Admiral Camara's Squadron.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXII, Issue 140, 22 June 1898, Page 2

Admiral Camara's Squadron.

TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH. MADRID, Jnne 20, * Admiral Camara (who sailed from Cadii under sealed orders, probably for the* Canaries) in a farewell message to QueenRegent Christina, said : "1 will fight tothe death I" ADMIRAL CERVERA'S STRATEGY", HOW HE DODGHVItiE AMERICANS A correspondent of the - Melbourne*. Argus, writing from. America by the* last San Francisco mail, says :— For some days past there has been a-, great game of lude and Beek in the Caribbean Sea. Admiral's Cervera *s squadrom .of four cruisers and three torpedo-boat. ' destroyers having sailed from the Cape* Verde westward, Rear-Admiral Sampsom, with a squadron, left Key West on tte 4th May to endea T onr to find the enemy. On the afternoon of the 10th the Government at Washington were informed that the Cape Verde squadron had returned to Cadiz and -when the news was. forwarded to Rear-Admiral Sampson it was at once thought that, bpaaa had really abandoned Cuba tof? te V. The battieship Oregon, coming • up the Brazilian ooast, was told that thai path was clear, and the next day Ambassador Hay repeated from London the story as to Admiral Cervera. squadron being at Cadiz. On the 12th, Bear-Ad-miral Sampson shelled the defenoes of.' San Juan, on the island of Puerto Rico, fori* three hours, when despatches from Lon*. don to the pipers again asserted thai* Cervera was at Cadiz. On the af ternoM of the 12th, however, a ridionlons sear was caused by reports that several _■ ' - e chant vessels arriving in port had * er " the Spanish torpedo boats og _> !? en England coast, and the Navy dor _1 Ne 1 ordered women and ohikfiw. .' artment moved from the neigy»-a**> <» be reforts in Boston harbow, hat the ing of the 13th the Go,tw on the morntive information that A* 5 --. ent had P O31 * squadron was near ]tfr" jn " ra^ Cervera's been sighted ther^tw -^""Ve. and had Spaniards, indeed, o days earlier. The miles away from _• - had been 01 % 50 ° when he shelled ' ■** e ar-Admiral Sampson therefrom.tr -->an Juan, and bad ooaled France. '° col *l»*ms near Fort De fo- ' a great effort was made to inyZAZ m ** - Ad miral Sampson as to the IprooaDle -whereabouts of the enemy, and Schley's squadron wis orowed s ._ttth from Virginia at full speed. •A.ne presence of the Spaniards was dis covered by one of Rear-Admiral Sampson s fast scouts in the harbour of St. ■ Pierre, bnt his despatches were delayed ) for a day, and it was at first supposed that this had been intentionally done by I the Frenoh, but the matter has since been . satisfactorily explained. "While theim- . i pression prevailed that tho Frenoh at i Martinique had thus helped Admiral Cer- [ vera, a prominent member of Congress declared that in retaliation he would introduce a bill to withhold the appropriation for the representation of the United States the great Paris Exposition. Admiral Cervera s oourse oouid not be traced, but it was supposed that he would either try to enter Cienfuegos or Havana, or interrupt the battle ship Oregon. Rear-Admiral Sampson remained in the neighborhood of Windward Passage at Hayti with Bconta out, while Commodore Schley waß going outward underfull steam with the oruisers Brooklyn! and Minneapolis and the Blower battleships Texas and Massachusetts. Admirall Cervera's oruisers could, however, easily,* outstrip Rear Admiral Sampson's heavy flght-ing ships. On the 14th Admiral Cervera was reported at Curagoa and he ultimately reached Santiago.