Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-07-07

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There was laundering 81 guns 20
westward nov. and flashes IN the
smoke toll that ccrvrra still tonight.
but To- eastward 80 his ship Law the
burning wreck 81 his two des;rpyerS.
The torpedo huat Ericsson was Srvn
coming along with the New York. The
oqucndo was helpless. the Indiana aud
the Iowa were closing. and she'll after
shell bursting above and ahuard the
Nizcaya. Eulate hoistcd y white iiag a.
his ship went ashore 10 save the rem
nant ~ his men. aud simultaneously up
went iiag of white on the o'luendo
and down came the dag of Spain. An
hour and half had elapsed since Ter
vera left the ha-hor. and of the five vcs-
sells which came out only his flagship
was still in action. The Morro battery
still stormcd impotcntly at the New
York. The American army. with l. zoo
dead and wounded. was not yet in san
tiago. but Ccrvcra's fleet was destroyed.
and Cervcra himself was only strug-
CLING because he wished Ia make his
defeat glorious in the eyes 81 the attcn-
tive world. II had proven at least that
he was not bottled up ~ tightly a. was
supposed. lie had lost four vessels
aud perhaps more than Lalf his men.
but his pcnnant was still fying aud
some Of his guns were still in action
Cervera passed the bay in which the
nqusus.o ha.i ,auEh; refuge and held IN
a due westward course. close u the
land. but evidently nouriShing the de-
pcrate hope that he might break
through the line aud reach free water.
lie had passed in sucesssion the In-
diana. the Iowa ami Texas, not ,o speak
OF the ''lone'>ier. which sPoute'l siN-
pound shells AZ him Since his flag aP-
peare'i outside the harhor his ship haa
been struck again aud again.
hy this time the Nizcaya and the
'tuendo were Praetiraliy bcaien. but
IN spite 81 the u ami i5-ineh shells that
were raine'i uPoa him a, range whish
wa, very short, Tor such guns in spite
pf the fact that his boilers and niaehin-
cry were damaged. hr held his course
Prom point mile west II Norro the
'risiohal Colon was invisible frequently
IN loW-hanging smoke from his own
guns. and aiso that which drif'ed in
SHORE frpm the battieships. who clearly
Jaw II might have been better II they
had moved IN eireie> aud givsn battle
under the santiago batteries. whose ard
would have lsssened the o-id> against
hiin- put the Spaniard>, through splen-
d'd strategy had not been headed on
nnth the batteries could no longer
tram their guns on our heet
In" IHd OF the s"'"a-
At lisa eervera saw the Oregon cut
ting in-shore ahead of him to round him
TO. The smoke was very thick. The
firing was inecssant. oervera's avail
able guns were no longer well served.
Shells had se; fire to his ship near the
stern, and the flames were controlled
with difficulty, but the Spanish adj
mlral altered his course and headed Off
from the coast. a. II attempting tn pass
between two ships aud run for IL. IL
was impossible. The Iowa and Texas
were already moving down to elass the
gap, aud the Spanish flagship, raked
by the Oregon aud the brooklyn at
from l.ooo To 5000 yards, and by the
Iowa and the Texas at longer range,
turned in-shore again and ran for the
roeks. where the surf was breaking.
Cervera still replied occasionally. and
! wondered when the smoke hid his
ship IL he would be aioat when IL
lifted. could diseern the Span
ish flag from time to time a. the
smoke dsiftcd away. and tn. fash
Of a sun nj intervals nrov,d ,b,, ,hs