Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-13

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News of the War.
Ten Miles West Of the Entrance Of the
Harbor of Santiago de Cuba. Sunday. July
3, by the Dispatch Boat Wanda 10 Port An
! ionic, Jamaica. via Kingston. Jamaica.
July 5-Admiral Cervera's fleet. consisting
CT the armored cruisers Crist Colon.
Almirante OQuendo. Infanta Maria Teresa
and Vizcaya and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers, the F'uror and the Pluton. which
had, been held in the harbor OF Santiago
de Cuba for six weeks past by the combined
squadrons of Rear Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley. lies at the bottom OF
j the Caribbean sea off the southern coast
of Cuba. The Spanish admiral is a pris-
Gloucester formerly Mr.. j. Pierpont Nor
gan's yacht Corsair) and 1000 to l.5eo other
/ Spanish officers and sailors. all who es-
| capped the fr!ghtful carnage caused by the
shells from the American warships. are
also held prisoners Of war by the United
States navy.
Only One American n. Killed.
| The American victory is complete. and.
according to the best information at this
| time, tho American vessels were prac-
tically untouched. and only one man was
; killed, though the ships were subjected to
y e~AA
the battle lasted,
| Cervcru's Gallant Dash.
Admiral Cervera made as gallant dash
, for liberty and for the preservation Of his
i ships Sunday morning as has ever occurred
in the history Of naval warfare. In the
| face of overwhelming odds. with nothing
| before him but inevitable destruction or
! surrender if he remained any longer in the
trap in which the American fleet held him,
he made a bold dash from the harbor at
| the time the Americans least expected him
to do so, and, lighting every inch OF his
way, even when his ship was ablaze and
! sinking, he tried to escape the doom which
| was written on the muzzle Of every Amer
| lean gun trained upon his vessels.
Americans Open Fire.
| The Americans saw him the moment he
| left the harbor and commenced their work
! OF destruction Immediately. For an hour
! or two they Followed the flying spaniards
| TO the westward along the shore line. send
| ing shot after shot into their blazing hulls
tearing great holes in their steel sides and
I covering their decks with the blood OF the
! killed ard wounded.
Pluck al tho Spaniards.
At no time did the Spaniar ds show any IN
! dication that they intended to dc other
| wise than fight 10 the last. They showed
no signals to surrender even when their
| ships commenced to sink. and the great
| clouds Of smoke pouring from their sides
their heads towards the shore. less than
a mile away. and ran them on the beach
and rocks, where their destruction was
soon completed.
American Chivalry. Displayed.
The officers and men on board then es-
capped to the shore as well Is they could.
with the assistance OF boats sent from the
American men-of-war, and then threw
! themselves upon the mercy of their cap
tors. who not only extended to them the
gracious hand Of American chivalry, but
sent them guard to protect them from
the murderous bands of Cuban soldiers hid
ing in the bush the hillside. eager to
rush down and attack the unarmed. de-
feated. but Valorous foe.
Destruction Of the Fleet.
One after another Of the Spanish ships be-
came the victims of the awful rain Of shells
which the American battleshps poured up
on them, and TWO hours after the first Of
the feet had started out Of Santiago harbor
three cruisers and two torpedo boat de-
stroyers were lying on the shore ten to
fifteen miles west OF MORO castle, pounding
to pieces. smoke and flame pouring from
every part of them and covering the entire
coast line with mist which could be seen
for miles.
, Ccrvern-s Surrender.
Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore
in a boat sent by the Gloucester to the
assistance Of the lnfanta Maria Teresa,
and as soon tUutl!eu lne beach he
surrendered himself and his command to
, Lieut.. Morton, and asked to be taken
board the Gloucester, which was the only
American vessel near him at the time, with
several of his officers, including the cap
tain Of the flagship. Tie Spanish adj
Eliral, who was wounded in the arm, was
taken to the Gloucester, and was received
at her gangway by her commander. Lieu
tenant Commander Richard Wainwright.
who grasped the hand of the gray-bearled
admiral, and said to him: Il congratulate
you. sir. upon having made gallant d
fight was ever witnessed on the sea-
Lieutenant Commander Wainwright then
placed his cabin at the disposal of the
Spanish officers.
American Vessels Engaged.
The Iowa. Indiana, Oregon, Massachu-
sets, Texas, Brooklyn and the converted
yacht Gloucester. formerly the Corsair.
formed in position to give battle as soon
as the Colon was sighted rounding the
wreck of the Merrimac The American
vessels did not open fire at once: they
waited until Cervera's ships We're out of
the range of Morros guns before giving
battle Cervera headed to the west the
Colon in the lead. followed by the Vizcaya
and Oquendo and the destroyers. all fir
ing rapidly.
A Sixty-Mile Chase.
Off Santiago de Cuba. July 4. p. M.
Per Dispatch Boat Cynthia, via Kingston.
Jamaica, July 6.-After chase of so miles
to the westward. the Brooklyn, closely fol-
lowed by the Oregon, overhauled the Girls
tobal Colon after she had ran ashore and
had hauled down her flag. Capt. Cook, Of
the Brooklyn, went on board of her. and
the commander Of the Spanish armored
cruiser came forward to surrender. and
was taken on board the New York, which
came up an hour after the Brooklyn and
Oregon had completed the capture of the
Cristobal Colon. Ths latter was not seri-
ously damaged, though she was struck sew
eral times by shots from the Brooklyn and
Oregon. During the chase clever ma
newer of Commodore Schley's in heading
due west to Cape Caney, while the Cristo-
bal Colon had taken a more southerly sdi-
rection with a much greater distance to
cover, rendered the Spaniard's escape Inn
possible. I'll .S2sI :" Z 49,.
A GLORIOUS NATAL. DAY. !:
Record Made by Our Army and Navy