The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-14
AMERICANS LOSE HEAVILY
STUBBORN FIGHTING BEFORE
SANTIAGO.
Spaniards Driven Into the City-Bom-
bardment Delayed to Allow Nom
Combatants to Leave.

BEFORE SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
July 4, per the Associated Press dis
patch boat, via Kingston, July o.
Not a shot has been exchanged be-
tween the opposing armies since yes
terday noon. At the request of the
foreign Consuls in Santiago, General
Shafter extended until tomorrow the
period in which General Linares may
agree to surrender his forces under
the threat that the town will be bonn
barded.
NO SURRENDER.
The Spanish generals decision is
doubtful. 1t is unquestionably true
that the humiliation Of Admiral Ger
vera's fleet was a staggering blow to
him, but Mr. Ramsdcn, the British
Consul, says General Pando has re-
inforced General Linares with 5000
troops and that the Spaniards are
bitterly determined to fight it out.
He said that so bitter was the feel
ing among the Spanish subaltcrn Of
ficers that General Linares would no
double be shot if he should surrender.
Their attitude was expressed in Gem
eral Linares reply to General Shafter
yesterday: 'The garrison dies, but
never surrenders."
Among the soldiers however a diff
ferent feeling prevails. They have
learned from the experience of the
inhabitants of Siboney that American
soldiers do not molest women. but re-
spect property and relieve prisoners
i'm distress. Many of the Spanards.
therefore, are utterly Indifferent if
further misfortunes befall the Span
ish army.
HEAVY LOSSES.
NEW YORK, July "A cable to
the Sun dated Playa del Este, Cuba,
! July ?, says: The official list of the
killed and wounded in yesterdays
! fight aggregates 500. The losses of
the Spaniards were enormous. Some
| idea of their losses can be gathered
from the fact that $50 dead We're dis
| covered in one intrenchment.
ROUGH RIDERS.
The most glorious achievement of
| Friday was the charge up the hill.
600 yards from the city, of Roosevelt's
| Rough Riders. Spanish shells were
! pouring down upon them, but they
never wavered. Men fell on every side
| but they kept steadily on until they
captured the Spanish position at San
Juan, which was supposed to be oc-
! cupied by 1000 of the 1,50O troops de-
Tending Santiago.
STRONGLY INTRENCHED.
The Spaniards were strongly in
trenched with heavy artillery back
! of them and an open field between
them and the Americans, but the
Rough Riders and First, Second, Thir-
teenth, Sixteenth and Twenty-second
Infantry drove them out. The Rough
Riders, the Seventy-first New York
and Tenth Cavalry captured three
blockhouses, all of them defended by
artillery. and did it with a dash that
was irresistible. Once during the
fight the Seventy-trst New York was
fanked by the Spaniards. They beat
the enemy off. but suffered heavy
loss in doing so, mostly in wounded
The entire Spanish army has been
driven into the city proper. The
Americans are in full possession of the
batteries on the hills. The guns land,
ed from Admiral Cevera's ships, as
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sells. fired shells into the American
ranks, which inflicted great damage
The losses of the Cubans were pro,
portionately as heavy as those of the
Americans.
MORE TROOPS.
WASHINGTON, July 5.-General
Pando's reported arrival at Santiago
with 5000 reinforcements is a subject
of much concern at Washington to-
night. General Miles is authority fol
the statement here that all measure.
have been taken to re-enforce Shaftel
and that $4,000 fresh troops will be
be moved toward Santiago by trans
ports tomorrow to join him. The cal
culation is that $4,000 American troop
will be available at Santiago.
COPTIC CARRIES NAIL.
The steamer Coptic will carry mai