Show ninth the ti va ova still un tin der the fire of alie leading bessas tilt the cristobal colon had bad drawn ab ahead leading the ham eliam and soon passed bo be yond tile tho range of tile guns gunnoe of the tend lead ing american ships I 1 ahe lie giai a was soon biskit ut on flie and ancl at 11 1 ili turned in shore hore and was wan liliu lit in d lit at acci ra I 1 rom fifteen milt to ft oin son ant ngo ago burning fiercely and with lit h r I 1 i solve of on d it i 1 Ug hining to exploit aln mun about un miles A at of S the indi ind ana lial hal act bun n signaled to go afo back 1 ia the and tit lit N I 1 i 1 duom dous tile tho iowa to i bit ellla in 3 blot blockading kading stil t ion III loa IA by tit thi lil if on it in I 1 tile 1114 took of tile row raw of I 1 maiya while tile the I 1 I 1 arvitt d 1 and I ahm hilr re sud those of the infanta maria alaria tuesta ri aesa and the alun lasite ran to 0 oi 1 I 1 ills almur rt aliu of PI pil ISOM somis Is tit luding hiding the won Noun n did dd aroi i tile tho burning burn in alilin was tile tho oLit 0 ceilon sion of if it Is mno mm of the most flat daian ida and gallant condu t bof of tit alie day file ships vs were ere burnhill burn hilr fol boio 0 nil annl I 1 aft their gun kiani i anti IL L irve anero ero exploding r and it was not ano n at what nt tin thi ilia flie would ruch the binnin in addition 10 0 o this a heavy surf was war running just in eidl of the kilish but no i 1 sic deturi cd aur ollist rm and mon ani n until thor th or evoi it ot of humanity was war oinah tl ti oi OF am 01 1 s T adith nth I 1 it te ie innala it main I 1 now novi of till th whips ships only tin tilt I 1 i colon but nh hh ans tali 11 1 ix it t bad and faltot falt ht assil 1 by tin tilt mitizi cioll to ling hilt tilt i kubait oust lount liar her only Cha chance tick of nf IHL apts w is s fly by riot noi nn an I 1 aind achen hen the Nir ellya tin tilt colon was wan about film bis miles ahead of the tha tin nn I 1 the oregon but tier her neuil seui spui b its aa tin lin khol atil abil tilt Am abilean ilean w vire re now gaining nainiu nii niu tillon pon her tile the Broo brooklyn hlyn and origon cattle the U lexas exah vixen 1 ixon ani nev I 1 cilc ol 01 it it rans evident fi oin tho 11 i affo of tile new ni ablit all tle tie ships were ov rh stiling ilia lie ellahu find that she blie had no chance of at I 1 1 10 0 tho ilia hn it and the opened tire iro and got g ot their range riu ifft the oregon a heavy biond ond hei an 1 ut at I 1 to 10 silo sho anve up without firing bring another nn ollier shut shot dwile I 1 down tier her tolora anti i cn an ashai a bt at m iii folt awit nillia tron in sn bunro va i 1 aco int on oil beald to ice ave tho the surri nil r ht hla lont bont was alongside alon gado I 1 came cama up in thc jhc now I 1 ot aik oik it life his r rac port and placed the oregon in chaice of the alio to save her if 11 pon Fible und adli eted tho the pi pilson isomers erB to be Is ed to tile itt which it hid 0 follma followed ed abe canso coin isodore h athley bloy whose oil f of lad had gone on board to the our aur reader lind had directed that all their personal effects crould I 1 lo 10 a rationed by tho the ofil cers older I 1 ild did not modify ilia iott cristobal colon was not in jared by our thing filing and probably Is wit not injured audi by bLat blatting bing tho she ran ashbie at bagh opt id I 1 alio llio I ho lit itch la so oo steep that tunit sho tamo t oil oft by the biking of the hta but liar hor ba valets were opened and broken ti each piously cious etious ly I 1 ani am sure auro after lit in r surrender aud and nil all efforts oll orli sho she sank millen hen it bannio evident that blakis coula not be kept iho alie wa nas pushed by the now cw lork oric bodily upon the beach tile tho new ew yorks