Evening journal

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ba and a lively cannonade ensued for

two hours, which extinguished the Are

of tho Spanish batteries.

An American vessel, the Merrtmac,

described lh the advices from Banting«

as an auxiliary orulser, making a dash!

to foreg. the entrance, succeeded in

passing th« first line of defenses, bub

was torpedoed About 600 feet up the

channel. 8ho wont down "perpendicu

larly" (a pic),

An officer, aji engineer and six

mon were taken prisoners. The number

of vlcttms is unknown. Only the fun

nel and mastheads ot the sunken voss«4

oan be seen.

Thero Is great excitement In the city.

A part of the population assisted In the

lighting on the heights. Everybody Is

astounded nt the audacity of the Amer

ican vessel.

sen

The American squadron

was cruising all the while in the offing.

It will be noted that there I# nn Im

portant discrepancy as to the time at

which the bombardment Is said to ha

begun yesterday morning between the

dispatches from Cape Haïtien nnd Port

au Prince, the former saying 3 o'clock

It is possible

that this arises rrom a confusion be

tween Mie ligures 3 and 8.

a. m. and the latter 8.

Purposely Slum |,y Schley,

KEY WEST, Jnne 4.—Naval officer*

here, learning uf the reportod sinking of

the oulller Merrtmac off Santiago

at a loss to account for any such hap

pening during an attack on the Spanish

fleet by our ships In Santiago harbor.

They could not sec why a collier would

be taken into the harbor at the time «4

au engagement and so be In a position

to receive shots of the enemy's ships

and forts.

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening journal. (1898). Wilmington, Del., 1898-06-04. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85042354/1898-06-04/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening journal, 1898-06-04.