The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 3, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANC 1SCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1898. HOW CANEY FORTS WERE | DESTROYED| Spaniards Retire as the| Boys in Blue Rush Forward. - Deadly Aim of Capron’s Battery| Trained Upon the Guns Guarding the Hilltops. Bpecial “cable to The Call and the New Y¥ork Herald.. Cp righted; -1898, by James Gor- AMP. WITH SEVENTY-FIRST NEW YORK REGIMENT, Friday, July 1 (by The -Call-Herald - dispatch boat Golden Rod to Port Antonio, Sat- urday, July 2).—The attack’ on ‘the outer defenses of Santiago was begun from the sea and-land at 7 o'clock this morning.. ‘The forts at Cdaney were de- stroyed and the victory won after hard fighting.at-San Juan, We, :who. weré last night near ‘the rear, were ordered to move at half- past- 3-0o'clock this morning, and then learnéd with keen satisfaction that the main ‘attack :was to be begun by the Sixth and.Sevénty-first, with the Six- teenth -in‘ reserve.- -Before the .dawn the narrow ‘road, a foot deep in mire, was crowded” with marching men. An attenipt ‘had been ‘made to improve the road by.throwing branches of trees in it, but- that made matters worse. The men- formed in lines on both sides, the Seventy-f joining the general sweeping movement toward Santiago. A “mile from.the-Seventy-first'’s cld camp we found a winding stream with no bridge dnd had to ford it. The sul- try heat after the night chill made all = r to bathe and drink as we waded through, Twenty minutes before . 7 o’clock T -heard the low rumble of guns ahead as if-from cannon fired from & hill across.thé villey. Capron’s battery had opened on Caney. At ten minutes to 7-the Seventy-first halted for - rest - and -I pushed -on through - the 4000 Cubans under Gén- eral Castillo and by General Shafter’s headquarters, where the general rest- ed on a cot, awaiting reports, under the shade of the leaves of the waod. I ran down the line. Lawton’s men were att.cking ‘Caney. The Cubans turned off at El Pozo Hill, following the main road to the right, moving into position to the northeastward of -the city. At El Pozo is a creek, -a large stone wall and a very steep hill" up which is a diflicult path. On top of-the hill is a brick works and there, too, fronting to the westward, was a bat- tery of three field guns in position, and on a higher hill to the right due north were Capron’s battery and infantry. Caney is a suburb of Santiago and two miles from the city. In it was a regiment of infantry and a strong blockhouse of ornamenta. finish. It is the most important place near the capi- tal. I reached the summit of EI Pozo smoke belched from one: of Capron’s guns to the north of us, and the blockhouse was hidden by a cloud of dust and stones and seemed to tum- ble to its base. * The rattle of infantry fire reached us then and the batitery fired gun after gun in quick succession as If covering the advance of our infantry on Caney. No one doubted the place would be occupied in two hours. From El Pozo one could not see the land lying be- tween Capron’s battery and Caney on account of the trees and underbrush, but the volleys seemed to come from the thickly wooded valley. I could see clearly in.San . uan what was evidently a part of the old city wall and fort with its-high roof. Outside these are earthworks and wire fences, but these were screened by thé woods. There is a hill b reen El Pozo and San Juan battery rising higher on the left and hides the main section of Santiago to some extent, but between the royal palms on the hill I could see a long stretch of roofs, and the officers were puzzled to obgerve white or red cross flags floating above many of the houses. The Cubans explained that these flags were displayed by all the residents of Santiago who either took no part in the war or harbored no soldiers in the hope thdt the Americans would spare their houses when bombarding. Two field guns on El Pozo command- ed the San Juan section of the city. The officers in charge told me the range was 2500 yards. At half-past 8 o’clock