The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 2, 1898, Page 2

o THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1898. ENE MY’S LINES PENETRATED BY . AMERICAN SPIES General Shafter Receives Valuable| Information as to Condi- tions in Santiago. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. GENERAL SHAFTE Antonio, July 1, via He fcan Yolololololololoko) nantled and to block the har lso’ repor after belie mild form. hatte h 4000 men is OJOTOXOTOIOIOIONO OXOXOFOJOCROXOFOXO} © [OROJOJO 'S HEADQUARTERS, d-Call dispatch boat Mindora. cret service men. have penetrated General Linares’ lines, entered nd returned safely with an accurate account of the situation These are the first Americans to pene- Sant and the conditions in the. eity. trate the my’s lines and the information entirely reltable eneral Shafter. The men co the riews that Cervera’'s ships are partially dis- ina Mercedes scuttled by Cervera’s or- water supply ice men reported that yellow fever had appeared in & headruarters now are near Se v.and the base removed to Sibone dvancing from ® June 30.—(Via - Port —~Two Amer- brought is regarded as s:to the strength of the defenses irmy, which is very valuable. S D ly cut off. illa. - Baiquiri will The report that Manzanillo is given PEEEEEEOEPEEPEREPOOIOOO®® but precautions are being taken to prevent a junction Garcia, with 3000 Cubans, has been detailed for this duty. A large number of small mines were forwarded to the front to- ©® day. ® ® ® Cervera’s fleet was hurling shells | | plunging a heav in the direction of the American and -Cuban lines, whose batteries of light artillery, acting under or- ders from Major General Shatfter, who went to the front at of the troops, began the battle of Santiago by attacking Caney From- this village a direct road | the ad- | leads into Santiago anc vance of our forces wil sistible when they gain p of this road. General Joe Wheeler, with a detachment of his cavalry com- mand, and General Garcia. with his Cuban troops, quickly joined General Lawton’s men in the ad- vance upon Caney. The Spaniards for a fought desperately to prevent Ca- ney falling into the hands of our forces. It was a vain effort. Be- fore the fighting had been long under way the American and Cu- ban forces g:xiilcrl ground. Foot byfoot the enemy was driven back into the village. It was evident after the first hour’s fighting' that General Shafter had gauged accurately the strength of the enemy and that he would be able to drive the Spaniards into Santiago at his pleasure. It was be irre- ossession with difficulty the com- manding officers restrained the enthusiasm of our men until the hour for the beginning of the at- *tack. The. enthusiasm of the American forces was intense and their spirit quickly spread to the Cuban troops. All have shared the belief of General Shafter, that Santiago could be taken by a sharp, persistent attack, and they have been impatient to advance. Brigadier- General Kent, who commanded the central ‘of the general line of attack, started the Twenty-first Regiment of regu- lars toward Aguadores at the same hour when General Law- ton’s men advanced toward Ca- ney. Upon these troops fell the brunt of battle to" the southeast of Santiago .during ‘the "early hours of the d As I write this dispatch this di- vision, General Kent's forces; has sustained the heaviest 16ss of the engagement thus far. There was desperate fightipg about Aguadores orders from General Linares, the Spaniards at-that:point returned the American fire with a fury that - aroused . in -our men the fiercest - determination. = They boldly faced - the enemy’s fire, holding their. ground tenaciously and pressing forward whenever an opportunity to gain an' ad- vanced footing presented itself. In their ‘operations . about Aguadores the Americans were greatly encouraged by the work of the fleet, which poured-a heavy fire into the lines of the Span- iards. Admiral Sampson ordered the New . York, Gloucester and’ Su- wanee to attack the batteries re- cently’ placed ‘to :the - east of Morro. The vessels-engaged the batteries at- short range :and left only. scarred: hillsides. to show where the batteries had been lo- cated. i Tha Massachusetts and. New: York | =, time | the head | | advanced Acting under | forces was troops then opened with their big guns, fire into the enemy’s lines. Common - shells - and reduced charges were used for this purpose, and they demoralized the enemy's ranks. The shells were fired at a high elevation, so as to clear the towering coast line ridge. The Newark. joined the fleet this morning, and at noon the Iowa steamed vithin 1000 yards of Morro Castle. ~Ad- miral Sampson had signaled from the flagship for the Iowa to engage Morro, but a few moments later, just as the Iowa