Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-12-06
by Taylor Washington
REAR ADMIRAL WINFIELD SCOTT sCHLEy.
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means to keep inside OF thousand
yards, out OF their effective torpedo
range" Captain Cook was standing
alongside me and said: Yes. We will
soon be within the cross.flre Of these
ships I said: Yes. and 4 then saw
we had advanced without firing. The
first gun. think, was fred by Lieu.
tenant Simpson. almost directly over
the forecastle of the ship.
saw the leading snip. which appar.
emily had started with the intention
OF ramming, take turn anead to the
westward, leaving a gap between her
and the ship following, which subse.
quently proved to be the Vizcaya. We
were advancing in the direction Of the
Nizcaya, when she also seemed to
have given up the intention to ram
and turned to the westward following
the direction Of the leading ship. 1t
then became apparent, as We were
steering on Numerically opposite
courses. that the Original plan of tho
Spaniards had failed. and that the
Spanish feet. In order and apparently
at distance, had succeeded in passing
the battleship line.
Loop Was Necessary.
A new feature of the fight became
Immediately apparent. Captain Cook
gave the order to port helm. I did
not. ! should have done 1t In sec.
ond. ! saw the ships head swinging
very rapidly. and | asked him wheth.
er his helm was hard a.port; and he
replied that 1t was. either ''a-port" or
hard a.port." think he said hard
a-port." ! never saw the ship turn
more rapidly than she aid at this
time. Her turn was absolutely con.
tinuous. There was no easing of her
helm. never saw the starboard side
OF the Texas at all. We were never
across her bow. | never was at her
port side, and she never approached
anv position that was within six hun.
dred yards Of the Brooklyn. She new
err entered into my head at all as a
menace or danger. we passed COM
pletely around the circle.
The last range that was given was
eleven hundred yards. and the fact OF
the nearness Of that ship 1.-THE second
Spanish ship impressed itself upon
my mind, and will never be forgotten.
because | could sec with the naked
eve men running over her turrets to
her superstructure deck, and Observ-
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We MUST stay WIN TINS Crowd
before we turned, the leading ship
was aDeam OF httie apart the beam,
ana when we turned about she was
ahead OF us-that is, on the starboard
Dow'-ahd all -FOUR ships ana the forts
were nring at the same time. and
from that moment tne following ten
or hfteen minutes were the most fu