard to protect tn,
eraS She moved to the westward
Iowa let Ccryera go on into the
sol the Oregon, Massachusetts ant
SIyn' and then turned. with tn,
s''opound the Oquendo.
eA every American ship was in ac
and smoke shrouded the coast ant
away lazily, revealing geyser,
the ships where the Spanish
lrom the cruisers and the Morrc
~ tore the water.
Fhip emerged from the harbor. |,
'"e 'Ncaya, coming at full speed
ecurIlng over her bow as she tool,
Vu'Se 'othe westward and brought
W" guns into play. Behind hel
'he lnfanta Maria Teresa and
Two much-dreaded torpedo boat
"yetS' perhaps 200 yards apart
'"''a Teresa was received with q
storm OF shells. Smashed ant
" SHE was beachcd close to tn,
b.
iowa steamed for a time forward
'"e oqucndo, and the Indiana die
,'"c with the Vi2caya, but as tn,
''s moved westward it becam,
,"a' 'he Americans were Willing
NY spanish ships should run fal
"o'h the Moro to lose the al,
guns there and in twenty min
"S was done. This was u bit o
~ ~ winch was developed undel
Il ~ " "'''eh was accepted at one,
,He American ships withou'
IN fael, the smoke often mad,
Y,s'oie ,as to see the signals whicl
,"Orc Schley was making from
''G%oklyn, '% so tremendous was tn,
all along the line.
j.. snort and Deadly Range.
W.T. oquendo and the vizcay,
~ SVne'lmes J, within a thousan,
,,,,' VI. . indiana. This varied, bu
"e ), II was short and extremel,
hio,. nevertheless, the high spec,
n,si .s armor of their ships stoo,
,n' IN ~ In good stead as they fol
MI. u 'le path of honor marked ou
nlral Cervera. ~
hs du"r'ers of an hour after tn
d saa 1t was evident that tn
h, "u many guns disabled an,
l,;o. ' 10 surrender. There wer,
Al VII the enemy's shins.
scs ~ smoke cleared n little, on
,ido 'ns Spanish flagship, her por
ws.,l s ,spouting smoke, still holdin,
ehusN'' inward. The Texas and tn
Nv, ''e,.s NJ, joined the Indiana an,
hu.. ~ The oqucndo and the Viz
Co, sseo the shore and steame
On, MA ', pledged to 90 with hir
~ ~. and death.
Iuiso.. Su's' on the decks Of the Spar
vers s's at short intervals, afte
es,,u W on fire. but again and arai
Cd dsa'shed sap' the flames an
,hss Ssa'n md again the guns frol
crest ~ naa been driven. Th
d W.T., w;,, on their starboard sid
aos %',n ~ the shells which ilcw owe
hunds1'a s'ashing sounds, heard ami
.Oisss, sss OF great rifles, told +,
81 thaisS shells driven into an
bed. vr Th.l,' protected sides. sti
!, and ineir la. shots fell about Il,