The San Juan times. (Farmington, N.M.) 1891-1900, 1898-07-08
SAMPSON -CERYERA.
Sharter on Land and Sampson on
Water Make their Presence Known
TO the Spaniards.


posts of the same after heavy fighting
all day, He sent the following to the
war department at Washington:
Had very heavy engagement to-
day which lasted from a. m. until
sundOwu. We have carried their out
works and are now in possession of
them. There are now about three.
quarters of a mile of open between my
lines and the city, By morning troops
will be entrenched and considerable
augmentation of forces will be there
General Lawton's division and Cen
eral Bates brigade, which have been
engaged all day in carrying I'll Caney,
which was accomplished at p. IN,
will be in line and in front Of Santa
go during the night. Iregret to say
our causualties will be about 400. OF
these not many were killed.
(Signed) SuAFTER.n
On Saturday the fighting was re-
sumed. The Americans slowly but
surely gained ground but lost heavily.
The loss was also heavy on the Span
ish side.
American and Spanish leaders threw
themselves into the front line, and
they figured largely in the list of dead
and wounded.
The Dombardment of the forts at
the entrance to Santiago harbor were
also resumed early Saturday morning
and lasted over an hour.
The east corner Of Morro castle was
Knocked to pieces and the flag shot
down. The shore batteries west of
the entrance and east of Moro castle
we're also damaged. The return fire
was light, except from Cayo Smith,
Inside Of the harbor. No damage was
done to our ships. The batteries fired
at the ships as they retired.
At o'clock Monday, the following
dispatch was received from Admiral
Sampson:
The fleet under my command offers
the nation as a Fourth of July present,
the destruction of the whole of Ger.
Vera's fleet. Not one escaped. 1t at
tempted to escape at $3.50 a. m. and at
Up. m the last warshIp the CristobaI
Colon, had ran ashore Blk miles west
of Santiago and let down her colors.
The lntanta Maria Teresa, Oquendo
and Vizcaya were forced ashore, and
burned and blown up within twenty
miles Of Santiago.
The Terror and Pluton were de-
stIoy ed within four miles of The port
Our loss was one killed and two
wounded. The enemy's loss was prob
ably several hundred from gun fire,
explosions and drowning, and about
1900 prisoners, including Admira
Cervera, The man killed was George
Ii. Ellis, chief yeoman of the Brooklyn
l5ignedJ SAMPSON"
Admiral Cervera made as gallant
dash for liberty and for the preserva.
tion of his ships that molning as ha
ever occurred in the history of nava
warfare. in the face of overwhelming
Cdds, with nothing before him but in
evitable destruction or surrender, i
he remained any longer in the trap il
which the American fleet held him
he made bold dash from the harbo
at the time the Americans least ex
pected him to do go, and fighting
every inch of his way, even when hi
ship was abIaze and sinking, he trie,
TO escape the doom which was writer
i'll the muzzle Of every American gu
trained upon his vessels.
The Americans saw him the momen
he left, and commenced the work o
destruction Immediately. For an hou
or two they followed the flying Spar
iards to the westward along the shor
line, sending shot after shot into he
blazing bulls, tearing great holes i
their steel sides and covering tn
decks with the blood of the killed an
wounded.
Atn time did the spaniards sho
any indication that they intended {
do otherwise than light to the las
They showed no signals to surrendo
even when the ships commenced
sink, and great clouds Of smoke pou
ing from their sides showed that thl
were on fire. But they turned the
heads towards the shore, less than
mile away and ran them on the beaC
and rocks, where their destructio
was soon completed The officers an
men on board then escaped to Il
shors az well as they could, with Il
assistance of boa sent from the Anne
lean men DIVA nd then threw ther
selves upon the mercy of their capto
who not only extended to them Il
gracious hand OF American chiyall
hut oant than, a ,,uorl tO ,,rptont th "a