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"ON TO SANTIAGO," THE BATTLE
CRY OF BRAVE AMERICAN TROOPS
HOWeANEY
POINTS WERE
DESTROYED
Spa nia rds Reti re as the
Boys in Blue J^usr; y
v : Forward. :h
Deadly Aim of G^pron^ Battery
Trained Upory tfye Guqs
Guarding the Hilltops.
Special • cat>le to The Call . and the New .York'
■.■.Herald!'. Copyrighted, IS9B, by J&raeS Ckor
: . ■ j-dpn /Bennett."' ■ ;.. ■• .' ..••-. '. . " ....!• •
' IX CAMP WITH SEVENTY-FIRST
NEW? YORK REGIMENT, , Friday.
. 1 < by. The .Call-Herald '• dispatch
boat. Golden Rqd to Port Antonio, Sat
urday, : July' 2). —The attack" on the
outer defenses Santiago was begun
from the. sea. and land at 7 o'clock this
morning., The forts at Caney were de
stroyed and the/ victory -won after hard
fighting at San Juan. ;. : " ..,-"; ..
We. who. were last night near the
rear, were, .ordered to .move at half- :
past ,?.. o'clock- this • morning, and then
learned with keen satisfaction that the
main attack was to be begun by the
Sixth and.. Seventy-first, with the Six
teenth in reserve. -.Before the dawn
the narrow road, a foot deep in mire,
was crowded with; marching men. • An
attempt had .been made to improve the
: road by .throwing branches of trees: in
it, but thatt made matters worse. The
men formed in lines on both sides, the
Seventy-first joining the general
sweeping movement toward Santiago.. '
A rtiile froth . the Seventy-first's old
camp we found a winding stream with
{ no bridge and had to ford it. The sul
• try heat after the night chill made all
: eager to. bathe and drink as we waded
through/- Twenty minutes before 7
o'clock- 1 heard' the low rumble of guns
'. ahead .as if from cannon fired from a
. hill across. the. valley. Caprpn's battery,
had ; opened oh Caney. ".,.■.••' „ :.' "
\ At ten minutes to 7 the Seventy-first
.. halted, for rest • and ■• I pushed on
through • the '- 4000 " Cubans under j Gen-;
eral Castillo and by General Shatter's
-headquarters, where the general rest- c
ed on a cot, awaiting reports, under
■ the shade of the leaves of the wood.
• I ran down the line. Lawton's men
were .eking -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 difficult 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. As I reached the summit of El
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 battery fired gun after
gun In quick succession aa 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 Saji . van what was evidently
a part of the olr". city wall and fort
with Its high roof. Outside these are
earthworks and wire fences, but these
were screened by the! woods. There is
a hill b een El Pozo and San Juan
battery rising higher on the left and
hides the main section of Santiago to
Eotne extent, but between the royal
palms on the hill I could see a long
stretch of roofs, and the officers were
puzzled to observe 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 that 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 t>f 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
it a slightly less elevation. Its mis
sile flew true to the mark, and its
twang was still in our ears when dust
c'-ouds rose from the roof and settled,
disclosing a great hole which seemed
twenty or thirty feet in diameter. The
third shot went higher, and the fourth
A
Increased the size of the bf each in the
roof! The firing was from hill to hill,
for San: Juan, stands high.
The soldiers were ; moving up the
muddy . road behind ■ El . Pozo, and as
company. Rafter company of stalwart,
eagetf fellows appeared they shouted
with delight when they learned that at
last air attack on Santiago had been
begun. I. passed several regiments on
my way to the coast The Spanish up
to that, time had made no. r.eply. to bur
guns on- El Pozo, but a surgeon coming
from Where. Capron's battery was said
bullets \vere. whistling over the ridge
there as. he. rode away and that h-e
thought the advance of our infantry on
Caney had been opposed. The Span
iards, -he ■ said,- answered our attack
with a rifle. fire and slowly gave ground
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 iri the en
gagement. : •. ' ■ :. _ ;','■
The men were most enthusiastic, cry
ing "On to Santiago!" There, was no
intention to rush to. the city, but. at
first to attempt to dislodge the, Spanish
from their earthworks and from behind
their barbed wire fences by our artil
lery. The enemy's hope evidently was
that the.. Americans would attempt to
capture .their earthworks at the outset
. by : .a strong '.advance^ of infantry across
the ground, that was' swept by the
deadly. fire of the men behind them:-'
Two more batteries of light artillery
; were being .pushed . forward as ' I left,
aftd this made four* batteries . in all:
. Thgn; 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 propel", whtch
successful move w ; ould permit them to.
destroy the wire fences which bar their
approach. •it is said there : are six
fences and three liri«s 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 correct information as to the names
of our regiments engaged leads me to
believe that there may have been a spy
in our lines last Friday.
Admiral Sampson sent Flag Lieuten
ant Stantori to consult General Shafter
yesterday, and . this morning as the
troops moved forward toward El Pozo
and the* other hills a 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 nearly 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.
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.
It was said 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 inside, 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 -He of the Spanish troops
and take possc~sion. 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 special 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 ai
THE SAIS X FEANCTSCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1898.
lencing of a Spanish battery. The
wounded are still being picked up as
■this dispatch is hurried away. •
General Lawto'n's- division bivouacked
near El Caney last night without fires.
At 7 o'clock this morning there was a
sullen "boo-m.." 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. '
The- .common powder used by our
troops smoked . and was a fine target
for. the Spanish field battery, which
probably wasserved by Admiral Cer
v.era'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
der, .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
se.rve great credit for the victory, for
It was a case of blindness against sight.
The battery's losses, the officers state,
were as follows:
KILLED:
UNDERWOOD, private.
HELM, private.
