Show SANTIA60 IS IN TERROR People of the Spanish Town Fleeing Everywhere to Escape the Destruction Already Commenced on the Spanish Forces American Marines Defeat Spanish TroopsForts Practically Demolished De-molished by the American FleetsHeavy Losses Inflicted on Spanish Sea and Land Forces On Hoard the Associated Press Dispatch patch Boat Dandy oft Santiago de Cuba Monday noon via Kingston Jamaica Tnelay JUle 7 non Copj righted ISM by the Associated IreThe American fleet this morn log engaged the Spanish batteries de Cendlnl the entrane oC the harbor at Santiago do Cuba and otter a three hour bombardment silenced nearly all tho forts destroyed seerol I earthworks earth-works and rendered the nstrella and Cnja Smith batteries tho two principal fortifications useless Till HATTLB ON MONDAY Cape Holtlen Haiti June 7 7C3 n m Copyrighted 1S9S by the Associated Press 1Ylce fighting bifore and In the vicinity of Santiago de Cuba continued the Beater par of jesterday from 745 am until nearly 1 Tel American warships maintained a steady and carefully directed fire Against rt Morro Castle and the batteries at punta dor da Bocapa and Clncoreales In addition to bombarding the Spanish fleet in the harbor The percentage of effective projectiles was very large I appears I from the best Information obtainable from this place the cable station connecting con-necting with Santiago de Cuba that Immense damage wan Inlllcted on the enemy The Spaniards admit that the bombardment tIde the American Iwo I-wo most destructive About 1600 projectiles are said to have bell fired by the American warships war-ships and It teems that the responsive lire from the Spanish forts and ships was scarcely tel at all by the Amerl callTho The fortifications near the entrance of the harbor are described a being riddled with old shot and shattered by the explolon oC the tmmr000 hol tired by the American battleships The Spanish butteries arc understood to have been virtually silenced and Ill Morro and the fortifications at Socapa and Punta Gorda are reported to have been demolished by the three hours uninterrupte hammrng oC the fleet The American attack la I next ald to have been specially directed against Agua ore a mal town a little to 01cr cat at the entrance at Salltago WYThe The Idea I or the Amerlcnn admIral It apaeura was to land trop there aOl re clng the defenses of the place and hnc eacloor aanlt upon Santiago which In view of the present condition of Its fortlncatlons may be expected to yield very soon after the beginning of such anillack it eovyeaononu dIng WU oponod upon Aguadores at about midday yesterday yester-day The latest advices received here from Spanish sources do not Indicate the du raton ot the lre or wheher Amerian troll and siege guns were actually landed at Aguadores but from the information in-formation obtainable It cannot be doubted that the net result of Mondays fighting was extremely disastrous to the Spanish defenses I la I also understood here that the Cuban troops maintained throughout the greater port of jeslerelaj an attack by land upon bantlago nod the Spanish reports sin the garrison lot heavily s-in killed alld i wounded The mIlitary cammundee at Santiago de Cuba arhoonnledges the following casualties among the land forces Col Ordonez Captain Sanchez Lieut Yrlzas of tho artillery and Perez and Garcia both Spanish ore whoso rank Is I not mentioned Tee ore were killed The Spaniards also admit the loss I 01 21 Infantry soldiers sevirely I wounded and Bay one soldier was killed Hut It Is I believed the losses ot th Spanlaids were much 10le hromy In the naal force the Spaniards Bay that two off cer eend II cmmnnd oC the parly dlsnianllcd Spanish cruiser Relna Mercedes Mer-cedes and five Bailors nnd an ensign were killed h Spanish nallors wounded wound-ed It Is asserted number 16 menThe men-The loss on the American side the Santiago reports say is not known The Spaniard acknowledge that n great deal of damage WHS InlllcUd on the Spanish cruiser Itelna Mercedes and they eay let orueaa tIe chants grout gaping breach In Us wafts Later In the day It appears a land Ing of American Iroops was fet near Daiquiri some distance east ot Aguadores and near the railroad ota lion connecllne with Sanllago the Cu bn Late an engement took pIau Iwen the Amrlmll toreo and a column oC Spanlh trop hlch had been scnl against the landing party The irrnunts of the battle obtainable here 1Ing from Spanish onr be not set forMt the result and therefore It Is Ito I-to be erred that the Americans were victorious and that Is I the belief which prevails I ere There rt a report current here that rpor the firstclass armored Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa was sunk by lire of the mericun ships I Is I said that only too American trop were landed nt Daiquiri or lou I slbly it Afruadores the two places be log confused In the reports reaching here 1 seems to b admitted that Ihe nre r of the American soldiers was so arrar ate lhal the Spaniards were compelled com-pelled they Were to flee deCndlng from the fortifications SPANIARDS CLAIM A VICTORY Havana June C 10 p nDelayed In transmK lon Copj right IMS by the Associated Press Details from Spanish Span-ish sources received here today of the bomhnrdmellt 111 Monday mornlll of the forts off Santiago do Cuba by the American fleet say