The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-11

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- y se contemporaries. tns esews ma
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..sn p'.ceu uhseservediy =. sne anposal or
80 s@HN oe.eHsr' tHs cfsscAi poauon ~ the
soee 10 jury wouio nave A.
s1e1 ferrous tasxn ana fresh muisAsy
en1 aoaH nave nesn eniaiaea- ~ re-
- .ltoM .ns incompetence % tne sos-
s1eHt Z. Asa.sd ana Ins eAnse of eIoss
purposes played Between HAvsna and sss'-
uaso That tns squaafon was oestroyed ana
tns TAU o. the Town acceieraasc
me sefecsson o. daylight IN wnicn -
"aAe the sxte1pt. ne says ~ss the aest
uhder the circumstance TIE squaafon
Was TO 90 out a. . Whole, trusting 70 pro-
1911 ~ nv unsu - ~ ~
'"s Ss1Ai " eHe ssos
Oregon and BrOoktyn nest.
The best work o. the American squad
ron WAS done by the Brooklyn and The
Oregon. hs declares. The PiIson and
Terror were destroyed, not by the Giea-
cester. but BY the ere OF the whole squad
ron. The Maria Teresa received the whole
ere. and succumhed the Oquendo. the
last ship In the Spanish column, was de-
stroyed BY general IRE. The ViScaya then
took tho lead. and II was the BROOKLYN
and the Oregon that beat II on tho rocks
ard left II blazing like q torch. Then II
was the Brooklyn and tho OREGON again.
with the Texas and the Vixen following.
that gave chase 10 the Colon. The nor
NAL speed Of the Colon should be twenty
knots. but with Its foul bottom II never
went faster In tina, race for life than
is.s knots The Oregon. q. hattlesnip. at
tained 10 knots, and was soon oserhaniing
the cruiser. The end OF that historic
race II graphically told b. Sir George
Clarke IN . rev woras:
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g .he .so'oh' 'uInea 1870 .ne SUIT
nfeu = rec gun aio aau'e" oo"h ms so'-
ofs. -.
Ds ~1e
Not shot was hrs1 IN the light OF
July BY the New York. SIMPSONS nag
SNIP the brooklyn. with ScnicS ABOARD,
fired more shots than any snip In the
squadron and received three times as
many hits from the spaniards as all OF
the other American vessels cosnMned. In
al. e'o shoes n.su ~ va. ".-.s. -
can squsaIoh' anu - lne 80 %, Nc a..
enemy Not one oi .hr - io-nssh sues
struek. Two OF the ~ i@-ihch saeHs hrea
MI, poth striking tho 1sfeAa- Inc COZ.
clusion OF Sir George Clarke - that the
lz-inch and ls-inch guns might A. WEI
have been left at home. and points 10 tneir
iEeinciency In the battle OF the Haia a.
coffoporauoh. Inc most emscuse suns
.ase 49, s1s.. 80. -. -
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80 80. 60.
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The battle orders Issued oy sampson DO
not md FAVOR with the criuc' Inc sec
onu ono WAL iHtshoeu 10 mect the eA
fremeiy nmprooapic case OF uhding the
enemy advancing In line abreast me
third was issued TO meet the case OF
the enemy advancing In single column,
line ahead. II Is not easy to see how the
second and third orders of battle could be
employed effectively against an enemy
pospcesing a decided superiority OF speed.
which was, nominally at least. the case
Of Cervefa's squadron
apanlsh Gunboats' Errors.
rns cra,,.s r,rhaats ,r Cuban oorts
.ss..ta h... 49, ,a,ra avvrssstve WORK "a
- s.- 1.a.,gs f.,.-ka Thev ar IN. eou-
.s,.,ss go IA yarh.s ~ IN
$780, r,,.s,n.n. 70 rssse tb.r, aro,,ra en-
n, Tn. san Domingo he SAYS. instead OF
running from the Eagle and gaing axroun1.
should have turned on its pursuer and
made a prize OF IL.
DAmcultiea 81 q blockade.
n.a, hyo@l.sa ia .ax. "a .
| -, s..rr,,. t.,,. a. WAS Illustrated nv
- a-.,tr,,. $1,000 f-nns c,nrmofiare
~ III ..s.s 80 ,,ssr..-.sx wore shtr. "a
,.s.a. 80 hssosas. oe an. nartn e,a :.
-. ~ p,.,e, vas rr.e,,r.u.
80 - ~...ss
"'."'s. v..
The war taught inpoF AN, 'Aiuss, is
says. concerning the ashfasaiis OF MICS
OF ships me ~snptoN ueht ps aafss aux
Hilary cruisers. such as the ~. Louis ana
81. Paul, marks new departure IN war.
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