LIEUTENANT HOBSON'S DARING ACT.

Thames Star, Volume XXX, Issue 9112, 5 July 1898, Page 2

LIEUTENANT HOBSON'S DARING ACT.

(Per R.M.S. Moana, at Auckland.)

(Per Press Association.)

Avgkujxv, June 3. As Admiral Cerveras wouldfnot come out of Santiago, Lieutenant Hobson and a volunteer crew of seven men, under cover of darkness, ran the big collier Memmao into the harbour, and swung her broadside across the channel, exploded and sank her under the terrible fire of the batteries and forts. Hobson and his men rowed a dingy, in which they left the Merrimac, straight to Admiral Cerreras' flagship, where their courage was acknowledged by a cheer. ■{Admiral Oerveraa sent a boat, under a white flag to Admiral Sampson, saying the men would be held prisoners and would be treated as Spanish officers ofjrank till exchanged. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SANTIAGO. Admiral Sampson bombarded Santiago all day with a terrific oanonade from ten American ironclads. The forts recently constructed at Aquadores by the famous artillery expert, Ordonez, were blown to dust.

The Beina Mercedes tried to dear ' the channel by lodging explosives about the Merrimac, out a shell from ' the Oregon tore her upper works to ' shreds. | Her Commodore was killed and five , sailors blown to pieces. Lieutenants Garcia and Pereg and twenty-one men are expected to die. I The forts protecting Santiago are a ' mass of ruins. | A party of American marines landed at Daiquiri, where they were attaoked by the Spaniards. The latter were defeated with heavy low and driven to Santiago, jwriutf tfwir wwb4c4<

The Dolphin wrecked a train filled with Spanish troops, with shall, many being killed, GENERAL SHAFTER'S MOVE

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The military expedition under! General Shatter which left Key West on June 13th included 773 officers and 14,500 men. United States Regulars comprised the greater part of the force, there being only three volunteer organisations and two dismounted squadrons, the first U.S, Volunteer regiment which Colonel Wood commands, Theo. Booseveldt being Lieutenant Colonel. Sixteen warships escorted thirty-two' transports to Santiago. | The transports stretched out for miles. The magnificent procession of warships, headed by the Indiana, covered three-quarters of a mile. THE BATTLE OF GUANTANAMO At Guantanamo on June 14th the American marines and Cubans completely routed 400 Spaniards. The latter had 100 killed and 200 wounded. Sixteen men and ten thousand rounds of ammunition were captured. An American surgeon, Gibbs, and four soldiers were shot by the Spaniards THE PHILIPPINES. In addition to tbs cruiser Charleston the monitor Monterey has been despatched from 'Frisco to the Philippines, to be followed by the monitor Monadnock. A second expedition has left 'Frisco for the Philippines, The steamers China, Colon, Senator aud Zeatandia' with four thousand troops, sailed June 15th.