Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-06-11
FORTS A MASS OF RUINS
COMPARTMENT OF SANTIAGO
Massive Fortifie"tio"s at the I n"r|o r
entrance Laid W"ste-sp"nish
s Admitted tn BE Heavy
C.uiser Reina Mercedes Sunken-
-,con md Insurgent Forces
n.fant the Spuniards.

. santiago on Monday, says;
Tho forts of the harbor are now mass
Minis Scarcely yard of the coast
trom Port Cabrera on the west to Aqua
l,res on the east escaped the deadly can
noradine of the 10 American ironclads'
,h;cb nassed back and forth discharglng
+beir heavy guns as they steamed along
Later in the day the old cruiser helha
,torcedes was discerned attempting TO
oloor the channel of the Merrimac wreck
l3.inch shell from the Oregon landed
so,arev abaft her pilot house and tore
ber upper works to shreds. Many OF her
floors and crew were killed and wound
od and the vessel so badly damaged that
Admiral Cervera ordered her abandoned.
About noon, says the dispatch, party
- American marines which landed near
Daiouir was attacked by Spanish IMAM
trv and a squadron of cavalry. With the
assistance of insurgents the marines de-
feated the Spanish with heavy loss.
The Americans are now entrenched near
Daouiri and are landing heavy guns
There is a panic at Santiago
Madrid's Omcinl News.
Madrid, June THE following Official
dispatch has been received from havana:
Colonel Aldea, commanding spanish
column. has had some sharp fighting with
body of rebels who are supporting the
landing of American forces near Santiago
Two American Warships protected the
landing party. The result OF the opera
tions is not known. 1t is supposed the re-
neWal of the bombardment OF Santiago
Monday morning was intended to distract
the attention of the Spanish and enable
the landing to be effected without moles-
tatiOn.
Near Santiago.
Cape Haitien, June = 100 a. M. -
Fighting before and i'll the vicinity OF
Santiago continued the greater part OF
Yesterday from : 40 a. IN. until nearly ii.
Ten warships maintained a steady and
carefully directed fire against FL Moro
castle and the batteries at Punta Gorda,
Socapa and Cimnoremes, i'll addition to
bombarding the Spanish fleet III the mar
Dor. The percentage of effective proJec-
tiles was very large
II appears from the best information
obtainabIe from the cable station connect
NO this place with Santiago that immense
damage was inflicted ON the enemy The
Standards admit the bombardment from
the American fleet was most destructive
About 1000 proiectiles are said to have
been fired by the Americans. ana 1t seems
the responsive fire from the Spanish tortl-
fcations and ships was scarcely felt at all,
The Notifications near the entrance to
the harbor are described as being riddled
with solid shot and shattered by the eN-
ploson of the immense shells fired 10y the
American battleships. The Spanish bat
telies are understood to have been VII
tuallv silenced, and FL Moro and the for
tifcations at Socapa and Punta Gorda arc
reported to have been demolished by the
three hours uninterrupted hammering of
the fleet.
The American attack Is next sad TO
have been specially directed against Aqua
dares, a small town a little to the east OF
the entrance to Santiago bay. The idea
of the American admiral, it appears, was
to land troops there after reducing the
defenses of the place, and thence make
close assault upon Santiago which, III
view of the present condition OF the forl-
fcations. may De expected to yield very
soon after the beginning of such attack.
heavy canonade was opened upon
Aguadares about midday Yesterday The
latest advices received from Spanish
sources do not indicate the duration OF
lire Or whether the American siege guns
We're actually landed at Aguadares, but
from information Obtainable 1t can not be
doubted that the net result of the bonn
bardment was extensively disastrous to
the Spanish.
1t is also understood here that Cuban
troops maintained throughout greater
part of yesterday an attack by land upon
Santiago, and Spanish reports say the gar
rson lost heavily in killed and wounded
The military commander of Santiago
acknowledged the loss of six Spanish OH
GERS and many soldiers. He also admits
The severe loss of naval forces. The loss
on the American side, Santiago reports
say, is not known. The Spaniards ac-
knowledge a great deal of damage was
lhllcted ON the Spanish cruiser Relna
Mercedes and say Moro castle shows
great gaping breaches in its walls.
Later in the day it appears the landing
Vi american troops was affected near Dal-
I yum, some distance east of Aguadares
ana near the railroad station connecting
WIN Santiago. Later an engagement took
pace between the American forces and
1Oiuinh OF Spanish troops sent against the
.aiding party. Accounts of the battle OBJ
edlnable here bpino from SDaniSh sources