. 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. eltAdmiral Sampson should know they had notlost their lives, had accordingly chivalrouslysent out under a flag of truce his chief-of-staff,Captain Ovido. Captain Ovido said thatHobsons undertaking was a success, that theMerrimac had been sunk, and that he and hismen had attempted to escape on a catamaranattached to the collier, its row boat having beenshot away. While drifting about, however,they had been picked up by Admiral Cerveraan
. 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. eltAdmiral Sampson should know they had notlost their lives, had accordingly chivalrouslysent out under a flag of truce his chief-of-staff,Captain Ovido. Captain Ovido said thatHobsons undertaking was a success, that theMerrimac had been sunk, and that he and hismen had attempted to escape on a catamaranattached to the collier, its row boat having beenshot away. While drifting about, however,they had been picked up by Admiral Cerveraand his officers, taken prisoners and sent toSantiago city under guard, later being placedin Morro Castle. The Spanish officer courte-ously offered to carry any supplies to the pris-oners, and so returned with money, clothing,and provisions for Hobson and his men. Later we learned that the Merrimacs officerand crew had been confined in the Morro dur-ing our first bombardment of the fort, and hadperhaps been in almost as much danger fromthe fire of their countrymens guns as they hadbeen previously from those of the Spaniards. •^;yffl^tiaB8i(»jigBw^^. Copyright, 1902, by ^V. B. Ooukey Company. The Oregon ivas coming to Jielp tJie Brooklyn {XX) AND SANTIAGO 209 It was after the release of Hobson and hismen from Santiago, and after he had made hisformal report to Admiral Sampson, that hetalked a little more fully about his was very modest and did not seem to real-ize the wonderful sensation his daring exploithad created throughout the country. It waswith some difficulty he was persuaded to speakof himself, although he referred in most glow-ing terms to the intrepidity of his little crew, We have been thirty-three days in a Span-ish prison, said Mr. Hobson, and the more Ithink about it the more marvelous it seems thatwe are alive. It was about three oclock in the morningwhen the Merrimac entered the narrow chan-nel and steamed in under the guns of MorroCastle. T
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