Morris tribune., 1898-06-08
The Percentage Which Took
Effect Said to Have Been
Very Large.
6paniardS Admit Some Loss, But
Not as Great as Is Gener-
ally Believed.
The Reina Mercedes Struck by
q Thirteen Inch She'll from
the Oregon.

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vicinity of Santiago de Cuba continue
the greater part of yesterday from IA
m. until nearly II o'clock Ten O
the American warships main tanned
steady and carefully directed fire agaIns
I'll MORO castle, and the batteries a
Punta Gorda, Socapa and Cincoraales
in addition TO bombarding the Spanish
6eet in the harbor. The percentage o
effective projectiles was very large.
1t appears, from the best information
obtainable at this place, the cable sta
ton connecting with Santiago de Cuba
that immense damage was inflicted Oh
the enemy. The Spaniards admit thai
the bombardment from the American
Geet was most destructive. About.six'
teen hundred pFojecsiles are said to
have been fred by the Americas war
ships and it seems that the responsive
Gre from the Spanish FORTS and ships
was scarcely felt at all by the Amer
leans.
Eslddled With Solid Shot.
The fortifcafons Aear she entrance
Of the harbor are descrihsd as, being
Ptt1dled with solid shot and shattered
by the explosion Of the Immense shells
Cred By the American battleships. The
Spanish batteries are understood to
have been virtually slleneed. and Ell
MoRrO and che fogtifications at Socapa
and Pnnts 0orda are reported to have
been demolished, by the three hours
uninterrupted hammering Of the Amer
lean feet.
The American attack is next said to
have been specially directed against
AguAdores, q small coast town little
to the east of che entrance to Santiago
bay. The idea Of the American adj
miraA, IL appears, was to land troops
and siege guns there, after reducing
che defenses Of the place, and then
make close assault upon Santiago,
which ip view OF the present condition
Of its Notifications may be expected to
yield very soon after the beginning of
such an attack.
Net Results Extremely Disastrous.
Heavy Cannonsding was opened
GpOn Aguadores at about midday
The latest Rdvices received here from
Spanish sources do not indicate the
duration OF the fire, or whether Amer.
loan troops and seige guns were ac.
$ually landed at Aguadores. but from
tia information obtainable it cannot be !:
doubted that the net result Of Mondays
lighting was extremely disastrous to
the Spanish defenses. It is also under.
stood here that the Cuban troops main
ealned throughous the greater part of
the day an attack by land upon San
aago; and the Spanish reports say the
garrison lest heavily in killed and
wounded.
The military commander of Santiago
de Cuba acknowledges the following
casualties among the land forces:
Colonel OTdonez. Captain Sanchez,
lieutenant Yri2aF, of the artiIlery,
and Perez end Garcia, both Spanish
officers, whose rank is not mentioned.
These officers were badly wounded
Tha SpeniaRds also admit the loss Of 81
infantry soldiers, severely wounded,
and rag one sot1ier was killed.
But i il believed the losses of the.
epaniards were much more heRvy.
In ths naval force the SpaniaEds say
shat ehe officer who was second in COM:
mand Of the partly dismantied Spanish
cEntaeF Reina Mercedes and five sailors
MnA an ensign we're killed. The Span.
fGh sAtaoEs wounded, it 10 asserted, mum.
bar sixteen men. The loss on the
American side, the Santiago report
GAyA is not known.
The Spaniards acknowledge that a
great deal of damage was inflicted on
The Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes,
and they say Moro castle ahows great,
gaping breaches Ia lts walls
later In the day it appears landing
q American troops was effected near
DaAQuid, some distance east OF Aqua
Area and near the railway station
connecting With Santiago.
An Engagement Took Place.
Later "a engagement took place be- /
sween the American force and a. ce1. |
umn al SparAsh troops, which had been
0eas against ths landing party. The.
aceogn4s ek the battle obtainabls here,
being fFOm Spanish sources, do not set
forth tho result, and therefore it is to .
b Inferred that the Americans were
stO0WiOus. and that is the belief which
prevails here. I
FhSre Is . report current at Cape
HAytien thA6 tbs ATstc1ass aTfnored /
epnieh eRHissR Maria Teresa was sunk
w11tN Are of ths American ships.
II u aid dat only ave hundred
Mxne1ican troops were Landed at Dali I
9Uth. or posslAy ~ Aguadores, the
two piAabs Donfnsed in the re-
nlsf ~ Gf the AaHaricap
~ p0ehTase tias the Spanr
enpelled 70 Zee fr6m the
dacAsssSs ay ware defending. i
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