Show FIRST FIGHT WITH CCllVEILL II 1 Occurred Off the Harbor of Santiago on Sunday Night Iorp do Mist to allow VI It Ia Bell liooklyoectIntlago htmnIoOIlld New York June IA dispatch to the World from Port Antonio imalca Bay BayThe first engagement between I Com modjre Hchley squadron anti the fcpinlsh shin of Cerven took place Sunday night about mllnlght Two torpedo boats mol a desperate effort to destroy the American hl8 They wen stopped In the nick of time owing to the vigilance of the men under un-der Captain 1 hlllli s of the Texas The torpedo boats la1 I cleared the harbor nrd were creeling along In tile I Shadow uf the Castle Morro anti th I mountiln nt the entrance to tin har I bor They had traveled to mile to I the we4wirl when the officer of Ih lick on the Texas sighted them through his nlkllt gl I uses Two of the searchllnhts of the Ten were turned on them and the next Instant In-stant the men who had been I sleeping it the loaded guns were arousul and nl work The fleshing of the lights told the I Sianlnrda tint they weie 1covrl1 1 and they Innde n quick rush with all speed I on lunar the Brooklyn and the Texas Hefore their lows had BVIIIK around the crews ot tho port batteries of Ihe Texas were pumping Bleil U hem The rapid lire guns were used 1 The dIn IIr the guns ot the Texas alarmed the whole fleet The machine puns of the Brooklyn ere at work 0 few seconds after the Ten had started In The other ships were Ilnt fiulhcr ort shore The cull to general quarters was mounded In each of them In the brlltf that all of Ververas fleet 41 Coming uut In 0 desperate effort to escape Search lights were ilaixl on the waters by I nil of Ihe ships The Texas And the Brooklyn IOUI ell such a furious furi-ous shower of small shells at the for lido bat that the Utter were turcllI 10 turn About and seek safety In the harbor What damage they sustained Is unknown The torpedo boats took helter under the fort allll no attempt to puroue there Was inatle It U I thought that neither of them was struck as they retreat 1 quickly ail they undo 0111111 large In the uncertain twilight The Spanish did not discharge tor iloes though they got within COO Yards of Ihe Texas The greatest vigilance li I maintained ot night on the American fleet to prevent pre-vent such attacks as these Schley ships have made examine lons of the lattcilts and the channel rev nllng much strotgr Kilns and mines than were supposed to exist Pour rOIl or mIne leave been held < across the norrow entrance ot the hor bor borVarly Inrly I till < li l morning the Mnrllohenl venture ti within two miles ot tho horlr and positive ncognlzeil the crulstr Ciost bill Colon field two truls rs if Hit Micuja typo and the Its mantled cruiser llelna Merccles upon which guns have 1 been 1 mounttd m iklnn ur a floating tort This lenvis only two ships of tho Capo vordo squadron unecoullle for hut Commodore Fchlcy Is I euro they are further up the bAll b-All the shlis wire originally In such n position In the hnr or tint they I could not be seen from the oiitsl le but on the niixnrnnce of the American I wanhlia they betrayed their presence moving ncroM the enlrnnc to sweep It II lilt bmadolden Commodore Hchl y does not nntlcl pare Any t attempt by Cervera to break I out III I the face of superior numbers and ormnmllt Anxiety over the coal prollem was lleved today by the arrival of two olllrK convoyel by I the New Orleans tbo I sea wo nit smooth liB glass The 101011 i nnd Brooklyn cooled In full view or I lie guns it the 1 lotteries Thor Tho-r ships lend Already roared The omrerK fllll men or tile 1It ore I nrrct1 1 by the Intense hllt I Every I overture 10 Closed nt night to pent the greas or light Ollkr and mn Ieep In tho dark democratic fashion |