tern stern byln plait d against her for this purpose the ship leluc handled by capt chalwick with admirable adin admi liable lable judg wid and sunk stink in shoal water and inny be tm hated ad had this ahli not been done she could have pone ono down in deep NN aten anti would ha a I 1 afcin il i L ii to a ft a total loiis jowl seventh I 1 raid this thia complete and tent y ON er the spanish fondi faite as tile tho ashil sli of several wellis of ardt ionti and so BO ut and ami during tho the night that the t newy in us deterred from making T the nt to tc escape at night and athly oli ct ei ed to sua lualye ake the attempt la in daylight iha tieh was mas tile the cano came I 1 wa by tho the of the cristobal colon 1119 KILDE OF to 6 scribe hero here tile dianner in v liali tills aba pi bcd blied Saut stinus lego go in III naturally bensy to blo kale t but one alid i ia i 1 tant t nt tt a barrow one mid atul tile tit ep water 1 biose up to the shut broic 0 luio line to p T if 1 agent X ing no of navigation r cauti ade of the entrant en trane tranee at the file time of till u arrival 1 l lefor before tho port autrie I 1 f be no as at its full and thero there it w M as aa light ight the balg night ht to ev eo any movement of the I 1 att A 04 tit T 4 licile to be dete detected eted UI P alf canin WS n is ir of the lioon and the bowing of t mask dark 1111 ull nigh aits there a wai adi opportunity 4 for the ene jt to 0 escape oj r his hl torpedo horpi do a 0 a estlack upon the t iHo im telca in ibi I 1 I 1 T ditl a certain wit r c oat 1 iio engas 0 is M t h t I 1 t tha h a la n cheref m attl 18 is iteus L 77 to ae alie little ships was wai assigned tho the a duty uty in turn of lighting the channel moving up tip to the port at a distance of rom one to tw 0 all s fi oin the mon forto 0 upon tilt con of the re thy y till w v i ar hh ht beam directly upon tile the 1 and held ll it steadily ste adlIN thi tb r ailts lilts III lit d up tan bentito breadth ri adah of the for half I 1 anth in ILI of tit ih tinni I 1 gal so balli all that the die it 11 i lit ant is t f i al all 1 1 0 ais S uld b 1 1 1 i li why h y tl tin 1 1 I tit ill il 11 IK I 1 en I 1 fl ali upon th i 1 I li 11 1 t li 11 1 s 1 is at al I 1 s it 11 ILI aill I 1 f i i i ti I 1 III n lit ali v N in i I 1 I 1 I 1 i n I 1 I 1 t ti th i ti it tit in tl ti p 1 i it rt r tit hi i L pit it t giuin li n till n I 1 dl at I 1 JIM I 1 distanti fi ir it tl 11 tin in II 11 illi p I 1 s Is 1 its i my illy it I 1 lits lit in it it they w re i il il I 1 it I 1 I 1 0 o f out oui torpedo 1 ati ut etli ll 11 s 4 tit i anat mint there 1 anns till I 1 it t I 1 it a L I 1 that nothing on it g tout of tilt jim hai bor undetected I 1 pon t alie lie ili nicil nii I 1 i al il of the army when lit tin lion f fici 1 I L t I 1 upon the spanish admiral a d islon ision our vigilance in d tim night bloc blockading lading dis dig tance acin c was I 1 ic c lu in I 1 I 1 to two milk fihs a for all vi ass MB ih it and a I 1 ship MIN placed alon ulon Aidt sidi UK tit a dalight at ship with tier her hisil lile ide train upon tile chanuel channel in iciL dineSh to tiro tire the instant ft a spanish bi lanish iship app III ai I 1 iho he commanding 13 arii nurit rit tit g r adest praise for the i t manner inan tier in which they en ter d into this plan find and rut put it into ex touti cut I 1 m ilia which act ueL OIling to boitin ro igini was sent that to oal at like tile r 4 liu but 1 spent weary nights up lip on thin work and d nerved a better fate than to ij 1 abs tit nt that morning I 1 i DI I 1 lono f it 11 the inform itsou of tho the depa tun tint tit nt t s of oi 01 tit di rs and guem oi till lumn from froin time to time re lating to tit tin inn siner of maintain maintaining ing the I 1 lot I 1 if rt col calli it na lien it nil 11 tho the ork