The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-27
How We Oncc Took Havana.

United States captured Havana under
English leadership, and men of Mas,
sachusetts hauled down the Spanish
flag from Moro castle.
The following is from Bancroft.
vol. iii:
Assembling the fleet and trans
ports at Martinique and off Cape ST.
Nicholas, Admiral Pocockc sailed
directly through the Bahama straits
and on The 9th day of June came in
sight of che low coast around Havana.
The Spanish forces for the defense of
the city were about 3 600: the English
had 1000 effective men and were
recruited by nearly 900 negroes from
the Leeward islands and by 1900
from Jamaica. Before the end of
July the needed reinforcemcnts ar
rived from New York and New Eng
land; among these was Putnam, the
brave ranger of Connecticut, and
numbers of men less happy, because
never destined to revisit their homes.
Con the the 18th day of July, after
siege of 20 days, during which the
Spaniards lost 1000 men, and the
brave Don Luis de Vclasoo was NOR
tally wounded, the Moro castle was
taken by storm. On the 11th of
August the governor Of Havana capt.
ulated and the most important station
in the West Indies fell into the hands
Of the English. At the same time
nine ships of the line and four frigatcs
were captured in the harbor. The
booty of property belonging to the
King Of Spain was estimated at So
100000.
The siege was conducted in mid
summer against city which lies just
within the tropic The country around
the Moro Castle is rocky. To bind
and carry the fascines was Of itself
work Of incredible labor, made possible
only by aid of African slaves. Suffi-
cient earth to hold the fascincs firm
was gathered with difficulty from
crevices in the rocks. Once, after
drought Of fourteen days. the grand
battery took fire by the flames, and
cracking and spreading where water
could not follow il nor earth stif1e it,
vas wholly consumed.
SThe climate spoiled great part Of
the provisions. Wanting good water,
very many died in agoHies from thirst.
More fell victims to putrid fever, of
which the malignity left bnt three or
four hours between robust health and
death. Some wasted away with loath-
some disease.
Cover the graves the carrion crows
lowered and often scratched away the
scanty earth which rather lid than
buried the dead. Hundreds of car
casses foated on the ocea... And yet
such was the enthusiasm of the Eng
lish, such the resolute zeal of the
soldiers, such the unity Of action be-
tween the feet and the army, that the
virtical sun of June and July, the
heavy rains Of August, raging fever
and strong and well defended for
tresses, all the obstacles of nature and
art were surmounted, and the most
decisive victory of the war was
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