THE CENTRE DEMOCRAT, BELLEFONTE, PA., JULY 28, 1808. Blight Injury to the Cristobal Colon, | volume and soon almost disappeared. vessels were clo The Spanish vessels, upon elearing The Cristobal Colon was not Injured | The fire from the rapid fire batteries | 11 thelr r= he harbor, turned to the westward in | by our firing, and probably is not much | of the battleships appears to have been | nder yor Tits rolumn, Increasing their speed to the | injured by beaching, though she ran | remarkably destructive, An examina~ shant full poy eir engines The heavy | ashore at high eed. Th : tion of the stranded vessels shows that blockading gsels, which had cloged In | go ste thi } ume off by the one the Almirante Oguer \ towards the Morro at the instant of the ig of the i ! het | Were fered terribly ‘ my's apps ni and at their best | ed 1d broks t herously wide verywh Il sus used our rapid Ww speedily As Told in the Conquerors’ Official Reports. | COMMODORE SCHLEY'S REPORT. ‘commodore Warmly Extols Served With B i AT the battl Praise for the Gloucester, sk ful handling 0 rhters Who Destroy ago in the FIGHTING BOB EVANS 1 CAPTAIN CLARK. The Commander of the Oregon Tells of loucexter was discovers . 5 Naval Cadets Frank or Infanta Maria His Share in the Great 4 and John E. Lew mmander-in Battle longing 16 the Massa Steamahit fot of board the Jowa when came out. They we eastward to n ne by the Brook that the vessel er r your consider shore th On 1, ‘ eo ( } at ! 3) kKivn « ied the rous fire upon the | Colon was about si itles ahead of the pouth until the time she was run on | most weatw ard blockading portion, and emerged from rook] nd Oregon, but her spurt tho at Rio Tarquino, of 13.7 knots. | with the Vixen, and being more direct. mded In the smoke of | was finls and the American ships velthe we New York nor the Brook- | ly in the route taken by the Spanish were now gaining upon her Behind pped to couple up their forward | squadron, was exposed for some min- eir guns en 1 Vizca wen : Bir TRE we honor to : ” ferent points, and {at 9 0 a m vost ord: the Spanish | service | fleet was discovered standing out i The officers and nen of | behaved admirably No ist : : - ss a “ { , wa | y and pened | could have done more gallant sery y the harbor of Santiago de Cuba. They ' turned to the westward 5 4 of ) fi ou ™N OT i wag] wy ire . | . i . A f tn ur ships In front of the | the Brooklyn and the Oregon came | engin but ran out the chase with on utes, possibly ten, to the gun fire of | fire, to which our ships replisd vigor. 1 take pleasure in stating to y : \ " » ; v4 ! y # 4 * 0 ¢ . . — 5 ae Now : : ¢ ( VO " ¢ were at Bunday "quarters for in- the Texas, Vixen and New York It pair, getting steam, of course, as raj three of th Spanish ships and the ously. For a short time there was an that the coolness and judgment of th n The signal was made simul. | was evident from the bridge of the idly as possible on all boilers. To stop | west battery At a range of 1,500 YArds | oimost continuous flight of projectiles executive officer Lieutenant ¢pm taneously from several boats, “Enemy's | New York that all the American ships | to couple up the forward engines would | from the ships and about 3.000 yards over this ship, but when our line was mander Raymond P. Rodgers, deserves ships escaping,” and general quarters | were gradually overhauling the chase, | have meant a delay of 15 minutes, or | from the batteries, but the vessels of fairly engaged, and the Towa had made and will, 1 hope, receive a proper res was sounded The men cheered as | and that she had no chance of escape, four miles in the chase the entire squadron, closing In rapidly, | o swift advance as if to ram or close. ward at the hands of the government they sprang to their guns, and fire was | At 12:50 the Brovkiyn and the Oregon Our Ships But Slightly Injured. so diverted this fire and did mag: | ¢3y enemy's fire became defective in | The test of the executive officer's work was opened probably within elght min. opened fire and got her range-the Boveral of the ships were struck, the | nificent work at close range. I have train as well as range. The ship was fs the conduct of ship and crew In bit utes by the vessels whose guns come | Oregon's heavy shell striking beyond | Brooklyn more often than the others, | never before witnessed such deadly only struck three times, and at least tie. In this case it was simply supeth manded the entrance The New Tork | her—and at 1:20 she gave up without | but very slight material injury was | and fatally accurate shooting as was of them were by fragments of The coolness of the navigator, Liew tutned about and steamed for the es. | firing another shot. hauled down her | done, the greatest being aboard the | done by the ships of your command as shells. We had no casualties tenant Ww H. Schuetge, and of Mmutain caping fleet, flying the signal "Close In colors, and ran ashore at Rio Torquino, | Towa. Our loss was one man killed | they closed in on the Spanish squadron, As soon me it was evident that the | 0 F. K: Hil, in charge of the diy towards harbor entrance and attack 46 miles from Santiago. Captain Cook and one wounded, both on the Brook. | and 1 deem it a high privilege to com- enemy's ships were trying to break fire guns on the upper deck tion vessels.” and gradually increasing | oF the Brooklyn, went on board to re- | iyn. Jt is difficult to explain this im- | mend to you for such action as you | through and escape to the westward worthy of the greatest eommanila as speed until toward the end of the chase ceive the surrender While his boat | munity from loss of life or injury to may deem proper the gallantry and { we went ahead at full speed, with the Other officers of the ship rention as making 16% knots, and was | Was alongside 1 came up In the New | ships in a combat with modern vessels dashing courage, the prompt decision | determination of carrying out to the | COMme under my personal BR ron on the Cristobal Colon, | York, received his iroport and placed | of the best type, but Spanish gunnery | and the skillful handling of their re- | Linas, your order If the enemy | Put the result of the action eho any time within the | the Oregon in charge of the wreck to | js poor at the best, and the superior | spective vessels, of Captain Philip, | tries to escape the ships must close well they did their duly, Nation for range of the heavy Spanish ships, and | save her, if possible, and directed the | weight and accuracy of our fire speedily | Captain Evang, Captain Clark and 8 | und engage AS soon as posible and en. 1 cannot express my Rogne AR the her only part In the firing was to re. prisoncre ta he tranefo spread 10 the Reso- | drove the men from thelr guns and | pecially of my chief of staff, Captain { deavor to sink his vessels or fores them my magnificent crew 3 hey fought wih . Nivided fire from the forts | Jute, Ww hich had followed the phase. | silenced thelr fire. This Is borne out | Cook, who was directly under my per | v0 run ashore.” We soon passed ail of | themy showed his flag they FOUEH ceive the undivicac H10 yo Commodore Schley, whose chief of | by the statements of prisoners, and by | sonal observation, and whose coolness, | cur ships except the Brooklyn bearing like Americans, but when the Rag Swine staff had gone on board to receive the | observation. The Spanish vessels, as | promptness and courage were of the | spe broad pendant of Commodore down they were as gentle and Renee surrender, had directed that all their | they dashed out of the harbor, were | highest order. The dense smoke of the | goniey, At first we only used our main | M4 American women. oi ANE 5 personal effects should be retained by | covered with the smoke from thelr own | combat shut out from my view the battery, but when It was discovered R BE " in passing the harbor tnirafee and to fire a few shots at one of the destroys. ere, thought at the moment to be ante tempting to escape from the Glouces- ter. the officers. This order I did not mod~ | guus, but this speedily diminished In | Indiana and Gloucester, but aa these ity. that the enemy's torpedo boats were Captain United States Navy.
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