Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-07-05

vera beached his flagship, the last of hi
fleet, under the terrible fire of tn
American ships, when the Spanard
attempted to escape this morning, tn
lnfanta Maria Teresa, Almirante Oquen
do and Vizcaya continued to burn am
every now and then a deep roar, accom-
panied by burst of fame and smok
from the sides of the ships. would an
nounce the explosion of more ammuni
tion or of another magazine. As tn
flames shot higher above the decks o
the magnificent vessels that had com
posed Admiral Cerveras fleet, many 0
those who witnessed the scene felt i
had a strong connection with the de
struction of the American battleshi]
Maine in the Havana harbor five month
ago.
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright
commanding the Gloucester, was th'
executive officer of the Maine at thu
time of the disaster, and although h,
remained at Havana two months after
the explosion, he lived on board the dis
patch boat Fern and steadfastly re
fused to set foot within the city until, tC
use his own words, the time had comt
when he could go ashore at the head OF
a landing party of American blue jack
cts. Today 1t was his ship that sank
two Spanish torpedo boat destroyers
and afterward received the Spanish ad-
miral aboard as a prisoner of war. From
his position on the bridge of the Glou-
ccster, Lieutenant Commander Vain
wright watched the flames and smoke
as they enveloped the decks of the three
greatest warships in the Spanish navy,
which were soon to be reduced to shat
tered masts and twisted smoke stacks
protruding above the water, similar to
that other picture in the Havana har-
Dor. 1t was not strange therefore, that
he remarked to his brother officers:
The Maine is avenged"
just then the Pluton and Furor sank
The Gloucester's boat picked up as
many of the survivors as she could find
ON the shore. The prisoners of war in
cluded the captains of both boats. None
offered any resistance, and were glad to
go on the Gloucester as they feared an
attack from the Cubans.
A number of the survivors, including
the officers of the Furor. who, it was
had their legs shot off, were
scattered along the coast for some dis
fance and could not be-. .fohnd Three
officers and six men OF the rluton'
escaped from the shore in boat and
pulled to the Associated Press dispatch
boat Wanda, where they remained until
heir captain, who was held as a pris
,ner on the Gloucester, ordered them
% join him on the latter vessel. The
vas, the fact that, Notwithstanding the
liter destruction OF the Spanish feet
md the hard fight those ships made
wen after they were on fire. The
Nmerican vessels should escape with
nut injury. The only possible ex-
)lanation is the poor craftsmanship of
he Spanish gunners. The Newark,
Watson's flagship, did not
participate in the great capture as she
vas aling at Guantanamo.
Army Rejoiced o yer Destruction of Fleet.
Copyrighted by Associated Press
Headquarters General Skaters army,
before Santiago de Cuba, July 3, via
Jamaica, July 5.-Early in
he day a lookout reported that the
Spanish fleet had sailed out of the har-
oor at Santiago, but it was not until
ate this afternoon that the result was
Known at the front. AS word of the
victory flew from sentry to
sentry along the firing lines and was
shouted to companies, regiments and
a great cheer swept down the
inc of weary men, which gathered
force as 1t went until the rattle of
was drowned in the roar of
back into the underbrush, where the
reserves lay, and the men almost
in their enthusiastic desire
TO get to the front The cheering con-
tinued through the evening as the de-
tails of the fight came in.
Although the firing continued all day
between the outposts, very little damage
was done on either side. General
Jhaffee was wounded slightly, a rifle
bullet cutting through his foot, but he
will not be compelled to leave the field.
The only severe fighting during the day
occurred when the Spanish fleet was
eaving the harbor. The enemy evil
iently attempted to divert the atten-
lion of our troops, but the Americans
so willingly that the fire soon
leased and was only resumed at inter-
,als during the remainder of the day.
Spanish Sortie Repulsed
Last night the only aggressive move
nent the Spaniards made resulted in
heir severe defeat. About 10 o'clock
,he enemy came out of the breaches
about the city walls in large force and
dashed straight for the American lines.
In one or two places our men fell back
from their positions, but quickly rallied
md drove the enemy pell-mell into their
1wn bitches. The Spanish losses must
have been frightful, as they were ex-
posed to a terrific tre for quarter of
sn hour. The losses on the American
,ide were very light, as our soldiers lay
IN rifle pits and had every advantage.
rhe most daring of the Spanish forces
Ire the sharpshooters. They take their
positions almost at will, and from the
lense tree tops do execution with
powder, making it difficult to
Ocate them. Several times they have
shot into General Skaters tent, which
s several miles from the front, and they
lave infested the trail for ten miles be-
ween Juragua and the outposts.
Surgeons Special Objects of Attacks.
One of the most horrible features of
he war is that dozens of men have been
xilled as they lay in litters and that the
urgeons, wearing the semblem of the
Red Cross society upon their arms,
rave been made special object Of at
ack. The number Of killed and wound
ID for the week reaches tonight about
800. -
No effort is being made by our officers
% expedite the listing Of the casualties