vicinity; the frequent bombardment of the Spanish batteries at Santiago entrance; the arrival on June 20th of the army under General Shafter; its debarkation and movement against Santiago; the attack of July 1st on El Caney and San Juan Hill; the sortie of Cervera’s squadron; its destruction: these are but the chief events of the many which happened between May 18th and July 3d. On the forenoon of Sunday, this latter date, was decided the fate of Spain in America. More than half the crews of the Spanish ships had been used ashore on July 1st in the defence of Santiago, and the commander of these, Captain Bustamante, Cervera’s chief-of-staff, had, to the great grief of all who knew him both in the Spanish and American services, been mortally wounded. Cervera had, after the battle of July 1st, received orders to leave the harbor and endeavor to save his squadron. He and his captains accepted the situation with calm courage and prepared to leave the evening of July 2d. The slow work of returning the crews aboard ship caused delay until the next morning. At 9:30 the crews of the American ships were just falling in for the usual Sunday “inspection.” The admiral had started a little before nine in the _New York_ under easy steam to arrange with General Shafter a plan of combined attack. The _New York_ had gone about five miles when a shot was heard from the battery at the entrance and a ship almost immediately after seen coming out. The _New York_ at once turned. In accord with the admiral’s standing order, all the ships immediately started to close in on the entrance. The flagship _Infanta Maria Teresa_, which was the ship first sighted, was naturally exposed for some little time to the fire of all, and was quickly a mass of flames and heading in for the land. She was run ashore about six miles west of the harbor entrance; the _Oquendo_, though she was the last of the large ships to come out, was beached, also burning, soon after the _Maria Teresa_, about a quarter of a mile west of the latter; the _Vizcaya_, afire, went on to the reef fifteen miles west of Santiago about 11:30, shortly after which her forward magazine exploded. The destroyer _Furor_ had been sunk, and the _Pluton_ was ashore destroyed, having made only three miles to the west. The _Colón_ only was left, in full flight and practically uninjured, pursued by the _Oregon_, _Brooklyn_, _New York_, and _Texas_. At 1:15 she turned ashore, the 13-inch shell of the _Oregon_, fired at 9,000 yards, going over her. Her sea-valves had been opened, and though she was pushed on to the beach stern foremost by the _New York_, her bow overhung into deep water and as she filled she turned on her side. She was never raised. The heroic efforts of the American crews in saving life from the burning ships are deserving every praise.