Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1898-05-14 | Page 2 | The Spanish Account

I THE SPANISH ACCOUNT I Eleven American Warships Were Gloriously Beaten Eack Madrid May 13An official dispatch from San Juan de Porto Rico says the American squadron was repulsed off Porto Rico Although 1 warships bombarded the place the attackers were gloriously beaten back The Spanish Span-ish batteries armed with 6inch guns were especially effective This alleged victory of the Spanish has aroused great enthusiasm here Another official dispatch from Porto Rico says The bombardment only caused slight damage t the barracks Four soldiers were killed and several wounded The squadron retired havIng hav-ing received severe Injuries One big warship had to be towed Note If any of the warships of the fleet of Rear Admiral Sampson had to be towed it was probably one of the monitors as they were taken In tow on their way to Porto Rico in order to save coal supply The report from Sampson to the navy department says that no serious damage was done to any of his ships Havana May 13 via Kingston Jamaica Ja-maica Captain General Blanco has received ceived a dispatch from General Macros the Spanish commander at Porto Rico reading as follows Eleven of the enemys ships appeared appear-ed during the early hours yesterday before Porto Rico and opened fire without with-out giving warning The port battery replied and a severe cannonading was continued until 9 oclock in the morning I morn-ing The damage done was Inconsiderable inconsider-able and the loss is insignificant