. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. he effectof fever, but his energy is undiminished, un-conquerable. He is a little uneasy about theSpanish army, fearing that they may escapeby the back way. When they are so anxiousto be allowed to go, he said this morning,it is only reasonable to suppose that theywill go if they can without our permission. SCHLEYS UNFOUGHT BATTLE. BY HENRY BARRETT CHAMBERLIN. Every officer and seaman in the naval serviceof the United States believes, with good rea-son, that our fleet is invincible. Expert gunner
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. he effectof fever, but his energy is undiminished, un-conquerable. He is a little uneasy about theSpanish army, fearing that they may escapeby the back way. When they are so anxiousto be allowed to go, he said this morning,it is only reasonable to suppose that theywill go if they can without our permission. SCHLEYS UNFOUGHT BATTLE. BY HENRY BARRETT CHAMBERLIN. Every officer and seaman in the naval serviceof the United States believes, with good rea-son, that our fleet is invincible. Expert gunneryhas made it so and the quick destruction of theSpanish squadron under Admiral Cervera hasjustified the prediction of Commodore Schleythat good gunnery is worth more than heavy armor if a choice must be made betweenthe two. When the official reports are filedat Washington and the final deductionsdrawn, it will be found that the famousengagement of July 3 was won by Americangunnery. Our fleet suffered the loss of butone man killed and eight wounded—no ships THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES 115. COMMODORE W. S. SCHLEY. disabled—not because the Spaniards weresuch poor marksmen, but rather owing tothe fact that our fire was so rapid and ac-curate that the enemy could not properlyserve its guns. Had it been otherwise someof our ships must have suffered, and theBrooklyn, which engaged every one of Cer-veras squadron, must have been seriouslycrippled, if not permanently disabled orsunk. Every Spanish ship had orders, when theword was given to sail from the harbor ofSantiago on that memorable Sunday morning, to ignore, so far as possible, every Americanship but the Brooklyn. It was the intentionto sink the flagship if nothing else was ac-complished. Every Spanish ship had a chanceat the cruiser, as her scars show, but thatawful line of flame which stretched fore andaft without cessation for an hour tells thestory of her escape from annihilation. Everyvessel of the destroyed fleet be
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