New-York tribune., 1901-10-26
SCHLEY On SANTIAGO.
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forecastle Of the ship. j the leading ship.
which apparently had started with the intention
Of ramning, take a turn ahead the west
ward, leaving a gap between her and the ship
following which subsequently proved 10 be the
Vizcaya. We were advancing in the direction
OF the Vizcaya when she also seemed TO have
given up the intention 10 ram and turned to the
westward. following the direction of the leading
ship II then became apparent we were
steering on diametricaly opposite courses, that
the original plan had failed, and that the Span
fish feet. in order and apparently at distance,
had succeeded In passing the battleship line. A
new feature OF the tight became Immediately
apparent.
THE BRoOKLYN'S LOOP.
Captain Cook gave the order TO port helm.
] cid not. ] should have done il in a second.
the ships head swinging very rapidly.
and I asked him whether his helm was hard
aport and he replied that II was either aport
hard aport. ] think he said hard aport. i
never saw the ship turn more rapidly than she
did at this time. Her turn absolutely con-
tinuous. There was no easing Of her helm. l
never saw the starboard side Of the Texas at
all. We were never across her bow. I never
was al her port side. and she never approached
any position that was within six hundred yards
OF the Brooklyn. She never entered into my
head at all a menace danger. We passed
that was given was eleven hundred yards and
the fact OF the nearness of that ship (the sec
ond Spanish ship impressed itself upon my
mind and viii never he forgotten, because /
could see with the naked eye men running over
her turrets to her superstruCture deck and 1
observed the daylight between their legs as
they ran. We turned very rapidly, and had
been for long time under the impression that
our starboard engine was backed. from the fact
%hoFT 4 cTov, .1,1 d.,
looking astern I saw unusual amount Of
ehurned water. II looked to me very much
~ that engine had been hacking Though the
matter was not one Of record as I found out
subsequently, had always been under the i'm
preston that that engine had backed.
DENIES CoLLoQUY WITH HODGsoN
During the turn Mr.. Hodgson very properly
made some allusion 10 the lookout perhaps for
the Texas do not recall what il was. but here
was never any cooquy of any character be-
tween Mr.. Hodgson and myself. First. he was
too good an officer 10 have transgressed one of
the plainest duties of an officer at such time
and second IL he had undertaken it 1 would
not have permitted it for a second. That is
fiction; there was no colloquy
Before we turned. the leading ship was abeam
or little abaft the beam, and when we turned
about she was ahead of us-that is on The star
board bow-and all four ships and the forts
were firing at the same time. and from that
moment the following ten or fifteen minutes
Were the most furious part of the entire combat.
remember very distinctly seeing from time 10
time as my attention was attracted for a mo-
ment the Jets Of water ahead and astern and
over and short. The roar Of projectiles was one
OF the things that can be heard only once in
lifetime, and then never forgotten.
THE BROOKLYN FIGHTING FOUR SPAN
IARDS.
1T appeared at that moment that all four Of
those ships were at work upon the Brooklyn
and up to the moment Of turning, so far as we
oould perceive, there WAS not the slightest evil
dence that they had even been injured The
thought passed through my mind that after all
our precautions and waiting those fellows would
get away At that moment felt and / thought
remarked 10 Captain Cook that -ye were alone
and would perhaps have most Of that fight upon
ourselves because I did not know then tha;
the battleships could possibly keep up their
speed. But I said TO him We must stav with
this crowd. had no idea that we would escape
oi course, II they could have shot wei our
people did, they certainly would have so. US.
When we had completely turned around on
q westerly course, the ships appeared TO have
been broken UP little, although still ir some
semblance Of formation. and just al that mo-
ment i saw the Oregon breaking IN through
this cloud envelope. She broke through on to
the starboard quarter of the fagship ] had
hoisted the signal Close up and :hen Follow
the nag feeling that a new disposition was
necessary. That signal was replied %. and
saw il repeated. Captain Clark knew very wen
81 was not intended for him, because he was
following the flag, he repeated il 70 the other
ships.
TERRIFIC GUN FIRE.
'Tn very few moments after the oregon
broke through the cloud of smoke she was per
haps four five hundred yards distant These
two ships. the Brooklyn and the oregon. were
firing In a manner 1 had never seen before. /
never before realized what rapid gun fire meant
Both ships were at that time sheet # flame
Soon after saw that the leading snip ~as evil
IDENTIFY battered hard. She Jagged astern.
saw smoke coming out Of her ports and out OF
her matches, and the fact that impressed itself
upon that the columns were gong
straight UP in the air / said to Captain Cook
who was constantly at my side and .lEays in
my confidence, We have got Keep the
boys below Informed Of all the movements
They cannot see, and they ought 10 know and
he did so throughout the action. Every few
moments messages were sent below 10 the men
that We're answered oftentirnes with cheers
which could hear through the ventlators
1T appeared 10 be q very sh)rt interval Of
time after that that I a second ship on
fire, which proved later 10 be the Oquendo She
evidently had suffered very severely. and started
Immediately inshore. leaving the Vizcaya and
the Colon. The Vizcaya Immediately took a
leading position the bow. and / thought for
a little while that she would perhaps outfoot us
The Colon worked inshore, and the time between
the dropping out of action of those two ships
until the Vizcava turned inshore WAS a nariod