Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-24

4, the Azores for orders. Inc colHers
were 10 join the fleet at the Azores.
suAFrER's DISPATCH.
~, t,re soth the admiral received
..',,,,,,,nication from Mai. Gen. Shafter
en,,,unclng that he expected to attack
santiago the following morning ana
asised that he CSnmpson lombard the
forta at AEuadores In support OF a
ro,,i,prnt OF infantry and make such
S.,,,',,,stration as he thought proper nt
~" harl,,r'a mouth. 20 as 20 keep aR
! r,,.,v Of the enemy there a. possible.
rt,ts ,,.o,,.st was complied with and un
f,'iy lei don. ghaftor asked that the
sd,nt-at kecp up his fight on the sam
tisr, water front. on July End The f1l-
lowing was received from General
shnfter:
"Terrlbic nrht yesterday. but my line
II now strongly cntenchcd about three
| f1urths ~ milo from town urge
that YOU make efforts Immediately 90
| force tho entrance 60 avoid future
| losses among my men. which are al-
! rsndv heavy. You can now operate
with less loss Of life than I can. Please
| telephone answer
A rcply was tclephonod Gen. shaftcr
/ from Admiral Sampson through Lieut.
stanton which snid the admiral had
| tombaded the forts at the entrance N
/ NuWfimEu mrt ulfh tTuUAA aNlNN hANAHlN
/ Inside. sllencing their IRE and asked
whether he tShRftrrl wanted further
frinr on the ndmlrnis part The ex.
pianntton was made that II was impls-
/ aibte TO force an entrance until the
channel was cleared ~ miuoa-a work
Of some time after he forts were taken
| D1saonrion Of by the troops. 10 this
Cen. Shaficr replied
ut h impossible f0r mo 20 say whom
can take batteries ~ entrance u har-
hnr N they IRE difficult 10 take as
those which We have been plticd
| against. II will take some time and
great loss ~ life. 7 nm at a loss ~
see why tho navy cannot work under
n destructive nre mo- well as the army
My loss yesterday was over 900 men
| ny all means keep up IRE on everything
In sight ~ you until demolished ! cS-
pect. however. In time and with suf-
ncicnt men. 20 capture the forts along
the hay"
Admiral Sampson then saws; II
l.vrotc Gen. Shaftnr the following letter
and began making preparations 60
countermlne and, with the object N mr.
ranging mn attack upon the baticrlci
M tho entrance. n visit was arranged
with Gen. Rhnfter 20 tho matter might
be thoroughly discussed. and combined
action taken place. ! had In view the
employment u the marines Tor an NJ.
rnuit on either tho MORO or socnpn
battery. while at the same time na-
aauiting the dcfonscs nj the entrance
with the fleet
TOO MANY MINDS.
United States Fiarshlp New YORK.
nrrt rate. IN Santiago a. CUBA, july 9,
isgs.-My Dear Gencral;-i have your
note OF this mornluE-jug received al
iiig0 An officer u my stan has NJ
rcudy reported 90 you the work which
We ala this morning. but I must say NJ
addition % what he told you that N
forts which we TllencCd were not fht
forts which would Elye you "a lnc5n'
vcficncc la capturing the city, ~ lhrS
oinnot IRE except b seward. They
cannci even prevent our entrance Int
tho hatri1r % Santiago. our trouble
from the first has been shat she chan
A., mel 10 the hlrb1r n well strewn Win
mines which would certainly rcaui'
In the sinking % one or more o; oui
ships II we attempted 20 enter the har'
Dor. and by the sinking u a ship IA,
object ~ the attempt % enter the hlr'
= Dor would be defeated by the prevent
ms - further progress on our part
II was my hope that an attack ur
q your pafs on these shore batteries froH
Z the rear would leave W. al liberty {.
drag the channel Tor torpcdaeH.
! n Il IL your cirnsst dcslre that W.
should force the entrance I will at once
appear b undertake H. think, how
. ever, that our position and yours wnuIf
b be fnndc more dliiicult u. ~ IL possible
b w fall In our aticmfg.
We have IN our ouint at ounni1nA,
mo forty c1untrr.mlning mines, whicl
I l will bring here with ~ lltils dulhl
~ possible. and N We can succeed %
!. frtciuE the entrance ~ MINIS hy thr.l
q use, ! VIII enter TIE hathlr.
. This N,ik. which IL unfamiliar % uH
% Will rquirC considerable time. II IL n a
% D, much the Ices oi men as u u hO
y loss % ships. which has until now, de-
-. TERED ~ from mnlns q dircc, attach
4 upon the ships within the port Vera
truly. W, T. SAMPSON,
Ronr-Admiral, U. 3, ~
=, July ard-The r1rtio VI Admiral Cor
Z ycraa squadron and its destruction hal
Z been made the object " separate
\ paper and need not he repeated here
= This event closes the purely ntvA
Il campaign, Gro wnlnE with complete sue
]. GERS the anxious work Of almost ~
q actly two months,
II Ia apparent from che following dis
patch from Acting Secretary Allen q
q the commanding ufiicer VI the fleet 90,
which appears In she correspondence
/. that the department felt same apprr
Il hCnsl0n regarding tho movements an,
4 ria Teresa. which appeared In the We
= Indies during the war:
:. Washington. June i3.-Austrian gun
l. boat Maria Teresa IN West indies d
thought b be- visiting various block
70 AIDES TO see n efiectlve. Upon the ar
10 rival o. our troops send without della!
Il a. many as consider ngcelHary % III
y convoy 90 the commander on Cicnfue
% COS. Cuba. and a. there Il some aimil
'e larity bgbwoen Ausi<tu and Spanisl
* mass, caution your ships agalus, pos
q slhle mistakes.
The apprehension by the department
n al one time % the possibility ~ ihl
.o es'hne of the Spanlnrds frtm Ssutlag
X VA MmnEanlll0. Cuba, Ia shown lu en-
u following dlrputch 10 sampson.
T. Washington, When tho spanish CIV
"a W hope at Santllgo they may aigmp
le 10 escape Via Mnnzanillo. Cull. Al
u Understood here they receive supple
No" via Manzanill3, cuba.
LONG.
N ritiful Story.
p Chicago, H.. oct. 2i-A Trlbun
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!. nom ocean 20 ocean and atuhb1r
thiriy days fighi NO Seattle. wash. {