The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-18
FORTS WERE BADLY IORNOP.
SAMPSON HIGHLY PLEASED AT THE
LAST BOMBARDMENT.
to Pieces-rhe Admiral Personal.
II Trained . Gan-Spanish An-
thortties Report Little Damage.

copyrighted. 1895, by the Associated Press.
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June Is
While Rear Admiral sampson on the
bridge Of the flagship New York watched
the bombardment OF Santiago de Cuba
this morning he saw two guns OF the east
ern battery apparently In position He
stopped the New York as she was going
back to her hloekading position and per-
sonaily directed the Are OF the eight-inch
guns at those marks. In the admiral S
general orders for the bombardment is
sued last night occurs the following para
graph:
batteries are siienced will be carefully ds-
rected to their destruction. Ammunition
Will not be thrown away. Careful instruc-
tons Will be given to the gun captains MOI:
which in this case viii be the enemy's
guns.
These instructions were SO well carried
out that Admiral Sampson after the bonn
bardment said:
al do not believe there is much eft OF
mering this morning. The eastern fortifi-
cations were harder TO hit. j think some
of the guns we see there are 'Quakers.
II wish Hohson and his fellows were not
In Moro castle: We would knock that down
were II not for that reason.
II suppose the Spaniards deserted their
not do them any good to stay there
X II be true that the guns of the Span
ish warshipS have been mounted on The
land batteries the fact is of great signifi-
canoe. as IT shows that Admiral 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
THE firing on the western battery was
exceedingly good. especially that OF the
Texas"
Americans said to Suffer Injury.
Copyrighted. 1895. by the Associated Press.
HAVANA. June 1.-THE following is
Spanish report Of the bombardment Of
Santiago de Cuba:
on the coast batteries Of Santiago de Cuba
by four American battleships, two IRON
yacht cpsned s
beach. The cannonade was violent and
fearful. and lasted one hour and a half.
The ns Americans MS, fired ever i,ooo projeetiles
cannon at La Socapa. covering them with
shell. One cannon of Moro castle was
damages were repaired today. The Ameri-
cans suffered severe damage. Shells from
the Spanish batteries were clearly seen 20
losses at Moro caste were one artillery
corporal killed and one second lieutenant,
Juan Arbei. eight soldiers and two sailors
Of the watch service wounded
'At the Socapa battery two artillery sail
crs were killed. and Second Lieut.. Richard
were wounded. The Spanish soldiers were
unframed. Gen. Linares eulogizes the be-
havior Of the troons, and Capt. Gen. .Blan-
diers wounded to-day ami In the engage
ment of June s He vii; also recommend
for spec.a. reward Col. Ardenex, of the ar
tillery."
Madrid Reports NO Damage.
MADRID, June 1.-THE governor of San
tiago de Cuba has sent a cable dispatch 10
the government describing the lombard
ment of yesterday. in which he said:
The Americans fired loo shots. Several
Spanish shells hits the enemy's vessels
Our losses are three killed and :wenty-one
wounded. including two officers The Span
ish squadron waa not damaged
Advlces received here from Havana from
officia. sources characterize the fighting al
Guantanamo bay as 'mare skirm:shes.,
with The met result thar the Americans
have been able to hold the place where they
landed" Continuing. the Havana dispatch
says:
They have suffered greatly both from
tho fti>illsde and the heat The Spaniaris
are IN possession OF several wells none M
which has been injured. The stories thai
,yate ~. ~1I" Ntosis at tasEHaneTa and Moro
nave been damaged are false"
The following oiflcial note has been is
sued here:
The charges OF Spanish crutty IL The
wounded and mu'iiation of the dead are
saise. These accusations nave caused IN,
nvelitsst Indignation among all classes In
spain. especially among the trylot.s who
are indignant at the caiumnies The snan-
Ism army Is conducting Itself In this war
Win ne nobility IL has always show "a
proved by the evidence o. the ArnAriesn
prisoners VINO we're released. and it's dis
cipine is 80 strict that any such conduct
would nave been resenslsssiy punished"