Show makes it less effective as a port fort of refuge bombardment was W brief lint bat effective and BA battle darace sustained by the th loleet fleeta brantle spaniards fire revolvers at the fleet Iv washington ashington may IG 16 the navy department dopart part parti ment nent Is in receipt of dispatches from admiral sampson announcing the bombardment of san juan tho the bombardment bar dment was undertaken to render the forts less effective in case the spanish fleet seeks the protection of that port the bombardment was brief but effective the squadron suffered attle damage being struck by only a few I 1 shots which scarcely arcely cc made an im pres slon sampson and righting fighting bob evans ETBOS while standing on the bridge of the iowa came near being injured by flying splinters the heat was terrific and several severs I 1 men were prostrated during the cantio cannoned nad ing but they stood at their posts eager for the fray several hundred shots were fired by the forts the spaniards were wildly excited and shook their fists and fired revolvers vars at the squadron which was hardly in striking distance of their long range guns there were but two men killed and seven wounded of the latter only one tie is considered serious the spaniards ads stood pluckily by their guns and returned the fire but their shooting pas was wild the did not see the he signal to retire and for half an arts hour our fought a splendid duel with the forts shot and shell rained around her but she was uninjured the runs guns were not silenced but the forts looked like a sieve when the firing ceased sampsons Samp sons intention it was sur was to render the forts practically useless to the spanish fleet it if it should put into that port SAN BAN MAN DAY BAY SHOWING fortifications who have died from lack of food are taken daily through h the spanish it lines ties tho the bodies are ara thrown together in piles without any form of burial for the buzzards to feed upon major lima asserts that the cubans around havana are gathering strength every day but he explains that they are in need of supplies |