WOUNDED:
GEORGE C. HEART, first
sergeant.
VEITE, sergeant.
CORNFORD, sergeant.
KEENE, corporal.
The battery was supported by the
Rour'i 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: S. G. Devore,
sergeant, Troop X; W. A. Armstrong,
corporal, Troop J; McSparron, corporal,
Troop G; Alvln C. Ash, private, Troop
G; W. A. Freeman, private, Troop F;
B. A. Long, private, Troop X; Mason
Mitchell, private, Troop K.
V. D. Horton. corporal, Troop I, Third
United States Cavalry, was also
wounded.
The Cuban leader, Gonzales, reports
that the Cubans lost twenty killed and
wounded.
The details of General 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 r 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.
HOW SHAFTER LANDED AND OTHER SCENES.
From Photographs Mads Especially for The Call.
MANY VICTIMS OF
FRIDAY'S BATTLE
Copyrighted, 1898, 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. I—General1 — 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 WYCOFF, Twenty-second Infantry. •
CAPTAIN W.-P. MORRISON, Sixteenth Infantry.
. LIEUTENANT £ 'OTT, Thirteenth Infantry, wounded.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL PATTERSON, Twenty-second Infantry,
wounded in groin.
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 Infantry, 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, Seventh Infantry, shot
through forehead, fatally.
It Js 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:
FRANKLIN, JOHN H., Diamondale, Mich.
SEABRIGHT, FERDINAND J.
Wounded— CUßTlS, 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:
UNDERWOOD, private. HELM, private.
Wounded— HEAß Y, GEORGE C, first sergeant; VEITES, sergeant;
CORNFORD, sergeant; KEENE, W. H., corporal Buttery A. First Artil
lery; CU-mvLING. lieutenant. First Artillery; FARR, lieutenant, First
Artillery; BUTT, sergeant; SHORT, lieutenant Sixtee- " United States
Infantn-; CROSS, lieutenant, Sixth United States Infantry; TAYLOR,
captain, Sixte nth United States Infantry.
This is a list of the Rough Riders who were w< ""ed:
DEVORE, S. G., sergeant Troop X; 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 X; 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
2000 men, and the loss on the center and left must be double that num
ber.
RENEWAL OF
THE ATTACK
ON SANTIAGO
Continued from First Page. • : .
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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. Se.vright. 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
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.
During yesterday's engage
ment the heat was intense, but
there were few cases of prostra
tions.
CONTRADICTORY REPORTS
AS TO THE MOVEMENTS
OF GENERAL PANDO
Special cable to The Call and tlta New Yorft?
Herald. Copyrighted. 1898." tr James Gor
don Bennett.
MONTEGO BAY, Island of Jamaica,
Friday, July 1 (delayed in transmis
sion). — A Cuban messenger from the in
surgents near ManzaniHo, Provinfce of
Santiago de Cuba, who landed near
here to-day from a siilboat, brought
intelligence that the Spanish troops,
numbering about 800J men", who left
Manzanillo on Jyne 24 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 wa? not with the troops,
as had been reported. He was and is
in Havana. The relieving army, the
Cubans say, wa* supplied with food,
but the roads v^re almost impp- -Lie
and the artillery could not be dragged,
; along. : '.Thus 'gettingv to <; Santiago- in V
.time ' to. s'ucco.i\ the garrison there ap- §
peared to b^' impossible, hence the re
•eairof:the troops;- ', ■;>. : ; \c v'if:-.;; : V- "f. : .
• • NEW YO : RKv July .3.PA: special dis- . ■
patch from piaya : del .to. .the Even- •.
ing World states; tHat .penfeVal": Garcia ■ ;
•Is. ■•authority; for ; the:; that .
• General '.'Panda .h^'s.'.eritereii Santiago:,
\vith:6Mp- spidiers\:;for,;.the;:re-enforce
■merit- of be : n"e-ral '-Linages;.'.'.'. " *■£«} '^\}'^-}i-%~ :
G.erieral : Pando; ;ieft : .■ilanzanillo --OTIV
June 22 .with 8000? or:;,96()0: men. and a ; :
large • train df : provisions arid ammuni- ;
tion.'" ■.•'.••-!; : ;- \ V. ■■•;..;• - i;v -r::-;'-- :: ,
■ General :Shafter- sent ;2000; 2000 Cubans
, backVto^ Aserrau/erp -tin .tlie transpurta :
•to; ..the .west-- of : Santiago: to head • off : : ;
Pando, >ut they evidently failed to ac
complish that end. ■ •;..-.■:■; .■..:;/.'/;
FEARFUL SLAUGHTER
AMONG THE SPANISH
FORCES DISCOVERED
. NEW : YORK, July: Sun cabl*>;
from Playa del Este, July :2, says: The :
sanguinary nature '• of yesterday's bat- ;';
. tie became .apparent " late last..' night /
: when our. victorious forces, having cap- ;
turfed the Spanish trenches, were en- • -:
abled riot : only :•to count up their own
losses, but" to. make some estimate of;,
the casualties on the Spanish side. v ;v
• ■ As already cabled to the ■• Sun, 150
. dead bodies of Spanish ■• soldiers were •.
found in a single trench, and in many
other trenches !: it was estimated the :
mortality had reached the . surprising .'
figure of 60 per cent. 1 ..!■ ';;:•. „i'-,-_ -.■:■".:;:'
- • It is said that between-ten thousand
and fifteen thousand men were eiigaged
on the Spanish side, and courier^ from
the front report our officers ' belieye that;
to-day's, casualties will bring the tatal '■■};
■Spanish losses up toi six/tlvoijsaiulrnen
.killed, wounded, or ;captured. pf .this.>
.number':it is; estimated ': that two >hous- ; '
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