the guns on El Pozo joined the music of Capron’s battery. The rifles were making things lively north of us. The first shell just grazed the roof.of the central building on the San Juan wall. Dust arose lazily from the top ef it and the shell passed on, bursting on the other side. The range had been well calculated. A roar of approval ran along El Pozo. Then a gun was tried dt a slightly less elevation. Its mis- elie flew true to the mark, and its twang was still in our-ears when dust clouds rose from the roof and settled, disclosing a great hole which seemed twenty or thirty feet in diameter. The rm;a shot went higher, and the fourth ’ ticreased the size of the breach in the [ roof.. The ‘firing’ was.from. hill tohill, for-San Juar stands high. The ‘soldiers were - moving up the'| muddy .road behind “El. Pozo, and as company:after company of. “stalwart, eager: fellows appedred - they ‘shouted with delight when they learneéd that ati. last an” attack on-Santiage had been begun. . I passed several regiments on my way o the coast. ' The Spanish up to that time had made no:reply, to our | guns on: El:Pozo, bui ‘& surgeon coming from where Capron’s battery was said bullets -were whistiing over the ridge thére ‘as he ‘rode away and that he thought the advancé of our infantry on Caney -had 'been opposed.. The Span- iards, he’ said,; answered before: our- men, who moved forward firing "By .volleys and at will under cover of Capron’s guns. There were'no casualties at the time.the surgeon left that wing, ‘which was:.early in the en- gagement. E The men were most enthusiastic, ery-] ing “On to-Santiago!”’ -There: was no intention’ to rush.to.the city, but. &t first to attempt-to dislodge the Spanish from their earthworks and from behind their barbed wire fences by. our artil- lery. "The €nemy’s hope evidently wis that the Americans ‘would attémpt to capture théir earthworks at the-outset byi.a strong advance of infantry across the ground that was swept by .the @eadly fire 0f the ‘men behind them: Two mure-batteries of light artillery were being’ pushed forward as'I left, -and this made four: batteries. in alk | Then! the” men will be. moved forward | and in . numbers they will be strong enough. to ‘drive the'enemy -into the majn section of the city proper, which successful. mové would ‘permit ‘them ‘to, déstroy, the wire fences which bar their approach.” ‘It is ‘said there :are six ferices.-and -three ‘lines of earthworks outside of ‘San Juan, but these :are hidden by the-hill, ‘across. the crest of which the-elevated forts were shelled. Santiago newspapers brought to Gen- eral Shafter's headquarters give a weird account of the alleged victory of the Spanish over the Rough Riders, but its correet tnformation as to the names of our regiments engaged leads me to believe that there may have been a spy in our lines last Friday. 2 Admiral Sampson sent Flag Lieuten- ant Stanton to consult General Shafter yesterday, and this ‘morning as the troops moved forward toward El Pozo { and the other hills 2 mile and a half to two miles off Santiago the flagship ran close in shore and took up a posi- tion at the mouth of the valley three miles east of Morro and began to shell the Spanish infantry who were coming out of the woods to the westward of the position toward which Shafter was moving his field batteries. The New York lay in a cloud of smoke. for nedrly two hours, Keeping up a terrific fire, her shells bursting wherever glasses disclosed the move- ment of Spanish troops in the thick cover to the west. A signal hoisted at 10 o’clock brought a converted yacht to her assistance in the work, and at noon the rest of the squadron moved in to- ward ‘the batteries east and west of Morro and began a general bombard- ment. 2 Seven ships were engaged on the in- ner line a few minutes past noon, and the reply from the batteries, which had been desultory from the first, had les- sened perceptibly. G It was sald that when the army has forced its way near enough to the city proper—which may be Saturday—the ships, having silenced the outer batter- ies, would - move Into the harbor's mouth, reduce the battery on Cayo Smith, a small island inslde, and two of them take up positions near the Mer- rimac, where they could train guns on Cervera’'s ships and the city itself. If this is done it is believed the army will soon succeed in entering Santiago from the east in ~ite of the Spanish troops and take possctsion. As far as I could learn none of our ships were damaged up to the time the Golden Rod left. BRAVE MEN WHO WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED IN BATTLE NEW YORK, July 2.