the warships of the United Slalen fired about 11100 pro jrtblt ot all kinds This fire tile bpanlards add was answered by Morra castle and the batteries at Socjipa and Punta Clorda At noon It Is I added l e anothe bomhardmnt bgan ngnln Aguadores east of Santiago de Cuba the firing lasting one hour Both attacks at-tacks the bpantards assert w eje re pulcaol Moena elastic Is admitted to have been damaged as a the exterior headquarters head-quarters built during the time of peace 0 Papa Smllh and In ndlllon the Spanish cruiser Relna Mercedes la I admite ace to have been slightly dam The Spanish commander at Santiago reports that the American fire did not dismount one piece of artillery and hal sas that nine of tho American vessels ves-sels disappeared from sight before dark The Spanish army losses I according ac-cording to official report nre one soldier sol-dier killed and one chief four officers and a soldiers wounded The Spanish navy losses l are reported toT be one chief and five sailors killed and one officer and five sailors wounded Finally the Spanish version of the affair says The American losses are supposed to b considerable CaptaIn General Bneo bas conceal ulated Gen Linares the Spanish commander com-mander at Santiago and those who look part In the fighting saying he will rail the attention of tho Spanish government to the heroism exhibited by all the Spanish fotces in such an unequ1 combat AMERICANS WERE VICTORIOUS New York June 7A evv special from Capo Haillen describing the bombard mno of Santiago de Cuba on Monday sac Ihat the Cart at the harbor are nov ca mao ot rill The Morro la a shapeless pile of ruined masonry and dlmantled guns and the Eslrelln ba toy Is I utterly ruined Tills result the dlspalch savs was lho work of ten AmerIcan lrncla wlieb yocerd hack and forth from tort Cabrera on tho west to Port Aguadores on the etst of the laanb entrance discharging their heavy guns as they steamed along so that scarctly a yard of the coast escaped es-caped the deadly cannonading At Port Aguadores the fort recently constructed con-structed by Col Ordonez the artillery expert was blown to dust and Col Ordonez hlmsilf was badly wounded b the lyIng splinters and debris Capt Sanchez and Lieut Yrezar artillery ar-tillery otllcers were also wounded Two Infantry lieutenants Garcia and Perez and 21 privates are reported fatally tally wounded Later In the day the Amerlen ohmIc movd clor < towar the mouth of ihe lIbel haruor nhcre the old cruiser nelna Mercedes had been discerned attempting to place explosives explo-sives about the hull of the Mcrrlmao 10 hlew her to piece and cear the channel A 1 Inch shell from the Oregon landed squarely abaft her pilot house and tore her upper works to shreds Her second commodore five of her sailors and n maine wee killed A second lieutenant of the Itelna lIen redrcaodl6ofbmneamunoeecenrry Berlously wounded A perfect shower of shell and shot fell upon and around the old cruiser and she was so badly I damaged that her crew by order of Admiral Cervera abandoned the ship for the shore fur safety About noon according to the Cape Ilaltlen dispatch a landing party of Amrlean nonnar Daiquiri w Uacked Icy Hpanlh InConh y and a quadron oC calr The IIurgent wre posted in the neighborhood and rlh the aid of marines successfully book up a position holding It and making mak-ing I a base from which they < cat ed The force Te Spanish cecrwao defeated wIh heavy losses and driven back to wa1 Santiago leaving their wounded behind them The Amerln aro now entrenche near Daiquiri and are landing heavy gun tenvluo rotary to movIng them toward to-ward Santiago and lading siege to the cityThere There is a panic In Santinpo The residents who can are fleelne to the ceuutry JoIning o Insurlenl I or doIng do-Ing anything toTtefnwaVj thtretr taln destruction that now awaits Ccr eras loch and the forces at Pando and Llnarus Later reports show that Col Or dontz Catch Sanchez Lieut Yrlsar of the artillery and Senor Perez and Grcla oteer whoa rank I not men tone are only severely wounded and not killed ns at flrst reported The SIanlard clnm fait only one sOldIer was killed though til erou allico In I hh mona 1 force are said t be cc already al-ready cabled IA V ANA IfACTICALIY ADOIITII Madrid June 7 noon The follow Ins itllclal dispatch his been received Irom lavnna 1 Col Aldrea cmmand Ink a Splnlh column hue had ome harp llgbtliff ilth a body of rebels ho are supporting the undine 1 of Amrlcn Core near Sntlago tie Cub Cu-b Two Amrlean warship protete the landing part Tb nrea 11 ot the reul oprtlon te I not known I mc I uppod that tho rllew1 eC I the bmbdrdment oC Santago latng Cram G to I oeloek on MondlY morn 1 wa blooded to dltract the ntn ton ot the SInlar and nable the londlng to b eletEd wlhont molet ton later dispatch fem Gen Ald i gay not one of Idle soldiers ss Jilt by the American shells which he asserts fell among the Insurgents STOHM IN WUST INDIR3 WATBUS Klngton Joma 3une 7 8 am I la I uporUd here that near Admiral Simpson begun the bamlnrdment at lb outer fort 111 cations of Santiago de Cuba Monday morning A fierce storm has been sweeping over Jamaica and n he avyeaol 10 s running last night canIrK pIlots to efuse to take din patch boat out ot KlnKston harbor The raIlroad > to Port Antonio Is oooehOcl down out and tbe holograph lnea are |