was about to open fire, an annull- | ing pennant was hoisted. It was sus- pected that the watchful admiral had noticed the ‘Call-Herald dispatch boat Somers N. Smith coming - alongside the Towa and had annulled thé griginal signal to allow the Smith to get clear of the danger. The Harvard arrived at Altares this morning wifh 1800 Michigan volunteers. They were hurried = ashore and has- tened forward to join the American line. As the enemy was pressed back General Hawkins, - with the Sixteenth and Sixth Unifed States’ Infantry and the Seventy-first = New: York " under Colonel ‘Wallace ‘Downes; . the: Second Brigade, Colonel- Piérson,” commanding; with the Second United States Infantry, | the Tenth United States Infantry.and the . Twenty-first United States -Infan- try; the Third Brigade, Colonel Worth commandine. ; ~including - thé :Ninth, Thirteenth and- Uwenty-fourth. United States' Infantry: : General ‘Bates -hds the “Thirty-third Michigan, Colonel Charles. L. Boynton commanding. General Garcia's ‘men, who are being depended upon: to: play: an-important part in the attack:on: Santiago, bégan their march from Siboney -at daylight | yesterday morning. They took the main | road toward Caney, where Garcja has | had "his headquarters”during the pres- ent operations, General - Garcia, mounting ‘a spirited littlé horse, ‘issued’ final orders forthe {'advance of his®troops: He: then dug his spurs into the animal’s: sides and | went galloping forward closely followed by General Castillo, whose mount was former. ‘home they cheered enthusias- tically. They demanded to be led for- were restralned with difficulty by Gen- eral Garcia and his subordinate officers. Caney is made up of residences of the wealthy; and Garcia was confident of occupying it ‘without difficulty, -espe- clally as the Spaniards showed a dis- position to-abandon it without a fight. Geneéral ‘Garcia expected- the honor of leading:the assault on-the city, and ex- horted his. men to fight desperately. General Shafter, after making a care- ful ‘personal -examination yesterday, found many vulnerable points in the defenses of Santiago. ‘His men on the northeast had been able to get within two miles of the city's outward de- fenses, and "another division of the |-army had come equally near to Morro Castle. All of the enemy apparently were en- gaged . in strengthening the defenses of the city. Through glasses yester- day one could easily see a force of 1500 Spaniards throwing up . earthworks, and another force of Spanish cavalry entering the city. It is told me as a positive fact that 7, | ‘ i | =Tl W 2 T - THE THREE GENERALS WHO LED IN THE BATTLE BEFORE SANTIAGO. ward against the city at once; and they | but the roads in good conditior, the re- “ugnder of the artillery was sent for- ward and Jast night was arranged in positions’ commanding the city. The ‘plans’ of attack originally made by the naval board were rejected by General Shafter as not feasib'e. General Wheeler has sent a. request to ‘Washington . for. immediate re-en- forcements of mounted cavalry. Nearly all " the cavalrymen now aré without horses. Another - division of ‘the American army attacked the heights of San Juan, disabling the Spanish battery there and taking possession of the enemy’s works, The advance of General Shafter’s forces ‘was checked only at the inner line of the city’s defenses. It was dark when the fighting ceased for the day. At sunset our troops were in possession of the ground they had gained. The battle will be resumed at day- break. Admiral Sampson’s fleet silenced nearly all of the shore bBatteries. The city may fall to-morrow. ENTIRE COMPANY OF AMERICANS ANNIHILATED Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press. PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 1.—A gen- eral assault on the city of Santiago de Cuba by the land and sea forces of the United States began at 7 morning. ieneral Lawton advanced and took possession of Cabona, a su- burb of Santiago. Morro Castle and the other forts at the entrance of the harbor were bom- barded by our fleet, the Vesuvius using her dynamite guns with good effect. The Spanish fleet in the harbor fired on thé ‘American troops, who were very close to the city. The battle continued-until dark. Our forces carried the enemy’s outer works and have occupied them this evening. The battle will probably be resumed at daybreak: The American loss is heavy. Some es- timatesplace it at 500 killed and wound- ed. - One entire company was annihi- lated by a Spanish shell. Our advance was checked, but we are holding the positions gained. Reinforcements are being hurried to the front. e CAPTAIN CAPRON’S BATTERY OPENS THE FIRE UPON CANEY ‘Spectal ‘cable ‘to-The Call 'and the New' York Herald: . Copyrighted, 180, by James:Gor- don“Bennett; . o ON EL-POYO HILL; NEAR SANTI- AGO; July: 1:¢by The Call-Herald dis- patch-boag Golden Rod to Port.Antonio, Jamalica,: July-1).