The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-19

The expectation Of war was not enter
tanned by the Spanish government IN time
to permit it to send over supplies OF am
munition for the great guns of Havana. A
small stock was on hand, but 1t was be-
lieved to be essential for the effective use
of some very good ordnance in the de-
lenses of Havana that the supplies OF ann
munition should be augmented at once.
Admiral Cervera, 1t Is asserted with great
positiveness, brings much Of this essential
ammunition and will run some risks to
reach a port where, with his powerful
fleet, he can break the blockade.
Hopes at Havana
NEW YORK, May 1S.-The Herald this
morning publishes the following Cuban
advices sent via Key West:
The Spanish fleet is expected in Havana.
For the last two nights Moro Castle light.
which has not been burning since the
blockade commenced, has blazed a red Sig
nal to guide the Spanish warships into the
harbor.
Some information regarding the move-
ments of the fleet has reached General
Blanco. This information must have como
from Madrid. for news of the sighting Of
the Cape Verde fleet off the coast of vene-
vana by last Sunday, yet on that day GEN.
eral Blanco caused 1t to be officially an.
nounced to his soldiers and to the people Of
Havana that a powerful fleet with REIN
forcements and supplies had eluded the
American fleet and was approaching. This
news was brought by u Cuban scout picked
up in a rowboat near Cojimar on Sunday
night, who brought out the information to
the blockading squadron under cover Of
darkness and then returned to land.
General Blanco evidently expects the
Spanish fleet to round the western end Of
the harbor and enter Havana in the night,
there to land supplies and troops and pre-
pare for the battle with the blockading
squadron.
Reports Of the presence Of the Spanish
fleet in these waters have greatly strength
ened the courage of Blanco's soldiers,
whose spirits were beginning to droop I'M
der the conviction that Spain had ADAM
doned them to their fate. Increased activ-
ity and preparations for desperate defense
are notable all along the coast.
Have Left Curacao
NEW YORK, May 1S.-The Herald's cor
respondent In Barranquilla, United States
of Colombia, telegraphs that Admiral Ger
vera's squadron has not come to that port.
1t is reported there that the Spanish ships
wnlcn iert Wlilemstao' lslano OF curacao
on SUNDAY evening" nave peen slgnteo py
'he incoming Vessels heauiis toward MAI
Unique.
Will ASSIST sampson
MIAMI, Fla, May 1S.-It is reported from
Key west That Commodore Watson has
started for Havana with United States
squadron NO. . TO work IN harmony with
the squadrons under Rear Admiral Samp-
son ana Commodore Schley.
Commodore watson took his fleet from
Key west singly. lie has been coaling for
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NEW YORK, May 1S.--A dispatch to the
Herald from Gibraltar says: The torpedo
boats Ariete, Haicon ana Azor.swhich were
at st. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, with
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