, 1898-07-30

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were willing TINT tie remaining Spanish
ships should run far enough from the MORO
to lose the aid Of the guns there, and in
twenty minutes this wNS done.
This was u bit Of St!att gy which was de-
veloped under fire and which was accepted
ut once 10y ali the American ships without
orders. in fact. the >moke often made it i'm.
possible to see the signals which Commodore
SchIey was making from the BROOKLYN, So
tremendous wAs the firing all along The line.
Both the Olnendo md he Vizcnva were
sometimes within 3 thousand yards of III"
Indian !. The range varied, bur as q rule
it was short AMI extremely deadly. Never.
theless he high speed md thick armior Of
their class stood The Spanish in good stead
0t they followed in the path Of honour mNrk-
Cd out by Admiral Cervorn.
Spanish Guns disabled.
Three.quarters OF an hour after the action
began IL was evident that lie Spanish had
many guns disabled aud would have to sur
render.
There were terrible casualties on the enc
my's ships.
As the smoke cleared % little one could SEQ
the Spanish flagship. her port broadside
spouting smoke, still holding on to the west.
ward.
The Texas and the Massachusetts ioin-
ed the Indiana and Tie Iowa. The Oquendo
and the Vizoaya hugged the shore and
steamed after CerVerA. pledged to go with
him to defeat and death.
Shells burst on the decks Of the Spanish
cruisers at short intervals. Often they were
on fire. but again and again they e%xtinGuish-
ed the flames and manned again and again
sthe guns from which they had been driven.
The green coast on their starboard side
smoked with tbs shells Which few over
them, and crashing sounds heard amid tho
thunder Of great rifles told Of armor piercing
shells driven into aIid through their pro
teoted sides, Still they fired. Their shots
fell about the Indiana and Iowa thickly.
The Golden Rod (Herald's despatch b0at.)
was close enough to see all that the thick
smoke did not hide. She was too close
sometimes for comfort. | could not sec that
our battle ships we,e hit. No doubt they
%ere, but it seemed hat mono Of their gun4
were %silehCed, so terrific continued their
fire.
Once free Of the Moro battery range.
stopped the Golden Rod abreast Of the
Spanish destroyers TO see what would be she
fate Of the Glouc~pter.
Lieutenant COMMANDER Wainwright. like
Nelson. seemed to have q blind eye. If he
were Algtnlled to pull out, he remained.
with his G-pouudera, to do work which was
heroic and astonishing.
At ono time tile Gloucester was being fred
at by the Vi2cay0, both torpedo boat des-
ttnyers and the MORO battery. That she
was II Ut sunk and that she had enough men
left to work her guns was marvellous.
She lay close Ill to whore the Vizonya
came out and ran along parallel, firing at
the cruisers as feroely in proportion to her
$40 as did the Indiana aud Iowa.
In a storm of Shells.
Captain EuIAte. of. the Vizoaya, probably
feared y torpedo from the Gloucester, for he
turned loose his secondary battery at her as
lie passed on into a storm of shells from the
batllo ships.
Then tho destroyers came out. and the
Gloucester accepted them ut once as parts Of
her contract. These des.royers were strong
in machine guns and guns Of our 3 and 6
FOUNDER GLASS.
1t seemed that smoke jets burst from the
destroyers in twenty places as they slipped
along after the VizcsyN. aud the water all
about the Gloucester was k"lt splashing by
SHELLS aud by bullets from m"chlne guns, but
the yacht steamed ahead, keeping the dos
troyers directly between h'r and shore and
hammering chem.
The Moro was throwing shells from be-
hind, and occasionally the Vizcaya turned u
guM or two to aid her followers.
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