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Show on urn fflw an ' Ssntlaio's Forte Attaoked and n Force of Mannos Larxled, llernii ln Are Hllenrrri lif Miii llrvt Oar Mel lltr llnl Are RaOl I nlrrerlied and ll.etllr "III Hoon bm (tinted Wathlngtnn Juno Advleet from Kingston, Jamaica, report the reduction reduc-tion of the forts at tho entrance to Htnlltjo harbor, and the Ian ling an 1 entrenchment of marine under protection pro-tection of the heavy guna of the fleet The bombardment wat fiirloua, a large number of shells taking efTect. Lubane Joined with the fleet and attacked at-tacked the elty while the bombardment bombard-ment waa in progress. A report of landing of rrgulars it expected when atept will be taken to occupy the city and capture Cerrrraa fleet. The fleet formed In double column alx miles off Mnrro Cattle at (I o clock In the morning and ttcaincd slowly to within 3 O0O yards of the shore the llrooklyn leading, fillowed by tho Merblthead Texas and Massachusetts and turned ratlwanl The seeond lint the New vork leading with the New Orletnt Yankee Iowa and Oregon fol-lowlog fol-lowlog turned wettward The Vixen and Hutnre were far out on the left flank Hatching the riflemen on shore The Dolphin and Porter did similar duty on the right flsnk The line headed by the New 'lork attacked the new earthworks near Morro Cattle Tho llrooklyn column toek up a atatlon opposite tho Kilrell and Calallna batterlca and the now earthworks along the shorn. The Hpsnlth batteries remained silent, as If doubtful whether the Hptnltrdt were able to determine the character of the movement, owing to the drnui fogs and heavy ralna which were Ilia weather features of the mora log Hutdcnly the Iowa fired a 19 Inch ahell, which struck the Imseof Kitrclla battery and tore up the works. In atantly Bring began from both dmlrnl Hampton a and liimmmtora Schley a column", and n torrent of shells from Ihe tlilps fell upon the Hpanlsh tvorke. The Hpanlarda replied promptly but their artillery work was of a very poor quality ami must of their shots went wild Hmoke settled arouu 1 the ships In dense clouds, rendering more dlfll eult the work of the gunnira There waa no maneuvering of the Itret, the ahlnt remaining In their original stu tlons and llrlug etcn'dlly T he squad ront were so close Inshore that It was difficult for the American gnnner to iH1' nh' '"" W Tt'r''li''flft. their tiring weaexicllcnt I'roriouato the bombardment, orders were Issued to prevent llrlug on Mcrro tattle, at the American admiral ha I Icen In formed that I leulenant llobum and the other prisoners of tho Mrrrlmae were oouflned there In splto of thlt however teveral stray ahota damaged Mnrro tattle somewhat. Commodore Hehleye lino moved closer laalinre tiring at shorter range Tho llrooklyn ami Tcxaa emitted wild hatoa among the Hpsiilslt shore bat terlet quickly silencing them While the larger ships were eugaglng the hcaty batteries, the Haunea and the Mxencluted with the small Inshore battery opposite them raining rapid tire ahols upon it and quickly pitting the battery out of the fight The llrooklyn eloaedtoeOOjardaand then the destruction mined by her guns an I thoso of tho Marblehead and 4 oxil were really arcn 'lho hslrella fort wat burning nud tho 1 attery waa allcnred, firing no more during thetn-gagcuicut. thetn-gagcuicut. I astward thn NeworU and .Ntw Orlenui allrnccd tho Cayo battcrr In qulskonlcrand then shelled the earthworks, located higher up, tjtttr, the praoilce was uot ao no-curate, no-curate, owing ta the dotation of tie guns. Many of the thellt however lauded and tho Spanlth gunners re tired Shortly after U the firing ceased the warships turning In order ta penult ti i I i t latteries The llrliifth niTemenl ng reverberating irasli of thunler and the the!) raked i the Spanlth batteries with terrible f. I feet, r Ire broke out In Ctttllim fort and silenced the Hpsnlth guns The firing of the fleet continued until o clock when the Hpanlah ceased firing I entirely and Admiral Soinpaon hoisted the cMsse flrlng" signal (lenerally the fire of the fleet was very destructive Many of the earth work were knocked to pieces and the Kairelln and Catallna ferttlleallons were so damaged that It Is questions, ble whether they ivcr will bo ablo to renew any effective work during the war After the fleet retired the Spaniard returned to aome of the guna and sent twelve shells after the fleet but noon wat Injured One large ahell fell clote to Ihe collier Justin Throughout the entire engagement no American ahlp waa hurl and no American wot Injured The Hpanlarda atuck to their guns and their iota mutt have been heavy HOItnO OASTt.lt. INTnATsClt T HAN1IAC10 |