THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO FORTS.
On 7th Juno Admiral Sampson lmmhnrdrd Santiago all day. A terrific cannonade wiih kept up by ten Anicricm ironcladr*. The forts recently constructed nt; AgiinilorcH by the famous artillery export, Ordonez, were blown to dust. The lleina Mercedes, a vei'.sol of JjOilO tons, one of the hcinncd-in N|>;iiiinli m|iiji<lron, tried to clear (he channel by lod^iii)/ explosives about the sunken Merriiiiue. A shell from the big American burbot to nhip Oregon (10,228 tons) toro lior upper workM to shreds. Her commodoro wan killed and five sailors word blown to pieces, whilo Lieutenants Garcia and Poroz and 121 men were expected to die. The forts protecting Santiago woro made a mass of ruins. A party of American marinea who landed at Daiguiri were attacked by tho Spaniard*. The latter wore defeated with heavy lovuuid driven back to Santiago, leaving their wounded.
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 4, 5 July 1898, Page 6
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146THE FIRST BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO FORTS. Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 4, 5 July 1898, Page 6
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