The Florence tribune., 1898-06-04

or zo,UOO troops will go to Cuba at once and be followed as soon as possi- ble by o,O0O more.
 NEW YORK, June LA special to the | Press from Washington says Sampson | has sailed for Santiago to assist Schley | In the reduction of the Notifications. Sampson sailed from Key West at day | break yesterday, and will effect a | junction tomorrow with Commodore Schley.
 CAPE HAYTIEN, June LA special from Santiago confirming yesterdays bombardment says great events are ex- pected hourly here. The American war ships are in front of the harbor; the in- surgents are gathering on the hills. The Spanish have taken extraordinary precaution to guard the harbor en- trance.
 MADRID, June 1.-The condition of the Bank of Spain is considered to-day as more serious than any reverse of the war, as, if it cannot help the gov ernment the war cannot be continued.
 PoRT AU PRINCE, Hayti, June l-S:5O a. m.-The following additional details have been received here from Span ish source at Havana of the engage ment reported off Santiago de Cuba yesterday. The Spanish batteries first answered the fire of the American squadron in a lively manner. After
 twenty minutes of firing directed in a superior manner upon the part of the
 American fleet the Spanish battery
 began to weaken and the American
 ships concentrated a violent fusilade
 upon El Moro, destroying it complete 1 iy. The forts at Socopa and Punta
 Gorda fired the last shots. The Span-
 ish loss must have been considerable.
 Details are lacking as to the American
 loss. The Spaniards pretended to have
 struck the American vessels several
 times, but this information is accepted
 under reserve. At 4 o'clock yesterday
 afternoon the American squadron cess-
 ed firing. At that hour there were no
 Spanish vessels in sight. No news has
 been received here of the dispatch
 boats.
 PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, June Ion
 board Associated Press boat Dandy
 For an hour yesterday afternoon the
 Massachusetts, Iowa, New Orleans and
 Vixen. of Commodore Schley's squad
 ron, exchanged shots with the Spanish fleet, under Admiral Cervera, and with the land batteries guarding the harbor
 of Santiago de Cuba.
 ] No attempt was made by the Ameri- can commander to bring of a general engagement, it being his desire to lo- cate the batteries on the hills above the harbor and to determine the po- sition of the Spanish fleet.
 At one o'clock the signal to form a column was hoisted on the Massachu- setts, and the New Orleans, Iowa and Vixen fell in the order named.
 When the Massachusetts passed the harbor entrance by 500 yards a cloud of smoke burst from the two 13-inch guns in her after turret; one shell struck the Spanish flagship, Christobal Colon, as she lay at anchor. All the 9 shore batteries took up the firing on 3 the Massachusetts, but she was soon l beyond range and the batteries turned their guns on the New Orleans. This
 cruiser had been directed to pay atten. , tion to the batteries and draw their : fire as much as possible, and she obeyed } her instructions. Her first shot located a battery on the hill above Moro Cas- tie. 1tfew straight into the fort and l must have caused much damage, as a t great cloud of dust and debris arose as l the shell burst. A couple more shots f sent part of the walls of Moro flying into the air, and then the New Orleans 7 confined herself to the batteries; he: 7 firing was exceedingly accurate. The Iowa came next and like the , Massachusetts devoted her attention to the ships lying within the harbor. The shells fell all around the Christobal Colon, but the latter was not seriously damaged and kept up her fire until l long after the American ships steamed out of range. The ironclads then re- , turned and bore down on the harbor [ once more. When within 4,000 yards
 of shore the shells from the Massachus-
 etts again began to heave up the waters of Santiago harbor. The
 batteries replied to the warships in an
 energetic fashion but their shots fell
 short. The New Orleans came once more, tearing up the ground all around the batteries in most savage manner.
 The spaniards dropped shells close to
 the Iowa as she came by for the
 second time sending stream of shells
 into the harbor as she did 80. Not an
 American vessel was struck and not
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