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DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE
SITUATION SINCE SUNDAY.
londay.
ieoial to The Banner,
The battle of Porto Rico is
lomentarily Admiral expected.
issed Cape Sampson’s Heytien, fleet
wthern on the
morning. coast ofHayti, Sun
The Spanish fleet is some
here between the island of
• Thomas and the northern
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seen that
i.e ^ vo fleets are only a few
fles apart and rapidly ad
on each other.
I hey will i m all probability
eet today—may even be
mtmg at this moment—and
16 greatest naval battle the
ever heard of will he
CONYERS, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1898.
Sampson’s fleet is compos¬
ed of the following vessels :
New York, Iowa, Indiana,
Castine, Marblehead, Detroit,
Mayflower, Montgomery and
and Monitor Terror.
The Spanish fleet is sup¬
posed to comprise six ar¬
mored cruisers and three tor¬
pedo boats. battle will be
This no easy
thing for Admiral Sampson.
Only poor markmanship on the
part of Spanish gunners saved the
Vicksburg and the cutter Morrill
from destruction off Havana yes¬
terday morning.
The wily Spaniards set a trap to
send a couple of our ships to the
bottom and came near doing so.
They sent out a small schooner
from Havana harbor before day¬
light to draw some of the Ameri¬
cans into ambuscade.
The ruse worked like a charm.
The Vickburg and the Morrill
gave chase and walked straight in¬
to the trap. The Spaniards, how¬
ever, were too impatient. The big
guns of the Cojimar batteries
belched forth, but the shot fell
short. Both vessels then steamed
away without returning fire as it
would have been folly to have
done otherwise.
Had the Spaniard waited five
minutes longer they would have
had the pleasure of seeing the two
vessels sunk within tw'o leagues of
the wreck of the ill-fated Maine.
Spain is said to be massing
warships at Porto Rico.
Several vessels have myste¬
riously put in their appear¬
ance. It seems that Porto
Rico has been made a rendez¬
vous for the Spanish.
Sampson is sailing and on un¬ the
conscious of this fact
clash . , wl11 ... . hour ,
come in an
so.
It looks decidedly black for j
Sampson’s battleship fleet. Oregon has
The
reached Bahia, Brazil.
Tuesday,
The Mayflower captured
another Spanish batteau yes¬
terday. Milan, Italy,
The rioters in
have been whipped into sub¬
mission.
Nothing definite heard'
from Sampson up to this
hour. He may be expected fighting
like fury. News
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every moment.
General Miles is on his way
to Tampa to take charge of
the invading army. that Spanish
Report says the
Admiral Montejo, com¬
mander who suffered defeat
at Dewey’s hands, has been
brutally murdered.
Dewev cannot control in
surgents. They aie unman
ageble and thirst tor blood.
Chicago wheat cannot be
bought. 1
Wednesday.
Special to The Banner :
The entire force of troops
at Chicamauga are now mov
to the coast.
Transports are being load¬
ed with troops and supplies
at Tampa.
All this points to an imme¬
diate invasion of Cuba with
a large army headed by Cen.
Miles. * •
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Latest dispatch to the Ban¬
ner states that Sampson’s
fleet is returning to Havana
and will co-operate with the
army in the invasion of Cuba
With the Spanish fleet at
Cadiz, the time is now ripo
for invasion of Cuba and it
looks as if the United States
proposes to take advantage
of the same.
A Special dispatch to The Ban¬
ner says: The steamer Gussie,
one of the Mallory line of boats,
chartered by the government for
use as a transport, has just left
Tampa loaded with arms, ammu¬
nition and supplies furnished by
the United States governments for
the use of the Cuban insurgents.
A company of 100 United States
troops from the Frst regiment of
infantry accompanied the expedi¬
tion and will aid in guarding the
landing of the valuable cargo on
the coast os Cuba and will, if nec¬
essary penetrate into the interior
far enough to place the supplies
in the hands of the insurgents.
The Gussie has on board about
7,000 Springfield rifles, 200,000
rounds of ammunition and sever¬
al hundred boxes of provisions.
One Georgia regiment has been
ord ? red to Tampa,
yers boy> is gaid t0 belong to thj „
regiment.
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ity that the Spanish ministry lias
tesigned.
Riots are prevalent throughout
Spain today and many have been
killed.
McKinley said today that he
would push the war to the bitter
end.
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The Cape have Verde Fleet is
reported to returned
to Cadiz—the other side of
the Atlantic. This is good
news. It means an immedi¬
ate invasion of Cuba.
No news from Sampson’s
fleet as yet, He may follow
Dewey’s example, attack
Porto Rico and gain another
great victory.
CONYERS WAR LOCALS.
A special train of three compa¬
nies of Georgia volunteers from
Augusta passed through Conyers
at 2:30 o’clock yesterday on their
way to Griffin.
Major Edward H. Almatid and
his efficient valet, Henry (“Kit’ : )
King, left here yesterday for At¬
lanta. The major expects to be
ordered to Griffin tomorrow.
There was much wailing, weepii g .
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