The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-07-09

Guiding the captain of the flagship.
The Spanish admiral, who was wound
ed in the arm, was taken to the Glou-
c~ester, and was received at her gang
way by her commander, Lieutenant
Commander Richard Wainwright, who
grasped the hand of the gray-bearded
admiral and said to him:
As Gallant a Fight as Was Ever Wit
messed on the Sea.
81 congratulate you, sir, upon hav-
ing made as gallant a fight as was ever
witnessed on the sea-"
acknowledgements Wainwright
then placed his cabin at the disposal of
the Spanish officers.
At that time, the Spanish flagship
and four other Spanish vessels had
been aground and burning for two
hours, and the only one of the escaped
fleet which could not be seer at this
point was the Cristobal Colon. But
half a dozen curls of smoke far down
the western horizon showed the fate
that was awaiting these.
The Cristobal. Colon wa the fastest
of the Spanish ships, and she soon OBJ
tanned a lead over the others after leav-
ing the harbor and escaped the effect of
the shots which destroyed the other
vessels. She steamed away with great
speed, with the Oregon, New York,
Brooklyn and several other ships in
pursuit, all of them firing at her con-
stantly and receiving fire themselves
from her after guns.
Her Fate Can Readily BE Imagined.
There seemed no possibility what
ever for her escape, and while her fate
is not definitely known at this hour,
it can be readily imagined from the
words of Capt. Robley d. Evans, of
the Iowa, who returned from the west
ward with $50 prisoners from the Viz
patch boat Wanda was leaving the
flagship. In answer to an inquiry he
shouted through the megaphone:
Il left the Cristobal Colon far to the
westward an hour ago, and the Oregon
was giving her hell. She has undoubt-
edly gone down with the others and
we will have a Fourth of July celebra-
ton in Santiago Tomorrow
Not One American Ship Had Been Struck.
Capt. Evans, who had been in the
thick of the engagement up to the
time he took the Vizcaya officers and
crew from the shore, said hat to the
best of his knowledge, not one Ameri-
can ship had been struck. The tor
pedo boat Ericsson, which also re-
turned from the westward at about
the same time, made a similar report,
saying it was believed no man was in
jured on board the American ships,
though another report had it that one
man was killed on board the Brooklyn,
which could not be verified as this dis
patch was sent.
Decks Strewn With Dead and Wounded.
There is 10 means of telling now
what the Spanish loss was, but it is be-
lieved to have been very heavy, as the
prisoners in custody report their decks
strewn with dead and woundedin great
numbers, and besides there is a state
mentt that many bodies could be seen
fastened to the pieces of wreckage
floating in the sea after the fight was
over. A large number of Spanish
wounded were removed to the Amer
lean ships.
The Flagship Was Seven Miles Away.
There can be no doubt that Admiral
Cervera's plan to escape from Santiago
harbor was entirely unexpected by
Admiral Sampson, and the best evil
dence of this fact was that when the
Spanish vessels were seen coming out
of the harbor the flagship New York
was seven miles away, steaming to the
eastward toward Juragua, the military
basis, nine miles east of Moro.
The New York; was out of the fight
altogether at every stage, but she i'm
mediately put about and followed the
others.
REINFORCEMENTS FOR DEWEY
The Charleston stops on Her Way Long