Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — HOW SAMPSON BATTERED THE ANCIENT FORTS OF SAN JUAN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOW SAMPSON BATTERED THE ANCIENT FORTS OF SAN JUAN.

From a photograph taken after the bombardment. This shows much of the damage done by the shells of the American fleet. Old Castle Morro was the greatest sufferer, so far as visible effects are concerned, but many of the more modern fortifications were hammered with equal effect.