Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-30
On CERyERA.
Il aORRo BELIEVED TO HAVE FALLEN.


New York. June 20-A dispatch Co
the Tribune from Washington says,
AdylceB urc momeutlrly expected
/ from Gen. shnftor or from Admiral
Sampson that Morro Castle arid To-
noirhhoFlnr battor.ea o1 che EASTERN
side of the narrow entrance ll Santiago.
Including the works 40 Es,rolia point
and Santa Catalina have been occupied
by the American forces. ana that tine
spiuhris have boon driven from tho
fortincltiona on the west ut la Eocapa.
CanonH Point and smith cay.
Army and navy officers evincr the
iiycll,st curiosity % Eccur. nCwa 0t
this achievement, and made no conceal
iueut that they confidently expected 10,
w tu thll Tim the Newspaper dispatches
/ from the front have Invariably
chfonlcled important movements cuu-
sidCrnhly in advance OF the official zee
pOftH. and they wUro eagerly asked Tor
by o1lclain ON this account
Both army nud navy officers here
agree with remarkable unanlmity that
the actual occupation 90 The unhealthy
city NJ Santiago possesses few nttrae-
tluus from "a military point Of view. as
IT, position could easily be SHIELDED by
the vessels 1f Admiral Cerycrla feet
lWAA W.NAH NNNfNNIH lN I'M NNI| NHN"NAANf
Of the combined naval aud military
operations around Santiago and its d.
airucuon having been Impossible ~ att
tainmCut by Admiral sampson ACTING
alone. the hfth army corps was dis
patched Go cooperate with him Ia
eliminating the four urmorcd spanish
cruisers from further consideration in
the present war II was Impossible to
send the American naval vessels
through the narrow entrance ch1unst
J on account of the elaborate OUTFIT o.
mines which the spHnlardH were known
90 have established before Ccrycra'H
squadron reached there. and 10 is re-
I lIuhly reported that be- has since made
] u Impossible Tor any offensive battle
ship tp approach the inner hnrhor By
planting AN additional effective system
OF submarine explosives from the maya
zines OF his own ships
With the American land forces In
I possession u the shore batteries, how
ever. the wires which operate the mines
could Boz speedily cut and the Amrri.
/ can fleet could promptly countermlnu
/ the channel. and, forcing an entrance
I in the deep water Ia the Interior or tho
I bay bring about such n conclusive
short range battle with tho squadron
az that OF two months ago NJ Man
I iih.
For some time American naval on-
! GERS have considered this plan the only
one that gave any promise nf effect.
/ Tampa he permitted iIobson 20 try and
and u lH well known that Admiral
Sampson approved o. as tho .ptudsHi
method Of Destroying Crrvcra. all
though az the time Of the nrny'H
I tedious delay In getting away from
less some Unforeseen circumstance has
sink the Merrlmnc In the channel. hav-
ms In contemplation the complete iu-
vcstment 81 Santiago by land ana sea
and the eventual starving out 81 the
spanish forces nnoat and ashore. The
| certainty that the Mnrrlmhc now offers
| practically no obstacle 10 the nnylgn-
| tlon ~ the channel IL undcfutood IA
have led Admiral Sampson ana Gen.
shlfter 20 agree upon the immediate
Hciruro N the entrance forts, with
| their control 81 the mine fields. ana un-
/ American vessel 10 transfer coal from
arisen slime sunday a. alter plans 10
should have been carried out By this
| time.
officials understood that Admiral
/ Sampson would open nrc on Moru
/ Castle and the other batteries yrHtor-
day morning az dayhrrnk and continue
/ nrlnE with AN his vessels. including the
l Nsvuvius, until every Spinilrd In tha
/ works was either disabled or driven
out Yesterday morning Cen. Shlftcr
/ had large part ~ hiH corps including
/ an ~ hls advance forces. ON me hills
! within two miles NJ MORO Castle. and
| everything was arranged va that The
[ castle might Or counted within an hour
I after the b1mhardm0ut ceased Per
/ hlpH this attack wnF postponed but ni
! any rate army nfiirorH believe that l'
| has already occurred md for that rra
/ son do not worry about the reported
/ advance NJ Cen rnndn 20 reinforce
/ Santiago whom the United states
/ F.Va.a kaNa no faD fnr that city