The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-06
Driven PeII-meI| Back Into
Their Own bitches.
FIRE AT THE RED CROSS
THE DESPERATE WORK OF THE
SPANISH SHARP-SHOOTERS.
BULLETS PIERCE GEN. SHAfTEk'S TENT
Dozens Of Men Lying in Ltters have been Shot
by the Sharpshooters. the Men
at The Hospitals Recovering.


copyrighted 1898 by Associated Press
AT the front. headquarters OF Gen
Skaters army. before Santiago lie Gu
ba, Sunday. July ). via Kingston. ia
maica. July 4.--Early in the day n man
on the lookout had reported that th'
Spanish fleet under the command of Al
miral Ceryera had sailed out of the mar
Dor of Santiago dc Cuba. but it was MOI
until late this afternoon that the resuli
was known at the front.
AS the word of the magnificent victo
ry flew from sentry to sentry. along the
firing lines. and was shouted to the
companies. regiments and brgades. /:
great cheer swept down the line OF
weary men. which gathered force as il
went. until the rattle of musketry was
drowned in the roar from glad Amer
can throats. The news was flashed
back into the undcrbruSh where the re-
serves lay and the men almost STAN
peded in their enthusiastic desire to get
10 the front. The cheering continued
through the evening. as the details o'
the fight came in. The men could moi
have displayed more enthusiasm had the
victory been theirs instead of the navy s
Although the firing continued all day
between the outposts very little damage
was done on either side. General Chat
Zee was wounded slightly. rifle cutting
through his foot. but he will not be com
PEELED to leave the field.
The only severe firing during the day
occurred when the Spanish fleet was
leaving the harbor. The enemy evident
ly attempted to divert the attention OF
our troops but the Americans respond
ed so willingly that the fire soon ceased
and was only resumed at intervals dur
ing the remainder of the day.
Last night the only aggressive move
ment the Spaniards made resulted il
their severe defeat.
At about 10 o'clock the enemy came
out of the breaches about the city walls
in large force and dashed straight fol-
the American lines. In one or two
places our men fell back from their posi-
ton but quickly rallied and drove the
enemy back pell-mell into their OWL
bitches. The Spanish losses must have
y
terrific fire for a quarter of an hour
The losses on the American side were
very light. as our soldiers lay in the ri
He pits and had every advantage.
The most daring of the Spanish forces
are the sharp-shooters. They take the'i
positions almost at the wall. and from
the dense treetops do execution WIN
smokeless powder. making it difficult tt
shot into General Skaters tent. which
is several miles from the front. ana
they infested the trail for ten miles from
Juragua and the outpost. One of the
most horrible features of the war is that
dozens of men have been killed as they
lay in filters, and that surgeons wearing
the emblem of the Rer-Cross Society
upon their arms have been the special
object of attack.
The number Of killed and wounded TO.
the week reaches tonight about eigh
teen hundred. No effort is apparently
being made by our officers to expedite
the listing of the casualties. and not orc
fifth of the total names are known even
to the commanding officers. Already
eight hundred cases have been handled
at the hospital here. because of the over
flew from the hospitals ut the front
All the wounded here are recovering
There has been only one death since
the hospital was established, that ot
Private Meyers. Of the Sixth infantry
which occurred to-day. He was She
through the body.
Adjutant Wood of the Ninth cavalry
who was shot through the face anc
who was not expected to recover, is i'm
proving rapidly and will be sent to Key
West next week.
There has been much conjecture to
day as to whether Lieutenant Nj. A
Bannon. of the Ninth cavalry, who is the
acting Geographical officer of the staff
made the maps of the trails before Fri
days battle. He has been at work ever
since most of the time in and around
the Spanish lines He has always re
fused an escort. and though he has beer
shot at several times, he has not beer
wounded. Thursday, while out will
two men. he encountered Il detachment
Of ten Spaniards and an officer and tool
all prisoners. A total of 300 prisoner:
were captured in battle at Caney u
Friday OF whom 45 were regular
Spanish soldiers in uniforms. two Of
ticers and the remainder armed residents
of the town. Nine wounded men wer,
left in the block-house attended by a ma
tive physician. The other prisoners
were brought to Juragua to-day il
charge of Capt. Macarthur and two com
panies of the ThirtyThird Michigan &c
giment and camped along the railroad
The Cubans followed them in grea
crowds and hurled epthets at thu
frightened captiyes. All the soldiers
belonged to the Twenty-Ninth Spanish
regulars and expected to be killed.