Show I 1 SPANISH FLEET I 1 I 1 i how sampson dewi jibed eyed warships scattered along the bore shore of santiago ile do coos for a distance of several m ira lee now II 11 lie the armored cruiser cruisers and tor ter ix iddo do boat destroyers detro that composed comp oed ad biral Cerv erad flitt ant in a running fight of two lour hours these the vessels the cream of the spanish bury be vy were almost annihilate annihilated last Sur allsy morning by the powerful ships of ad edrol Sam bamona fleeta fleet tinder under the immediate command of commodore schley admiral after making a plucky fight waa wait taken ai as a prisoner 0 of t war together with every man lu in iila his net tiet ti n et sot not drowned or killed la action the ft 8 p babb admiral was la I 1 one tit of I 1 nil his arme arms ilia splendid plen did chips ii lie on the caban cuban rocks bell shelf ed making li tills i a every vessel fa in admiral sampson fleet ali et went through the fierce engagement b without injury but one man on jbf american fleet wai was killed and two were injured from the very first of the fighting the little U which before the fife war was w J pierpont morg morgane 4 us private yacht wu wiss la fa the lb thickest thic keet of it at one time ehe she wa was pouring her ill six poun allars against the entire spanish fleet while the gnas of morro cattle castle her their target she elie 0 ridd riddled Itil the spanish dt do aad fought the vizcaya and oan obando ado as fiercely aa as if ela she were veto a battleS battleship 1111 it waa was a bold dash by br which carvers vers attempted to get his ct wit it of efanti 1 I 90 harbor carvers himself led the way with bis his flagship the cristobal colon it lt was to be a dash to liberty or to death m iii spanish admiral ma nae ie Is the plunge with eyes open it waa as une of abo th greatest grea leet aea sea fight fights in bi bastory Lil torr story and proved the dread dreadful fal ac curacy of the american Atae rican gunners spain 1 lost elz six ships 1 W men kl lit led 1150 wounded and 1 prisoners onera our loes loss wa was one ma nita killed and two wounded nono non of out ships are seriously hart hurt |