—A speécial dis- patch to the Evening World, dated El Paso, Cuba, near Santiago, noon, by way of Playa del Este, July 1, says: The first artillery fight of the cam- paign has just been ended by the si- our attack [ with a rifle fire and slowly gave ground | - lencing of a - Spanish battery. - The . sullen {for .the Spanish field. batfery, » [\ HE BATTLE B SHAFTER REVIEWING HIS CUBAN ALLIES . HOW SHAFTER LANDED AND OTHER SCENES. From Photographs Made Especially for The Call. wounded are still being picked up as this dispatch is hurried away. - ‘General Lawton’s division bivouacked néay El Caney last night without fires At 7 o'clock this morning there was a “boom.” It was the first shot from:.Capron’s battery, fired to avenge the killing -of his son. . Promptly the Spanish began to answer the challenge from their trenches .and forts. At 7:15 Grimes’ battery opened on the Spanish ‘troops to the right of the San Juan ‘blockhouse. ° F The common powdér ysed by our troops smoked .and was a fine target which probably was-served by Admiral Cer- vera’s marines, judging by the accur- acy of the aim. ‘While.our smoke’ gave the enemy our range, Grimes: could not locate the en: emy’s guns; which used smokeless pow- dér, except approximately. But, satis- fied as to the Spanish position, our men worked like mad. - The Spanish fire gradually slackend, and in less than an hour it ceased altogether. Battery A of the Second-Artillery de- serve great credit for ‘the victory, for it was a case of blindness against sight. The battery's losses, the officers state, were as follows: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KILLED: UNDERWOOD, private. HELM, private. WOUNDED: GEORGE C. HEARY, first sergeant. VEITE, sergeant. CORNFORD, sergeant. KEENE, corporal. 0000000000 CO 8-8-8-0-%-E 830888 ESEEREEDEDEEOEROSE3EER00E00EHEREEEEd8n Qw0000 O00O00 C000000000000C0C0OCO The battery was supported by the Roupn Riders, about 100 Cubans with a Hotchkiss gun, a detachment of the Tenth Cavalry and a squad from Com- pany C of the Second Cavalry. Most of the Spanish shells flew low over the crest of the battery’'s position and ex- ploded. Through them the Rough Riders had about ten wounded, among them being the following: 8. G. Devore, sergeant, Troop K; W. A. Armstrong, corporal, Troop J; McSparron, corporal, Troop G; Alvin C. Ash, private, Troop G; W. A. Freeman, private, Troop F; B. A. Long, private, Troop K; Mason Mitchell, private, Troop K. V. D. Horton, corporal, Troop I, Third | United States wounded. The Cuban leader, Gonzales, reports that the Cubans lost twenty killed and wounded. 3 The details of reneral Lawton’s losses have not arrived. Captain Grimes and Corporal McLean were overcome by the heat, but are re- covering. The battery shot 100 rounds, two- thirds shells and the balance shrapnel. The military balloon used by the sig- nal corps for the purpose of obtaining accurate information of the location of the enemy and the character of their defenses proved ~f inestimable service in the engagement. The balloon floated just over the tree tops and was easily guided along three miles of the road toward the lines of the enemy. ‘Whenever it halted for the purpose of taking a photograph of the fortifica- tions below, the Spaniards seized the occasions for taking pot shots at the mid-air monster. At one time the big balloon hung over San Juan, not over 500 yards from the enemy. In the fighting at San Juan a Span- ish shell two and a half inches in di- ameter burst In the midst of Captain Puritier's battery in the First Artilery, wounding several. - Cavalry, was also O-B-8-8-0-N 8D B3 E-@-0-EO0-0-E-8 I MANY VICTIMS OF FRIDAY'S BATTLE Copyrighted, 188, by the Associated Press. AT GENERAL SHAFTER'S HEADQUARTERS, Friday, July 1, 6 p. m., by the Associated Press dispatch-boat.Cynthia, to Port Antonio, July 2, 8 p. m., via Kingston, July 2, 11:30 p. m.