The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-23

Immediately sounded Cease firing
 and s.Haltl..' But it was too late. The action had been begun all along the | line and it was not considered wise to attempt further measures to stop it. The commanders ordered their men
 forward at the double quick which
 they carried out with a. vigor that afterwards gave them the city. AMERICAN WOMEN RESCUED Blood bespattered sidewalks, broken windows and bullet scared walls gave l the plaza a gruesome aspect Within the Di1agencia hotel, there were 40. Americans most of them women who had been there since the commence ment of hostilities. When the square was taken they were immediately no- tiled that they might go to their places if they so desired but that they probably would incur no further dam ger by remaining in the hotel. T. It was not until late Tuesday that Ethe last of General Maas' men on top l of the hotel received written orders from outside the city to vacate their position The order was oabeyed by a portion of the hundred men who were occupying the roof advantage points in the interior ha5E a small por- ton of the band determined to dis obey the orders of their superiors and fight to the last.
 FORT F1IES SI1RPENT FLAG # LII the 1l$uLAnS Tn LHG zE9NESr or 9CA6 inner harbDr San Juan de U1oa, an Eancfept stone fortress, flew the Mex fcan nag throughout the attack The command ant aT6a8 30 armed naeuxarad 300 worArnen in the navy yard reered from the er11brazzres at the Prairie, lying 300 yards away, and the war ships smelling the naval academy In the dungeons remained 800 prisoners, the echoes of the guns on the ships reaching them through a 16 foot stone wall
 Captain stickney, of the Prairie. went through the fortress several days ago and found some heavy guns, live torpedoes and a torpedo tube in a corrugated iron shed outside the wall of the fortress
 When the landing of the Americans was ordered, Captain Stickney sent worR to the commandant Of San Juan l de Udoa that he would blow him to pieces with the Prairie's guns if he opened fire against the Americans,
 but that otherwise he would not be disturbed
 The commandant replied that he would answer with his cannons if l fired on, but he would not begin hos- tflitfes- When the engagement ashore began. the conmandant hoisted brilliant new Mexican flag which flew 1 all day long.
 SPANISH CRUISER LEAVES Rear Admiral Fletcher instructed
 the Spanish cruiser Carlos V., to go
 outside the breakwater in order to l give the Prairie room to fire her guns The Spanish commander refused. say ing that he dared not maneuver his boat in so small a space at night He | also declared that he needed to take on supply of fresh water Admiral l Fletcher insisted yesterday that his l orders be carried out and that Carlos I V- be moved outside Just before the attach on the center Of the city be- l gan-
 l When Admiral Fletcher directed I that bIuejackets and marines be land ed from Rear Admiral Badgers ships before dawn and drawn up in the plaza before the railroad station and then proceed to take the entire town,
 he acted only after warning and after Is shells from the Prairiess three-inch l guns had been thrown into the steel framework of the new market, which faces Market place A persisten but scattered fire came from rifles in the [ market during all the early hours of the morning and Admiral Badger,s men landed to the whining accom-
 paniment of rife bullets over their
 heads.
 ATTACK ON NAVAL COLLEGE When the rush started Admiral Bad gers bIueJackets. clad in orange color ed clothing, made for them on the trip down by dyefng white uniforms l with iron rust, moved in close column
 formation up the waterfront past the market and across the front of the
 naval college, 9 long, three story structure built of adobe stone and hay ing a tiled roof The column moved
 steadily forward until the first com
 pany had passed beyond the college
 and the remainder were covering the
 whole front with guns almost against
 the wall.
 Suddenly a spatter of rifle firing
 broke out and the ashes of the rifles
 were plainly discernable in the upper
 windows of the college and along the
 roof.
 The tackles stood their ground
 pluckily- Some of them huddled close
 to the wall to avoid the rain of steel
 jacketed bullets from above while some dashed across a small open space I directly in front of the building. These
 bIuejackets dropped on their stomachs
 and lifted their rifles high in order to get a range on the windows above. Finally the American officers hustled 1 their men either forward or backward
 until they were in shelter of nearSy buildings
 The jackies in front held their fContinued on Page 9