Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-06-17
WORK AT SANTIAGO
Coast Batteries Subjected to Terrible
Batteringby Admiral Simpsons
Fleet Yesterday.
FIRING WAS DELIBERATE
Presence Of Lieutenant Hobson and Com
panions Saved MORO Castle From De-
struction-Spanish Report of Bonn
bardment Claim But Little
Damage Resulted.

Off Santiago de Cuba, June 16 (noon)
by Associated Press dispatch boat
Dauntless, via Kingston, Jamaica. June
| II. / a. m.-While Rear Admiral Samp-
son, on the bridge of the flagship New
| York, watched the bombardment of San
| tiago de Cuba this morning, he saw two
guns in the eastern battery apparently
| in position, and personally directed the
firing of her eight-nch guns at those
marks.
In the admiral's general orders for
the bombardment issued last night. oc-
| ours the following paragraph:
'.The fire will be deliberate, and after
the batteries are silenced. will be care
| fully directed to their destruction.
Ammunition will not be thrown away.
Careful instructions will be given gun
captains not to fire unless they can see
their mark, which in this case will be
the cnemy's guns"
These instructions were so well car
ried out that Admiral Samson, after the
bombardment. said: 81 do not believe
there is much left of the western bat
terry. 1t got great hammering this
morning. The eastern Notifications
were harder to hit, but think some of
the guns we see there are quakers.
wish Hobson and his fellows were not
in Moro castle; we would knock that
down were it not for that reason. |
suppose the Spaniards deserted their
guns soon after our fire opened. 1t
would not do them any good to stay
there"
If it be true that the guns of the
Spanish warships have been mounted
on land battery, it shows that Ad-
miral Cervera has given up hope of ever
getting out of the trap which Admiral
Sampson guards.
After the decks had been washed
down and the guns cooled, Admiral
Sampson set this signal: 1.-The firing
on the western battery was exceedingly
good, especially that of the Texas"
Spanish Report of Bombardment.
Copyright by Associated Press-Ha-
vana, June 1.-THE following is the
Spanish report of the bombardment of
Santiago: June 16, 5 a. m.-Firc was
opened on the coast batteries at San
tiago by four American battleships, two
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cruiser, while one yacht opened fire
Opposite Aguadorcs beach The Amer
leans fired over 1000 projecties, tenn
porarily disabled two Hontorio cannons
at La Socapa, covering them with
earth. The parapet was destroyed by
shell. One cannon in MORO castle was
damaged by American projectiles. All
the damages are reported today. The
Americans suffered severe damage
Shells from the Spanish batteries were
clearly seen to fall on the American
ships. which were approximately two
miles off. The loss of the Spanish at
Moro were one artillery corporal killed.
End Lieutenant Juan Arbel, eight
soldiers and two sailors wounded. At
Socapa battery, two artillery sailors
were killed and End Lieutenant
Richard Brusquta of the navy, and
two soldiers were wounded. General
Linares eulogizes the behavior of the
troops and Captain General Banco will
reward several of the officers and SOL
dicrs wounded today and in the engage
ment of June 6.