—General Shafter's ‘army has had its baptism of fire. With desperate courage and the mad dash of veterans it has conquered the Spanish works before Santiago, and at this hour is driving the enemy into the streets of the city. The victory was won at a heavy cost in killed and wounded. It is impossible to-estimate the loss at this writing, but it probably approaches 500. The proportion of officers is large.” A partial list of the officers killed or wounded follows: - % * CAPTAIN WILLIAM O'NEILL, of the Rough Riders, killed. LIEUTENANT COLONEL WY COFF, Twerty-second Infahtry." - CAPTAIN W.:P. MORRISON, Sixteenth Infantry. LIEUTENANT ¢ 'OTT, Thirteenth Infantry, wounded. LIEUTENANT COLONEL PATTERSON, Twenty-second Infantry, wounded in groin. 5 LIEUTENANT ORDE, Sixth Infantry. CAPTAIN TAYLOR, Ninth Cavalry, wounded in stomach. LIEUTENANT COLONEL E. H. LISCUM, Twenty-fourth Infantry. CAPTAIN J. E. BRETT, Twenty-fourth Infantrv, wounded in arm. CAPTAIN A. C. DUCATT, Twenty-fourth Infantry, wounded in region of heart. CAPTAIN CHARLES DODGE, Twenty-fourth Infantry. SECOND LIEUTENANT J. H. AUGUSTIN, Sixth Infantry, wound- ed in side and arm. LIEUTENANT COLONEL CARROL, Sixth Infantry, wounded in | | | | hip. LIEUTENANT MYER, Company H, Third Cavalry, wounded in hip. LIEUTENANT HERMAN, Sixth Infantry, spine injured. LIEUTENANT GROSS, Sixth Infantry, wounded in the hip and left leg. CAPTAIN WALKER, Sixth Infantry, wounded in right leg. LIEUTENANT ROBERTSON, Company C. Sixth Infantry, wounded in right leg. LIEUTENANT PURDY, Company C, Sixth Infantry, wounded in thigh. CAPTAIN MORGAN, Third Cavalry. CAPTAIN DODD, Third Cavalry, wounded in head. CAPTAIN CARPENTER, Seventeenth Infantry, wounded in stom- ach. CAPTAIN KERR, Sixth Cavalry, wounded in arm. CAPTAIN TORREY, Sixth Cavalry, shot in the leg LIEUTENANT BESARO, Seventh Infantry. MAJOR CORLISS, Seventh Infantry. CAPTAIN JACKSON, Seventh Infantry. LIEUTENANT CHARLES E. FIELD, through forehead, fatally. It is also reported that.Colonel Emery was killed. Of Company L, Thirty-third Michigan Volunteers, which met with severe losses in the action at Aguadores, these are the men who are re- ported to have been killed: s FRANKLIN, JOHN H,, Diamondale, Mich. SEABRIGHT, FERDINAND J. Wounded—CURTIS, CLIFFORD H.; LAWSON, FRANK, left arm broken; STARK, D. A. Following is a list of the men of Battery A, Second Artillery, who are reported among the killed: B UNDERWOOD, private. HELM, private. ‘Wounded—HEARY, GEORGE C, first sergeant; VEITES, sergeant;’ CORNFORD, sergeant; KEENE, W. H., corporal Buttery A, First Artil- lery; CUnoLING, lleutenant. First Artillery; FARR, lieutenant, First Artillery; BUTT, sergeant; SHORT, lieutenant Sixtee ~ United States Infantrv; CROSS, lleutenant, Sixth United States Infantry; TAYLOR, captain, Sixte 1th United States Infantry, This is a list of the Rough Riders who were w« “ed: DEVORE, S. G., sergeant Troop K; ARMSTRONG, W. A., corporal Troop J; McSPARRON, corporal Troop .G; ASH, ALVIN C., private Troop G; FREEMAN, W., private, troop F; LONG, BENJAMIN A., private Troop K; MITCHELL, MASON, private Troop K. HORTON, V. D, corporal Troop I, Third United States Cavalry, was also wounded. The Journal's correspondent, James Creelman, slightly woun< d in Friday’s fighting. In some cases every officer in a company was lost. ¢ The Spanish loss must have been heavy. The Spaniards opposing General Lawton’s division lost In killed, wounded or taken prisoners i 2000 men, and the loss on the center and left must be double that num- ! ber. Seventh Infantry, shot —l—.