Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-07-06

phtCn DOhb uOlutNIOu 70 IOIl Aul1ulO,
Jamaica, thence TO Kingston, Jamaica,
Monday:
Scattered along the shore for a dis.
lance Of two miles TO the west OF Moro
castle now lie the armored cruisers and
torpedo boat destroyers that composed
Admiral Ceryera's fleet.
la a running eight Of two hours these
vessels, the cream OF the Spanish navy,
we're almost snnihilated this morning by
the powerful ships Of Admiral Simpsons
feet, under the immediate command Of
Commodore Schley.
Admiral Cervera, after making ~
plucky a fight against overwhelming
odds as is recorded in naval history, was
compelled to surrender. lie was taken
a, a prisoner Of war, together with every
man In his feet not drowned or killed in
action. The Spanish Admiral was
wounded In one OF his arms. His splendid
ships, the CristObal Colon, flagship; the
Vizcaya, Almirante 0quendo and Infanta
Maria Teresa and the torpedo boat de.
stroyers Juror and Pluton lie on the
Cuban rocks shell riddled, smoking bulls.
CERyERA Is A PRISONER OF WAR.
Ceryera, on the Colon, made the long.
est run toward liberty. He yielded TO
fate only in the face Of death, and is a
prisoner now on the Gloucester, which
before the war was j. Pierpont Morgan's
yacht Corsair.
As the Golden Rod, the New York
Herald's dispatch boat, steamed past the
flagship after the battle, | was informed
by an officer on deck that Admiral Ger.
vera, with thirteen hundred OF his men,
had surrendered.
OF the prisoners more than 400 Of the
crew Of the Vizcaya were taken by the
Iowa, Capt. Evans.
Every vessel in Admiral Simpsons
fleet went through the fierce engagement
without injury. But one man on the
American fleet was killed and two were
injured. From the very first Of the
lighting the little Gloucester was in the
thickest OF il. AT one time she was
pouring her six-pounders against the
entire Spanish fleet, while the guns Of
MORO castle were making her theil
target. She riddled the Spanish destroy
ers and fought the Vizcaya and Oquendt
az 6ercely as If she were a battleship
Magnificent beyond description vas thu
bold dash by which Ceryera attempted L
get his fleet out Of Santiago harbor
Ceryera himself led the way with hi
lagship, the Cristobsl Colon. II was 4
be a dash to liberty or 10 death, and tn
Spanish admiral made the plunge will
eyes open.
SUNDAY A QUIET DAY ON II FLEET
Sunday quiet rested over the entranc
to Santiago harbOr, and no signs Of lf
were visible about old Moro. BeyonI
and toward the city Of Santiago all wa
still. After two days Of fighting th
armies of both nations we're resting II
their trenches.
OF this way for a distance Of half
: dozen miles from shore the vessels 0
Admiral SIMPSONS fleet lay lazily a
anchor.
5 Admiral Sampson, desiring TO ascertain
. the exact condition Of the Spanish cOas
: defenses about ~Aguadores, ordered tn
: flagship to go that way. Weighing al
? Choir, the New York leisurely steamed Of
l 70 thu aogtyvard
/ Idle thoughts occupied the minds
. the men in the fleet. They were specJ
q lating, as they had been for weeks, whe
E would come their opportunity to get at
the Spanish fleet in the inner harbOr.
: Suddenly as u flash, at half past
!, o'clock, a vessel appeared near the Ell
/ trance to the harbor. She was THROWN
ID out great black clouds OF smoke an
was pointing straight toward the Anne.
lean fleet.
The ease OF the American officers an
sailors was rudely disturbed. They ha
> grabbed their glasses, scanned the ha.
, Dor entrance, and were amazed to di
cover that an armored cruiser was con
ing out.
COMMODORE sCHLEY DIRECTED MANQEI
YERs.
In the absence OF Admiral sampso.
Commodore Schley, from the BrOOklyI
ordered the American warships to ru,
. in shore, In a few moments II wa see
; that the vessel emitting such clouds
: smoke wa the Cristobal Colon, Admir-
Ceryera's flagship, She had passed Il
wreck of the Merrimac and was maxim
for the sea at full speed.
o Before Commodore schley and his me
Y could recover from their surprise 9th
. clouds of smoke came into view beyOI
n the CristObal Colon. With a rush full
q equal to that OF the Spanish flagship, Il
d Amirante OquendO came toward Il
p open sea.
Behind her came the Yz'ayR, also
ID foil speed, while the rear was brought
by the Infanta Maria Teresa and the "
torpedo boat ~destrOyers, the Juror al
10. the PlutOn. This stirring scene, 30 draI
attic and so unexpected, quickly put t
o. captain Of every American vessel on
IN mettle.
= "Ceryera's trying to escape" was I
cry that resounded through the heI
nc Every American vessel quickly weigh
hhoo anchor. The engines were started, a.
OF one by one the great American warshi
ID made ready for battle. Every man seal
pered to his gun, and the captains, kno
'aat ing that Admiral Sampson had 60
IN. along the coast, eagerly watched I
hi Brooklyn, Commodore Schley's flagship
me In a few moments the ResOlute v
~. e speeding TO the eastward after the N
ee, York, but the advance OF the Spanish Il.
tie was so rapid that u men could not "
for Admiral Sampson to get back, j.