. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. the opening. For ten minutes heartsbeat faster and faster, and then suddenly aSpanish gun on shore spit her first venomousfire, and in a moment the dark mouth hadbecome a cauldron of flame and shell, thewater whipped into a phosphorescent glare bythe rainfall of bullets, while the echo of thehuge guns loud mouthings reverberated fromhill to hill, and finally swept out over thewater to us who were waiting on the ships,vainly trying to p
. Schley and Santiago; an historical account of the blockade and final destruction of the Spanish fleet under command of Admiral Pasquale Cervera, July 3, 1898. the opening. For ten minutes heartsbeat faster and faster, and then suddenly aSpanish gun on shore spit her first venomousfire, and in a moment the dark mouth hadbecome a cauldron of flame and shell, thewater whipped into a phosphorescent glare bythe rainfall of bullets, while the echo of thehuge guns loud mouthings reverberated fromhill to hill, and finally swept out over thewater to us who were waiting on the ships,vainly trying to pierce the hellish glare for aglimpse of the Merrimac. Hearts sank at the awful spectacle, andprayers went up for the safety of the littlecrew, but it seemed as though there could bescant hope for those who had entered mto thejaws of death, into the mouth of hell. Forthirty-five minutes this terrible baptism of firecontinued, the entire harbor apparently beingcovered by the guns, while the searchlights of SCHLET 200 the enemy could be seen seeking here andthere for the stranger, and then, at 3:50, allwas suddenly silenced, and darkness curtainedthe IS a -T< AND SANTIAGO 201 AN ESCAPE. XII. UNTIL daylight, we sat anxiously awaitingfor a possible sign of life from the har-bor. In the early morning, the little steamlaunch that had followed the Merrimac out afew hours previous, steamed from near themouth of the batteries and announced, No-body has returned. But, added the boyishcommander, as the launch steamed away, hisenthusiasm for Hobsons splendid action over-whelming for the moment his loss of a friend,he did it just the same. The coming of this little launch, eventhough it brought disheartening news, was alsojoyfully received, for it brought back a groupof brave men—young Naval-Cadet J. , and P. K. Peterson, H. Hanford, , and G. L. Russell, all of the flagshipNew York. Powell was really almost a mereboy, being one of the Naval Academy classwho, li
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