The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-13
c0IsToBAL coLoN'S CAPTURE.
,,r CREDIT DUE sCHLEY AND
~ Clark OF THE OREGON.


-. Hauled DOwn-The brooklyn
the oregon Make n Great Hun
- the swift Fugitive-"Remem-
tt,.. Maine" the Battlecry.
t. 1898. by the Associated Press.
1,-rsspondence of the Associated Press
-. cuba, July 4.-The following de-
''.... of the battle between the Amer
ami spanish warships in these waters
va u,t.rsn by the only non-combatant
so witnessed the entire fire.
-,--.ombatant was the correspond
Seb. Associated Press, who saw the
lament from a position almost at the
Of commodore Schley, on the Uni
State. armored cruiser Brooklyn;
~ S..5,v July 8, the fifth Sunday for the
.,.ri,an squadron before Santiago, and
r,rtb weekly anniversary of the day
49,. Dsrev victory at Cavite, and the
ssb Of the discovery by Commodore
-. If the whereabouts of Admiral
c.r,.sra,s squadron, brought no particu-
r..,.. 5iferent situation from that mark
-. the preceding Sundays. The monot-
49,, ,5e lack of picturesqueness at day
hreat the heat of a tropical sun-an were
there
Tho vessels on the blockade were the
Iowa Indiana and oregon, battleships;
+.a flagship of Commodore Schley, the
pr,olIvo and the small yachts Gloucester
and Vixen.
The Iowa was swinging a mile
4,rrber out than the rest of
the squadron, trying to fix her
forward Pinch turret, which was
ort If repair; while che Indiana was do
49, the same thing to her forward a3-inch
Tbe absolutely available ships in the
sona5ron therefore, were only the Ore
CON Texas and Brooklyn, although later
both Capt. Evans and Capt. Taylor fought
Their ships
MS a custom on ships, regulated by the
rules. that there shall be general muster
at least once each three months, and that
the articles of war shall be read. First
call had been sounded at 9:15 a. M, and
the men were assembling on the decks.
The lookout in the masthead of the
Brooklyn had some time before reported
smoke in the harbor but as the same thing
had been noticed several times before, no
special attention was paid to It,
The Brooklyn and Vixen were the only
Ships to the west of the entrance, the 9TH
er ships having drifted well TO the east.
On the bridge Navigator Hodgson of the
BROOKLYN said sharply to the lookout,
isn't that smoke moving?" and the look
out after a minutes inspection with the
long glass dropped it eXcitedly and fairly
yelled. There is a big ship coming out
Of the harb0r, sir"
Lieut. Hodsson, who is a particularly
cool man, looked once himself, and then
grasping the magaphone, shouted, aft
the bridge there! Tell the commodore the
enemy fleet is coming out"
Commodore Scnley was sitting under
the awning on the quarterback Going to
the bridge he said: Raise the signal to
the fleet" and turning to Capt. Cook, who
stood near, he said. Clear ship for ac-
tion
Then he went forward and took his place
on a little platform of wood running on
the outside of the coming tower, which had
been built for him. He was dressed in
blue trousers, black alpaca jacket and
the regulation cap, without the broad hand
of gold braid.
The men, with yell, went to their guns
and the rapid preliminary orders were
given Commodore Schiey, glasses in hand
watched the first ship turn out, and saw
AN 1tdl Z 1OI me west. sun ne gave no
signal 10 fire or move The Oregon opened
with her 13-inch shells and the Indiana
and Texas followed suit. But the range
was a long one.
sun the Brooklyn waited. But down be-
low the coal was being forced into the fur
mace every boiler was being worked and
every gun made ready to fire. Commodore
Senley wanted to know which way they
were al going, or whether they would
scatter
In the meantime the Oregon began to
urn to the west and the Texas had NOV
I'll IN closer and was damaging the leading
SNIP the Infanta Maria Teresa.
Ihey are all coming west, SIR" shouted
Lieut. Sears, and just then the western
batteries opened up.
uH speed ahead, open fire! shouted
commodore Schley.
fme deliberately and don't waste a
s ,H ne added, and the orderlies carried
Nle "ord to the turrets.
IN an instant the BrookIvn's terrific g
osu o-ihch batteries on her port side OPEN
l ana the cruiser headed for a point in
a mv5l ol the first escaping ship firing at
@ mn 'eeeiNln8 the fire from two of them
g.. .Nen commodore Schley saw that the
Ssl snip was coming out from the shore,
ev gaIsu directly for the Brooklyn, with the
ra p5nl intention of raining her. A clever
ar was mere accomplished
Idru a-port with your helmv' shouted
sro ,ey' ana the cruiser began to go
tTIIcAly she turned and quickly her big
Tbo ram ram was pointing at the first ship
ne InLahta Maria Teresa had to work in
M Tt 70 avoid being rammed.
,l Inc shells of the Texas and Oregon with
lyr sliiD.e storm of Shell from the Brook
b eg,I ndu aone their work, and the smoke
A. a." pouring from her decks.
so ~ o clock the entire Cane Verde
irg rn was outside the harbor and go
di9r. 'pluiy westward. The Iowa and In
tb 1"@ could not keep up the mace hnt
sist. OIesoa was coming across to The as
wa Oh the Brooklyn, which. at 10.o5.
Trf, ensasing the first three shins the
Inn 1' aI Maria Teresa, the Cristobal Co
ana the Vizcaya.
ca N 0.u the Spanish ships had all oop-
sbe U a their shots ON the Brooklyn and
of "aS IN a perfect rain of shells most
e"nleA went over. 'iOs'
dora "iu!ng IN this han of shells coro,,o
F1,s eahey asked a young man nannea
metsr VINO stood near him with a STAT
cay5 4, " hat is the distance to the W.
ty THE man took the observation. ..rw.r-
tier"@ nun Aundred yards, Sir" he said " ond
"a. "d0 whistle foIlouad - az, .