—fl—'l—l—-fl-—lIIIII—IIIIIIIIll—l..IIII‘III‘I-—l_IEI-II'II—II RENEWAL OF CTIE ATTICE 08 SINTLAGO Continued from First Page. of ‘a company.” I could not get |a complete list of the killed and’ wounded. : Those known ‘to. have -been killed were John H. Franklin of ‘Diamondale, Mich., and Ferdi- nand J. Sevright. Among the wounded were Frank Lawson of Lawton, Mich., whose left arm was broken; D. A. Stark of Ann Arbor, and Clifford H..Curtis. Although taken completely. by surprise, the Michigan troops va- liantly stood their ground. They deployed and drove the Span- iards from their position, killing and wounding a large number of the enemy’s men. In yesterday’s engagement the ‘June 22 with 8000 o observation balloon used by the army rendered good service, dis- closing the enemy’s position and gaining much valuable informa- tion. The balloon, at which the enemy fired repeatedly, finally was split by shrapnel. Our hospital at Siboney is now crowded with wounded soldiers. The surgeons are busy bandag- ing wounds of this soldier or am- putating the fingers, arms or legs of that soldier. In caring for the wounded the Red: Cross vessel State of Texas is giving all the aid it can. All the typhoid pa- tients will be transferred from the Olivette to the Iroquois. 3 During yesterday's engage- ment the heat was interise, but there were few cases of prostra- tions. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS AS TO THE MOVEMENTS OF GENERAL PANDO Special cable to The d Herald. Copyrightéd, 1888, by James Gor- don Bennett. ¥ MONTEGO BAY, Island of Jamaica, Friday, July 1 (delayed in transmis- sion).—A Cuban messengsr from the in- surgents near Manzanilio, Provinte of Santiago de Cuba, who landed near here to-day from a sailboat, brought intelligence that the 'Spanish troops, numbering about 8007 men;, who left Manzanillo on June 2i to march to San- tiago, were called back by General Pando. It appears that when the army had reached the vicinity of Bayamo, General Pando was not with the troops, as had been reported. He was and is | -—H—l—H—l—l—l—H—H—l—l—H—l-l—l—l—: in Havana. The relieving army, the Cubans say, wad supplied with food, but the roads were almost impa- .Lle I \ / all and tie New Yor®|' and ‘the artillery could not be dragged along. | Fhus ‘getting:~ {0 .iSantiago in time to. succor ;the garrison-there ap- pearéd-to be impossible; heneeé the re- eall ot the troops. NEW-¥YORK, July. 2.--A’ special dis- patch from Playa.del Esteito the Even- ing. World states: that: General Garcia is ~authority: for: the: statenient’that General ‘Pandéo-has entered. Santiago with- 6000 soldjers” . for:the Te-énforce- ment'of General Linares. Gerieral Pando: left :“Manzanillo ~on 9000 men-and a ons and ‘ammuni- large: train- of" provi tion. General Shafter - sent: 2000 Cubans back:to -Aserraderc. On the . transports to the west of ‘Santiago- to: head off ‘Pando, but ‘they évidently failed to ac- complish"that end. - 'FEARFUL SLAUGHTER AMONG THE SPANISH FORCES DISCOVERED NEW YORK, July' 2—A ‘Sun cable from Playa del Este, July 2, says: The sanguinary nature of yesterday's bat- tle became: .apparent late last night when our victorious forces, having cap- tured the Spanish trenches, were ‘en- abled not only:to count up their own losses, but’ to make.some. estimate of the: casualtiés on the Spanish side. As -already-‘cabled -to . the . Sun, ‘150 dead hodies of Spanish soldiers were found in ‘a single trench, and in many. other ‘trenches ‘it ‘Wwas estimated the mortality had réached the surprising figure of 60 per cent: It is said that between:ten thousand and fifteen thousand men were:enigaged on the Spanish side, and couriers from .|the front report our officers beliéve that to-day’s: casualties will bring ‘the. total Spanish-losses up to:six thousand men killed, "wounded ior captured.: Of. this number:it is: estimated ‘that two_ thous- and -are-prisoners. e Loss From Forest Fires. AUBURN, July: 2.—Farest- fires -'-have ‘béen playing sad haveé in this lecality. the past. few -da; THé great. ynage was at u.e:Cdsh Rock mine; near rest Hill, wheré ‘the 1oss'is stimated 25,000 ‘Over 30,000 feet ‘of .lumber, alféady: prepared for mining; ‘was’biirr The xown Uf Fofest Hill barely escap ADVERTISEMENTS. 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