The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1898-05-20
A FIERCE COMBAT.
Marblel,ead. Nashville and Window En-
gage Forts and Ships At cienfuegos.

A msndfa, Of Men Foes ht Against Fsarss,
Odd ss,i We're Victorious Gable Was
Cat--Tbe windorn Arrives ~ ksy
West with X lied aad Wounded.
KY WEsT. Fla. May i6 on the
coast OF Cicnfuegos the cruisers Mar.
blehcad. Nashville and Window fought
a desperate battle against fearful odds
Wednesday. They were victorious and
now the southern Cuban seaport 10
writing In ruin aud the dead and dy.
ing I'll Its strcet&
IL was determined some time ago 70
cut the spanish cable out Of Cicnfue.
gos and thus prevent movements of
made known TO Madrid. The task was
assigned 10 the three cruisers. They
drew In close To shore.
khs tnlsooeD< ~ 0tsnfuegos bny, md
the Window, under Capt Mcclure.
chance its batteries At 1000 yards
the fort opened fire. The Window re-
Piled with her big forward ride, and
In few minutes left the forti6eation
. mass Of ruins
The Nashville and Marblehcad In the
meantime ha sailed In close and made
every effort 10 draw 6re from what
masked batteries the spanish might
have. One battery was visible ut the
apex Of the bay. and In TO this shot and
shell were poured.
! Under cover Of the cannonade the
Nashville and Marblehcad launched
boats and their crews pulled into
where the cable took on. by dint OF
rare courage they cut the cable and
started back Half way across the
bay, masked batteries on either side
Of the harbor opened n merciless fusil.
ladc, firing shrapnel at the two boat
loads. The boat. were riddled and
tn ir occurants were soon struggling
In the water The trcachery was quick
~ atoncd for. From the guns OF the
Nashville aud Marblehead belched
forth "a rain OF shot and shell. Every
shot went true.
Earthworks. guns and Spaniards
were seen flying In the air as each
shell burst. In the meantime Capt
NcGuirc lowered his boats and res.
cucd the wounded. The bodies Of
the four dead were also recovered.
insy were placed aooaru ,he WINDOW.
We avenged 'hem' sa'a capt NC
"ure'
Iae window arrived here Saturday
morning with the wounded, all OF
whom are doing nicely. capt May
nsrd. of the Nashville. was struck OF
the head by a solid shot, but the mis-.
size glanced ana only inhicted siigh'
INJURY. Lieut. Ninsiow lost three
hngcrs OF bis left hand.
Inc following gunners were wonnd'
ed; Robert Boitx' John Davis. John
noran, Ernest suntzenich, herman W.
""eh'na.s.sr ana !. ienar'ekson.
Two oi w" s'"eo "e'e se""'e" ""
'hs Maro'eneaa
- 49,, =,
~, - a w.. t,.nSr,srs,n =. no,
thr.,gh The l,v.r and Dr' D C. Trsyis
20 ,hs w,ndar s.vs hs %, mo, l,v.
No. ..n n,,i,z who has ,hr.. h,ll,.t.
,hro,,,h his ches, and one ,hrouyh nj.
he.d ucndrickson suffers greatly.
I'm, n. r.r.a,s. -. vo,ld 40 A. again n
Ibad ,o-
The other wounded nre doing well.
The Nashville and Marblebead will
tai. c;c,f,egos. n "A has not already
been ACCOMPLISHED. The spaniard.
usea poverfui guns OF small calilr,
and smokeless powacr. Their masked
batteries are hard To locate.
The cutting OF the cable nj Cienfue
go, is considered by the naval expert,
the greatest ACKNOWLEDGEMENT outside
Of Manila. as Il renders Blanco impo
! tent lie Is virtually shut out from
the world now. and can only wir,
Madrid from Santiago de Cuba, owe,
the English cable. This Gomez ha,
plan,.d 20 prevent The Mangrov,
,rIcd :, on, this cable three weeks ago
, -, ,.Iad
! xy.s.,sarox Nav IA tn. foll,win,
,,larra,,, ,o. 20 the navy denar,men
, S.,p.Sar ar.rn,on from Commodor
, p.nar ., Eev W.s,.
- w., III. Nav "a Secrctnr,
y N..,. ~. Windou arrived sn,urda,
I n ~ s,,,...',.,,. 80, A.,
!, morning WIN 'ae iooT"k ~ @
ana wounded' ratrieA hsgam' P,"aV
: marine, dead; Herman W. hncnnei'
ter. private marine. shot through IN
jaw. probably fatal; Harry iienricksor
8 seaman. shot through the liver. probs