—Firing on ‘Cariey was begun from: Captain Capron’'s -battery at exactly 6:40°0’clock:this morning. He is firing at intervals of a 'minute: The mist. still hangs:so ‘heavily over ey B ksm". ! the valley. that'it is inipossiblé to make toward Santiago, both at Caney and |a magnificent black: hoise: the progress of our in entire “harmony ‘with the plans of General Shafter. Our lines thus became more closely knit, and now the Americans and Cubans. pre- sent a continuous front from the south- east to the north of the city. On the right at El Caney now is General H. W. Lawton with three brigades.: The. first is under Colonel J. J. Van Horne, com- manding the I 'ehth United - States Infantry, the Twenty-second Infantry and the Second Massachusetts, Colonel E. P. Clark, commanding.. The Second Brigade is composed of the First, Fourth and Twenty-fifth United States Infantry. The Third Brigade, ‘under General A. R. Chaffee, is composed of the Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth United States Infantry. - General Joseph Wheeler . -with four light batteries is strung out in the redr of Lawton’s division. Young is attached to Generdl Wheeler's brigade. His cavalry. is diSmountéd. at Aguadores, and is composed of eight troops. of the|. eight - troops..of -the First Cavalry, Third, eight troops of the Sixth;. eight troops of the .vinth and eight troops of the Tenth., . g _ On the left of Lawton, in the center, resting on the second crossing of the River Guama, just back of Sevilla and moving toward Aguadores, is a force composed of the First Brigade under P ik { General 8. B. - M. | Many of - Garcid’s - staff,” who <were brought . to- Siboney - from —-Aserradero on American fransports; had no horses and proceeded afoot. I walked about thiee miles at the side of. Marii;. & son of the famous:patriot, Jose Marti. In every direction the ‘roads were lined with Cubans carrying heavy loads of goods-in addition to. their rifles and ammunition.. The “‘small, unkempt, ragged fellows made ‘a poor -appear- “dnce, but they ere able to cary: their heavy -bundles all ‘day through.the slushy: mountain . Yoads, across the streams and. through .the dense under- brush.’ "At 1o time, however, were they unprepared. to discard their - luggage and fight. ol g IR General Shaftei’s line took a position at the rear of ‘General Garcla’s band and sicceeded in advaicing -nearer to the defenses of Santiago.than had an; ight near by and pre-. pared for-anearly dttack. =~ 3 Garcia’s men, ot a-few of © whom: lived in Santiago until they were driven out by . General ‘Weyler's command, could hardly restrain.’ themsélves, so eager were .they, to attack the eity at once. When they caught sight of their J.to .the . Colonel Wood and Lieutenant Colonel | out ‘What is the effect f ‘the shots. Roosevelt with their Rough Riders are officially criticised for their. impetuosity in- dashing. into - the fight more carefully- considered- their posi-| tion. This division; T amtold, will be carefully handled in.the future, lest its members again lose Sight of everything in their desire for a.speedy. victory. In’the skirmish to- the southeast of: Santiago yesterday. our men captured the Spanish colors. . i After considerable effort “General ‘Shafter’s men have’ succeeded in shut- ting off the watér ‘supply of the -city. They have beén working oi. the prob= lem several days, but it was a difficult | one. - The main water supply’ wasob- | tained from another .sidé of the ‘city: than that occupied. by our-troops. After General :Shafter’s 3 ‘iIn practically: surrounding’ the ‘city, how- _ever, it was pogsible to Iocate the wa supply.and, shut ‘it off, . This achieve- nieat by the Americans has added mych pefation of ' the Spaniards, | “who have'been shert of food for some time. They tiow are th) ned : “the horrors-of a food and-water famine: Affer the Cubans began’ their. march’ two companies of regulars armed with| - picks and shovels as well a5 guns went |- forward t6 make mproyements in’ the roads. .During the night a heavy rain- fall had made the paths difficult fo ‘travel. The work of the régulars soon’ with.. the |- | Spaniards’ last. Friday without having ‘gross | CUBANS SENT TO Captain. Capron’s .battery is- dropping shells into the block house. 2 From the left we. can see.the roof and walls of the blockhouse falling. General Lawton's:infantry has begun action, :and the Grimes battery has just opened fire on San Juan. The Spanish outpost is running to the city. . RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. RE-ENFORCEMENTS . UNDER PANDG RETURN TO MANZANILLO KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 1.