Show FIRED ON OUR WARSHIPS havana batteries open on the blockading fleet I 1 IS STRUCK I 1 I 1 I 1 ai I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 one ona ton end and two I 1 o anili snells perforate Perfo iata tho the Ilag flagship ship tearing 0 holo in her stem completely wrecking commodore commodora Il nowella ewells quarters and smashing 11 els Ls bookcase ojito Frag fragmentize mentie no 0 ono no was Hurt Attack occurred friday morning shortly before B 5 key west fla aup ang 13 21 the flagship san francisco tho the monitor I 1 mian llda n ton tono mab and tile the auxiliary yacht sih IX 11 were fired upon by the I 1 havana batteries shortly before beford 5 yesterday morning one ten and two twelve inch shells struck the san Francis cos stern a she turned to buet away out of range image and tore a hole about a loot foot in diameter completely wrecking commodore crowells ll quarters anti and ism as h I 1 rig h his 1 bookcase into frag fragments bents no one was injured and being under orders not to attack th the t batteries tho the ships chips retreated as fa fast at as their engines would could carry them the flagship and the iho silvia 11 I 1 lay ay parallel to each other not more than a mile from morro castle and separated from each other by about three eighths an and d a quarter of n a mile tho the to nomah ia lay y about three quarters of a mile 1 10 t tho h e lear of the others all were alwi were within t hill range of the spanish batteries bai and the temptation was too strong for tho the spaniards to resist the first glimmer ot or dawn was breaking through the eastern when without an instants warning the lookout on the flagship saw a smoke pun puff flom one of 0 morros big guns almost before he could pull himself together sufficiently to lo make a 0 report of tho the incident ten and twelve inch shells were all ail around the spaniards had ther the range aud and apparently were grimly in earnest tn in their last efforts to wreak injury on their too mighty enemy shells fell between tile the san francisco and tho the silvia some tell fell short LL a few went over them the flag 11 hip signaled tho the silvia to get bet out 0 ot f range without delay and both ships swung around and made for the sea it was then that tho the shelf 11 struck tho the sin san Francis cos stern commodore rowell was on deck with capt leary N when hen the shell struck with the utmost 6 peed the fleet nihed out about three m miles ilea here the men on tills the flagship P patched up the ragged hole hale in the vessels vesp stern all tile the shells fired at the vessel fell around the ships oil one L of the Sl sill Illas las men stood calmly on tile the deck of the yacht watch in hand arid and i counted them morro castle fired alred several reveral of the missiles but how many Is not known the others cime came from two sand batteries near morro the firing lasted twenty minutes tho the one sided engle engagement gement j had bad scarcely ended when the mynot the Sl lila libie treated to another surprise p rise tho the TWIT little it gunboat la Is manned by the new york naval militia her crew had bad barely recovered from the excitement when N hen the flagship called the vessel over and capt boilers was waa given a packet of private documents which lie he was ordered to take into havana under a nag flag of truce tile the white flag was totaled hoisted over the silvia arid and she steamed toward the guns which dmd just given her such nolay noisy greeting As the SJ silvia vla approached to within a alleo mile of f morro tile character of tile the hag flag floa floating tild from her forem foremost nat was discerned and tho the castle signaled what Wha tji Is your purport 5 1 I 1 to this tile the silvia answered we have papers to deliver I 1 i morro did not resume the conversation on and for some little time the iho gunk gun boat rocked on the waters almost under the t he still mill 1 smoking cannon of the enemy presently however a spanish gunboat drew out of tho the harbor and came close to the silvia it wa was i the L h e martin y and she carried a much stronger battery than the amerlean american ship the customary formal salutations were exchanged and william G ford the executive officer of the Sl silvia Ivia board boarded tol the and delivered the documents the ceremony occupied no more time than the physical act involved tle the american officer returned to ills hl ship and the acs ics es sels eels went on their respective ways desecrated capt duncan being tried on that diat charge by court martial thoroughfare gap aug 13 A court martial of which bilg gen cole commanding the third brigade of the army in camp near manassas la is president convened here today and end will begin the of 0 capt louis C duncan of the twenty second kansas who Is charged with digging up the remains of the confederate of kofl 1 maj duke of alabama near ford and permitting the privates of hla his regiment to graves in his presence presen cr col cc 1 A 13 shale arel maj A M haricy of the mec i ond are acting as counsel for duncan the witnesses called today included privates nm com company 1 I harry barrel comp any L an and d albert wise of the twenty second regiment their money moncy generally was to the a fact that they saw saty ducran an ant anil others digg rit into craves and obtaining buttons and other relics COL HOPE PLAS why the seneca all and Co Conc bo were lit in bad condition washington aug IS 12 surgeon gen sternberg cre has received a lutter letter from col hope who 1010 was aas the on burgeon ageon in charge at santiago until J july uly nhen M hen he mas w aa rel relieved loved because of illness he writes that when the sene call ca and concho Con clio sailed balled lie was ill hiving having suffered ed from a sunstroke aad was unable to take active char charse 0 O of matters and unequal to the responsibilities bili ties devolving upon him the seneca and concho are vessel which x h ach carried ani sick and wounded to e united states Btttle a find cad of 0 whose condition great complaint was made supplies for gomez key west fla aug 13 the expedition pe to convey clothing and provisions to gen maximo gomez and which col doza boza the insurgent commanders chlof of star took aiom here last week N was its landed i without resistance at santa alai in 40 twenty fourth tot at siboney santiago do cuba aug 13 the fourth regiment of 0 infantry was shipped today on the seneca and the twenty fifth on the Comai Coman ehi clie two batteries of light artillery capt caprous Capron Cap rons ll P and capt illness Ill nesa F r will bill leave on oil the arcadia on wednesday the twenty fourth foai ali infantry will remain at tit present besent at siboney on duty shows time llama I omitted washington aug 13 through an inadvertence the noine name of second melville J J show shaw marine corps bre breveted breezed eted first lieutenant tor for on the field was omitted A I 1 from th tb s a announcements 0 u C m e 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