The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-03
GERMAN EXPERT REPORTS.
HIS OBSERVATIONS on THE NAVAL
PHASES Of THE WAR.
Analyxe the battle With aerseras
Fleet and shows the Fsfsi
weakness of the spaniards In

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MAYA fBte.llgssace % the nayy dtga ;fueEst
has .sEsIr6 nc Las - "A series q sketches
az The SpaaassS a rz4efsseaa +aT ~ 19'T-
mauasr Jacobsen. q re Csarusam protected
cruiser 1seser Tire las 81 TINS interesting
sssies s.aIs yith the condition 81 tEe span
ish ships after the battle cr Ss nt1aso. Tins
portion Of the sketch contains afra0sF
OF observations regarding gae technical e.
fset ~ car gun FIRE. which wiB lfteresf
naval Officers The msst Interesting OBJ
seryatiars % t1s lsyEBsa are taose upon
The strategy or lack Df Il displayed by
cervera The Spanish admiral having been
ordered 30 leass IAe harGsor. 20 remove
the main object 0f the HttaeE OF Santiago
Commander jacobson sayA bis position q az
fsoK. difficult Ne ass n0t Dare make the
a.tseF - at hight. and 50 decided % - out
ir al daylight.
''Tae whole crew.'' he says, 'ffell vic
tim 20 this fatal deelzi.C. Instructions f9r
the sorfse and the wegfern course ~eff II
slisd. The a1fasfal Mas entfrH{y cogtiacea
OF the tTnpess!hsAty ~ i1ef*attng ne Fh.~
uy or II reaching s2ofeer Ft<tAn iiaF
ever = he should succeed ga sseafninE rsght
through tee hostile feat Il j. - Sa.s tf@t-
ms of help!esshess asl1 impotence. a.
against ;fae American nkvmt f9rrtHs more
shsr 10 anything else. thai ] attribute tnr
drssat The Spanish ships had spent
month ard hAH IN the harh2r wdha45
even attempting 10 attack TIE aiee Aaa-ils
nrel when q favorable opportunity Pr
sentef itse.f, os even hafa&slng g. Tn.
rye torpedo boat aes.royers were not 1ted
for the purr0&e soT gbicg4 ta@y we're ,in-
TENDED This inactivity aar tack - mi
tlatlve nltzss have had a very dsInoFalAkii4&
efYec, on the officers ara men " "f a1d
70 this the certain kn' edge tHaf tF.t
nppoerg forces SsFe much stronger y VII
De readily understood that tae idea %
genera tfsgh, after coming cut 81 The aAr-
hnr entrance vas the only acceptable one,
eal.esal.y ia view ~ the possibility o.
isscsins ms ships thereby rendering them
uneer vieFable. and eventually reseulng me
sfews From the very moment that tbs
feeling u impotence took possession OF the
Spanisi1, and led 10 the above reflections,
their fate. psycholosicaly speaking. wss
seaied We d. not meat 70 dlsiAyage thttr
.snacisy III the rE!dst ~ the hostile fr",
fslt on the other hard Il y quite natural
that the admiral. eeeing that everything
was happsning he rad raTeseeu was
the one who set ne example OF running nIs
chip ashore Al the other commanders
followed this example.
ION the American side the situation was
tnst The reverse Admiral sampson = iieet
was fully conscious Of ia power The
blockade was being conducted ~ accor-
dance with carefully prepared pans. as
ware also the arrangements ln case Of tas
ensnys attempt % escape frequeut en-
gagonients WITH The Spanish had given com
manGrrs and crews that calm assurance In
the handing Of their weapons which guar
artees success The i1uk blockade scrt-
irr. exfmusti1g and nhonoion9us. hardy e
fsrrupted ~ any acton on the part - me
Spanish. bad strung the heroes 30 the nigh
est pitch and everybody was anxious Tor
the end "a eona. Suddenly the fneny AZ
tempted 80 escape, All the passions that
had bean smoidpYgng under the ashes break
forth fshe welcome opportunity for set
sring accounts with Lhe enemy had CONE
al last and With 4 wild rush the American
shlpr fell ar their victims Al the begin
nIng the American ara, ewing II the OK
element Of the personnel and The great
Distances Vas probably n3t very effective,
hut when fra spanish admiral turned TO
the westward and the other ships follow FL
him the moral superiority Of the Americans
reassertst ITSELF Tho commanders, calm
and cooI~heaaeti had their ships follow he
eanse course ard the Americans. having
every advantage on their side. rccoma1enc-
eli the Are on the fleeing ships, which scon
resulted In their total annshiiatien
~ have already spoken ~ the lack Of
training u the Spanish crews. the neg set
Of gun ana torpedo target pyaCt ce. tAs is
adequate education - The commanders Of
the shirs ant torpedo boat destfoyess T.
IL 3fnWeuH teiN due - these deficiencies
that the defeat was fastened Ard that the
American ships sustained 50 few Losses
The training 81 the engine personnel
also WAS totally unreliable, which IS not
aarpflslrg. Ia view Of the fset that the
co extensive cruises. The bottoms of the
Spanish ships had NOT been e.sauea FOR a
long iinln and - tines bad been lying IN
santiago harboy foc $ u4onih and half
they were considerably feuf6t. Thus The
cruisers Maria Teresa. f'gHendo ard Ma
caya vhfeh gn ali ufstr.a. books are credit
ed wish tN.5 knots speed. went into The bat
tie with spestt ~ fguw ,ea - twelve kaois
a.. The Hfost and the Hftstuifai t'U!osf. "a 8iCh
i IA" latest ship AMI WAS t. run twenty
bn2ts, hardly attained q speed Il rs. tn
der thesa cifsuf0afance-. tu every way AN
favorable for the Spanish, whose crews
were iusafflaen;ly tfalaed and physically
aud morally tneFvafesi hy Song inactivity
@hose xntps We're inferior 81 number speed
ard nEhtknE efficiency z IS nc y andrr that
thc victory ~ the Americans was easy ana
lafa FoF with tasg alficMnf sacrifices
''fhefe WAS oniy one chance f0f tee sac
cess os the sortis 1t saoHi have been
made az night IA scattered formation
After psrs0usi investigator ~ the
locality IL Is NY opinion that y II entirely
pFactSeah4e fcs feet ~ leave Santiago
hsri'3f % nieht. The wferk ~ the Mcr-
fi9RS 1ld not constitute an oarstf gttiess.
II ls trst~ that s4uAiral 9ans,ss en's report
ON che uigiil hloekasie states tha3 the
hkntsht9S Mere iYiuE from one "a 1wo
miles from McrT5 castle according In ths
state e ose s'u1osgHetv. ans taA. hey
NEhtea ap tae chsnuej fer hAtf u H7te in~
*',is h.ton iho oY%i search. ishi. h@~eS.r
.ae# neg fs%>A Tst.Aer ''}an Vn@ cAile
Thereto tse illumination coaia mot nave
Teen vef} effective Moreover ta~ shore
batteries ~ vg"niaN IRE uj.oo INC hsat~
change ;arir tsssft.assS hoe e'ranas. 10
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- taS ds''r et tA' n.~ n'0"n. Ah.s'ss 'ee
inla3ls - Iats. ~oaii ha1s hsan beat
suited Fey 'he enterprise
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