The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-06-08


said the warships of the United States fired
about 1900 projectiles of all kinds. This fire.
the Spaniards add, was answered by Moro
Castle and the batteries at Socapa and
Punta Gorda. At noon, it is added, another
bombardment began against Aguadores,
east Of Santiago de Cuba, the firing lasting
one hour Both attacks, the Spaniards as
sert, were repulsed.
Moro Castle is admitted to have been
damaged, as was the Exterior Headquar-
ters," built during the time of peace at
Cayo Smith and, in addition, the Spanish
cruiser Reina Mercedes, is admitted to
have been slightly damaged.
The Spanish commander at Santiago re-
ports that the American fire did not dis
mount one piece of artillery, and he says
that nine of the American vessels dis
appeared before dark"
The Spanish army losses, according to
the official report, are one soldier killed
and one chief, four officers and twenty-one
soldiers wounded.
The Spanish navy losses are reported to
be one chief and five sailors killed and one
officer and twelve sailors wounded.
Finally the Spanish version of the affair
says:
1.-THE American losses are supposed to be
considerable
Captain-General Blanco has congratulate
ed General Linares, the Spanish command
er at Santiago and those who took part in
the fighting, saying he will call the atten-
ton of the Spanish government to the "he-
roism exhibited by all the Spanish forces
in an unequal combat"
Work on the Notifications about Havana
is being pushed without an hours inter-
mission. Even the Civil Governor of Ha-
vana and all the employees OF the govern
ment are at work on the forts or batteries,
and all persons out Of work are finding
similar employment.
The cultivation zones are turning out
very successful and are proving a great
relief to the poor. 1t is announced from the
Palace that the Spanish column has de-
feated an insurgent force near Palisade,
in the province of Pinar del Rio. The IN
surgents are said to have seventeen men
dead on the field. The insurgents, 1t an
pears. were almost naked. The Spaniards
admit they lost fifteen men killed. In d
number of encounters which have taken
place recently between the Spaniards and
the insurgents, the former claim to have
killed thirty-seven of the latter. to have
destroyed several camps and thirty-three
huts and to have captured quantity of
arms and ammunition.
AS Sent to Madrid
MADRID, June 7, noon.-The following
official dispatch has been received here
from Havana:
Colonel Aldea, commanding a Spanish
column, has had some sharp fighting with
q IF vhn tho
landing of American forces near Santiago
de Cuba. Two American warships pro-
tected the landing party. The result of the
operations is not known.
1t is supposed that the renewal of the
bombardment Of Santiago, lasting from s
to II o'clock on Monday morning. was
intended to distract the attention of the
Spanish and enable the landing to be
effected without molestation.
A later dispatch from Gen. Aldea says
not one of the soldiers was hit by the
American shells, which, he asserts, fell
among the insurgents.
Storm Stops News
KINGSTON, Jamaica, June Z, a. m.-
1t Is reported here that Rear-Admiral
Sampson began the bombardment at the
outer Notifications of Santiago Monday
morning. A fierce storm has been sweep
ing over Jamaica and heavy sea was
running last night, causing pilots to re-
fuse to take dispatches out of Kingston
harbor. The railroad to Port Antino is
washed out and the telegraph lines are
down.
England Has Doubts
LONDON, June S.--The London morning
papers are inclined to doubt the account
of the destruction and silencing Of the forts
at Santiago. but they believe the lombard
ment was intended to draw the Spaniard's
attention from a landing somewhere, and
that coming week or two will see exciting
events In Cuba.
The sinking of the Reina Mercedes Is
regarded as probable, for 1t is known
that her boilers were defective and that
she had no armored deck. The wounding
or death of Colonel Ordonez means a Sc
rious loss to Spain, he being or having been
her artillery expert, with a European repu-
tation and the designer of the ordnance
bearing his name.
The Cape Haytien advices of the Daily
Mail practically confirm the account from
the Associated Press boat Dandy. All
other accounts here except the brief dis
patches from Madrid, emanate from New
York. A special from Havana, evidently
pro-Spanish. says that nine American ves-
sells retired, seriously crippled. that the