was lone HO w 11 ll it is to duac in pi alsi if the of tile the Ilo hado of squadron squad ion wits was fully fulfill in boie will lili ills part in it the coining dore dora in command of tin tit M cond division tile capt captains nini of ships aluir it and inen ilie bantli slilla was powerful I 1 a 1 id beati and the re ino a of tile the apin squall it on oil man in a great part bielien almost leacie liny had got bcd ond the tange of their own folt foit I 1 lie ho fine speed of tile oi 01 ogon egon enabled hel bei to take a front position in the chase and the cristobal colon did not give up until tho bad thrown a thir aln n inch abill belond liar her this thin per for firmance mance oddi to the ilia aliende bi illiane of this fine and highly of tile skill and cure NI t ik which I 1 or r nd admirable mirable 11 A 1 n ry a I 1 a drw a so r sited in the history of vessels of her elass rho rhe n a wt WL position gave liar her tin an advantage vantage nd in the thase N aich slie bile maintained to the end and ole blia il maloyed mp loyed her floe fine battern batter with I 1 he and tile the now new N aik ol 01 oik ic w et e babilt g vu iu the chase during tho last hour and had any RC ito aident befallen tile the ll 11 rooklyn or tile the origon tho the former woid world have speedily overhauled the ariato arlor I 1 rom the the bessol ex bartto d tier lier flint fix at burst of the waa never lit in doubt she be fell in fact far below what might i seasonably eason ably have hanti been of glicr careful of time and distaula give her an average speed from the time she cleared the gaibor mouth un til tile t time line title was i inn is n on shore at 1 lit quino ot of 13 7 1 note not neither the new boik nor the brooklyn Pro oklyn oldyn stopped to couple up thir ir forward engines engi nem but tan out the chase IN etli one ona pair getting g eting steam of cobine couine rout ite ns na rapidly as possible poa on till all boilers to stop atop to couple up the forward would have meant H u delay of fifteen Imi nuten or four miles lulles in the chahe fourteenth several of the were ivere struck the Brool u more often than tho the a but nery lery slight blight material injury was x an ilone done the greatest being aboard the hn I 1 iowa ionn our loss losa wai one tuan killed and ono one wounded both on tho the brooklyn it Is difficult to eklain this immunity from loss logo of life or injury to sh lissin a combat with I 1 it vessels of the best type but spanish Siani sli gunnery Is ia poor at the bist aal aup eilor weight and accuracy of our fire up apt edily drove the men fro from their guns anti ami silence I 1 their fire this Is borne out by the statement of pris pria boners and it nil bi ahe I 1 he baan isi ish as dashed out of tile harbor barbor were favorel with the bioni aiom their own guns but this speedily ii in volume anti and boon almost disappear til tl lila tire fire from tile rapid fire batteries of the appeared to have been remarkably destructive live an examination ot of the stranded vessels shows that the Almli aoto oquendo hail bad buffered ered to from this fire liar her sides are everywhere pierced ced and her delis were alth NN ith the chained chat aed remains of those who had fallen fifteenth the reports of commodore wk wi 4 schley and of atthe the commanding are board appointed by br ma ime aebi beell ILI days ajo has hai made a critical of tho the bota rul reporting report lilg nAtie aali 1 I i chance ot of saving any t 1 them diandr land of f wrig the report x tow 1 1 fw I 1 of the board will be speedily forwar dwar ed ad very respectfully U I 1 ly T it nar admiral united states staica N co mil tin it r in ahli ti kitei if slat at isabal I 1 arces north orth atlantic at astl tion ro se r tary of the nay nav y i d 1 I 1 nt washington Vas hington D DC C |