—I have béen informed by the President of the Junta that . definite information .has been - received .. from' an. -autheéntic source that the: re-enforcements under General Pando ‘which left Manzanillo for - Santiago -have -returned to the former - city. -The.: artillery carried 'could not be ‘transported - over the mountains. All-the regular ‘troops: at Manzanillo | ‘were taken, leaving only a few volun- teers. for defense. It is said that hose in, - search. of .-provisions committed trages-on:.the inhabitants. CUT OFF THE FOE ~ FROM RETR | dispatch. was received last night at the War’ Department confirming the press Teport that Gene Shafter had sent back - on transports’ to Aserradero, o'clock this | uly T-An' official | ¢ whence they came, 2000 of Garcia’s .Cu- bans. The purpose is.a_double one— first, to prevent re-enfcrcements com- ing into Santiago from Manzanillo-on the west, and second, to prevent ‘the retreat in that direction of the Span- ish garrison of the town. TRANSPORT SAILS FROM TAMPA WITH MEN AND SUPPLIES TAMPA, Fla., July 1.—The transport Loufsiana sailed from Port Tampa last Tuesday, bound for Santiago, with re- enforcements for General Shafter. The Louisiana carried . 162 recruits, the Thirty-second ambulance - corps, con- sisting of nineteen privites and one of- ficer; eight horses, two bell horses, forty ambulance mules, 130 pack niules, ten - ambulances and . twenty-eight packers. 4 CORBIN SAYS SHAFTER HANGS ON WITH TEETH IN ENEMY’S NECK WASHINGTON, July 2—The sus- pense which followed the receipt of General Shafter’s dispatch early yes- terday morning announcing that a bat- tle had begun near Santiago was re- lieved at 12:30 this morning when a preliminary report of the day’s oper- | ations was received by General Corbin from General Shafter. The President and -the war officials are immensely pleased at the informa- tion conveyed in Shafter's . message. While they learned with sincerest re- gret that so many of the American troops had' fallen in .the fight the ground gained by the day’'s conflict is regarded as a great victory. Adjutant General Corbin put the sit- uation strongly and picturesquely this morning, while speaking briefly of the aggressiveness and tenacity of General Shafter. ‘“The old bulldog,” said he, referring thus half-affectionately to the distinguished commander of the Fifth Corps, “is lying right there with his teeth in their neck, only waiting the coming of daylight to finish the work he has so magnificently begun. “The engagement yesterday was very. heavy for a preliminary. fight, but it scores a decided victory for us. I re- gret to know that Shaffer has sus- tained so heavy a loss, but we may hope that there are not, as he says, many killed. It is, however, pretty certain to be true that the loss of an army in an engagement like that of yesterday, where the battle line extend- ed ‘over several miles, will be - much heavier than is indicated by the first reports. It is manifestly impossible, in cages where the battle has raged all day and until dark, to ascertain with definiteness the loss sustained.” Story of the Round Up of One of the Most Infamous Bands of Out- laws in the Southwest In Next Sunday’s Call. e DONE BY THE SENATE. Increase of Inspector General’'s De- partment and Annexation Debate. WASHINGTON, July 1—In the Sen- ate to-day Sewell of New’ Jersey of. the Committee: ‘on - Military: Affairs secured the passage ‘of ‘a bill to provide for ‘a temporary increase -in the inspector gen- eral’s: department. of the army. Hawaiian annexation resolutions -were” thén taken. up, and Pettus of Alabama addressed the Senate. His was theé first: formal ~speech delivered “since the: opening of the: present discussion in favor. of the:resolutions.. “At-the begin- ning, he:said, he proposed particularly to.address. himself to those with whom during “his lifeé he .had been associated politically. He - requested that nobody should call- ‘a ‘quorum’ -while ‘he . was speaking. Peftus sald one:of the objections urged against Hawallan annexation was that the aequisition-of that territory would compel - the United -States to construct and maintain at - enormous expense a powerfulnavy and perhaps maintain a large standing army. TRAIN BEARING OFFICIALS WRECKED NEAR REDDING Bl REDDING, July 1.—A special train car- rying officials: of thé Union Pacific Rall- road was wrecked early this morning be- tween :Smithson and Delat, about thirty- five milés north of Redding. A liough re- celving a_Severe shaking up, none of the officials “were. injuted. " The éngineer and fireman ‘were: botu injured. but not riously: & cut, but’ the coaches. held -to the rails, Traffic.was: delayed, about four hour: se- ADVERTISEMENTS. 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