The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-15
TIE FORTS SIIhE SIih ENCED.
TER 8Le D5ST6UCr ION WRCUG4 7
sYTHsF F,RE OF TAE FLEET.

Fat .ti:%rirn> Xegdsr.d U.el ss for Fu.l or
En=cive Fork Du,iDg he wsr. No
ame .lcsn ship wss Hit aud no Ame..-
csn i ored By ;De E:.my.
a 'u'l sccop0t O, the boa bardm
! Of t2e Spanish batteries defending the
cntrarce 10 tae Ba-bor OF Santisg 60
was rot published 10 the daily papers
aa;:y Wearssdsy morning although
cse ;eo,21 bard lleut took place on Mon
3av 1ocru;pg. TIE feet formed II
! GcuHIe c.lumn. SIX miles eff Moro
Castle, al 6o'ciocS n the morning.
sEG s.zacaeI slowly 5000 yards Of
saara, he Brooklyn leadirg, FOLLOWED
| by he Marb' ehead, Texas aod Massa
| cauSetts aEd turned westward. The
second line, lhe New York leading,
with the New Orleans, Yankee, Iowa
ard O.eqon follo1icg, turned west
ward. The Vixen and Suwanee were
| far out on the left flank, watching the
rdemen cn shore Tae Dolpbin and
Porter did similar duty on the right
| d2nk. The liLe, headed by the New
York, attacked the new earth works
aear Moro Castle. The Brooklyn
column took up station opposite the
E.ue!la and Catalina batteriea and
the new earthworEs along the shore.
TIE Spanish batteries remained 81
lent. Il is doubtful whether the Span.
iards were ab!e to determined the
character Of ihs movement, owing to
the dense foo and heavy rain, which
| we're the weather features this morn
jrg Suddenly the Iowa fred Pinch
Shell, which struck the base OF Estrel-
q battery and tore up the works. In,
SANITY frisg b'gaG from both Rear
Admiral SIMPSONS and Comm oeore
Scnlsy's columns. and torrent /
SPELLS from the $! Us 1ell upon the
Spanish works.
Tne Spanlaros replied promptly, out
their ar!illery work vas OF very poor
qIality, and most of their shoIs went
vide. Smoke settled around the ships
in dense clouds, rendering accurate
aiming difficult. There was no ma
nct ctugering of the Il eet, the ships re
naming at their original stations and
| firing steadily. The squadrons were
so close IN shore that It was dlfhcu!t
Tor the American gunners 70 reacn
ne batteries on Inc nl1IIops, oo! Lneir
hrlrg was excellent. Fre7lous 70 Iae
oomoaroment, orders "sre issued 70
prevent firing on Moro Casl!e, as the
American admiral had oeen informed
that Lieutenant Hooson ana Ihe oIaer
prisoners OF the Merrlmac are comm
ed there. IN spite OF tnls, however,
several stray snoIs damaged Aofro
Castle soms"has; ~:
CoHm mooors Scuiey ilue mo'eu
cioseS Ia s3oie, nG-as " ~ lolseL rags.
LLe orcoA!yG anu te1Ss Sa0Ssu ns1eo
AMONG tne 0pan1sn snoi0 0A:.ei >
quickly sHenceAns .nem. Wv. ~ ni.o 'no
taIger saiPs "ecs enssssns s97 W;1.y 13@sy
49, ~;tb 80 80 ~ sn"ii - sbo.e bo,fere
otoosG 80 w .o;n;n 80 - aniS ~ sho;s
oppcstto - tHI =; :, +ia a. !, go ~
oSon - t.Sa - 49, oAT AZ ~ RsoetI,n oIose3
" | am N yerds 60. and then the destruction
$500 ~ USU bH hor ~ oI1ns enG those ~ the
WorbIebeod ana TaTas wss really aW.
~ n faw noinItss the weod work
- E,,-oIis fort vas nnrnino and the
~ Sat+srg ~ Mes eiIanc,d frin9 no nor-
80, - tho angeoament
F.s7gord tbe Saw Work snd Nav
n 80" S;Io,ced inc Cavs hsttarv in
C,,:c;~ order and then shelled the
49, 1T buorIs located hioherun Later
I1'l Ii1a ~ nrsctica " gas not SO sccurstp O oaing
- ~. tSa eIavatinn of the Guns. Man9
of the shells however landed, and
f5a Snanish ounners retired, Shortly
aftor Q the firing ceasad the warships
t,rneJ ~ ~ ordar to nsrmit the use OF
80 80 IH,, ~ - hor1arias f;oa fring then be
.t51 p0H' 80, Iono .sra-hara+;n- c-ssh of
[Snio - ao sssiIS .so,sJ ~ e'iI fsa S~aoish
.n%nuo1 I"t 60 80 80 to..;Sia ~ @ ~
SatioS-~s ,;I 80 ~, 1 |.taI;S, 49, go =;
n. oIoAa ~. 49, g eaa1isb ..11 gS.~InS @Ins 404
19G NJ" ~" 49, G.'7-'o5 ~ ,,;+ t1o+ 10 b,1
10 y SAe1sr 80, ~ +o s's>Ar sto. ,a> Tas
aS oHl y 80, Jslt,oti,.a 80 ~ ba,,f e;~tean nmn
9los noS' 10 GoS;t otiias 80" ora sai5 - hoTa hsen
eioI pt> Sa 80. -,a,;oo -, ,0 -so;os ~ a5 on9
n'e.t ~ 80 - ..c- -os~o,.;sa - 80
- Ses;4' :I'' .no 1eS S3oLe.y0 1.9 80 ..
;A0 . S%nls4 li; toI'S a." SIPS mAs sea1E7 cTS
y eoE a. al ny .ne An1rIcans. !ne
ioftlnca!1cns near Inc entrance oi Ice
maroon are oescrloSo as oelng tlAoIeo
"lth soIlo snot and snaVereo oy Ine
explosion OF lne I'M nenss Sne!Is 1Seo
Spanish batteries are understood to