. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . eep off all would-bevisitors. We saw enough, however, to show us the terriblehavoc which the American shells had played on these oncefine battleships. Being overtaken by their determined pur-suers, they had both been run ashore, their crews endeavoringto save their lives by jumping overboard and making for thebeach, thus abandoning the ships to their fate. Continuing our trip some ten miles further up the coastwe came upon what was
. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . eep off all would-bevisitors. We saw enough, however, to show us the terriblehavoc which the American shells had played on these oncefine battleships. Being overtaken by their determined pur-suers, they had both been run ashore, their crews endeavoringto save their lives by jumping overboard and making for thebeach, thus abandoning the ships to their fate. Continuing our trip some ten miles further up the coastwe came upon what was to us the most interesting sight ofall, viz., the wreck of what was formerly called the Pride ofthe Spanish Navy,—the Vizcaya. Here our tug anchored,as we were determined to make an effort to board this lattervessel, in order to examine for ourselves her internal condi-tion. This was attended by no small difficulty, but at lengthwe managed to scramble through a porthole and climbed, tothe detriment of our clothing, on to what remained of herdecks. Not a particle of woodwork was to be seen, every-thinof of a combustible nature havincr been destroved bv the. MISS ANNIE WHEEIvER, THE ARMY ANGEL. THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. 57 fire caused by American shells. The destruction was utterand complete. The heat had twisted the massive iron beamsinto all kinds of fantastic shapes, as if they had been so manypieces of string, and her heavily protected sides were perfor-ated by shells as if they had been of the consistencj of brownpaper. Those portions of her iron decks still remaining werecovered deep in debris, composed mostly of exploded smallarms ammunition ; and her large guns, which still seemed tobe in fairly good condition, were the only articles on boardwhich retained a semblance of their original shape. In short,so complete was the state of chaos and confusion in which wefound this once fine vessel, which a few brief months beforehad so proudly anchored in New York harbor, that an a
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