HAVANA.
Havana, which Avas bombarded' by the American fleet, as is iioav pretty well known, is the. capital of Cuba, situated on its northern ■ coast, and contains a -large mixed population. The city stands on the ay est side of the entrance to a harbour capable of holding one thousand large ships, AAdiich can anchor close to its <J-nays. rphe entrai^ce is defended by the Morro and Punta castles (a sketch of which we published very recently), by a strong citadel, and the Avails enclosing the city proper,- and is separated by a fosse on the land side from the arsenal and the suburbs of Salucl, Guadalupe, etc., in Avhich, previous to the insurrection, half the population resided. The bombardment, no doubt, Avould be chiefly directed to destroy the defences of the place, and against theSpaiiish garvispn concentrated there. MATANZAS. Matanzas, the "toAvn bombarded by American Avarships, is a fortified seaport town of Cuba, on the railway,
fifty-seven mjles from Havana, in a deep bay on the northern coast. ' Ithas a .well sheltered harbour partly enclosing ths town.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 100, 29 April 1898, Page 3
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